Inside a giant blast furnace, a colossal monument to Pittsburgh’s heyday of steel and iron production, it’s impossible to ignore thoughts of workers toiling away, smelting metals for hours on…
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Susan Tsu is an advocate for educating costume designers and devotes much of her time to her students as University Professor and the Bessie F. Anathan Professor of Design at…
It’s easy to imagine a production of “King Lear” at the Carrie Blast Furnaces National Historic Landmark: You can just picture the mad, dispossessed king defying his fate in the…
“Reason in madness” seems the very definition of what Quantum Theatre does, so thanks, Shakespeare, for the quote. It happens to come from “King Lear,” which also is on point…
In the play “King Lear,” the title character’s identity gets stripped to nothing, and eventually, he finds a new path forward. It’s a story akin to Pittsburgh’s, as the town’s…
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QUANTUM THEATRE’S KING LEAR STAGED AT THE CARRIE BLAST FURNACES Local cast brings iconic Shakespeare text to Pittsburgh’s majestic industrial site PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania — Quantum Theatre presents King Lear,…
Quiet no longer, the Carrie Furnaces National Historical Landmark is the the site of intriguing and inspired events. As the Rivers of Steel Heritage Site website says, “While production may…
