#SEENQBallMagic: If I had to pick a top five for the year, Quantum Theatre’s Q Ball would make the cut because of its incredible creativity and ability to attract people from…
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With “Cambodian Rock Band” and “King Lear” as a jumping-off point, Pittsburgh theater this year demonstrated time and again the vast range of choices and talent in our midst, enhancing…
But be of good cheer: “Shakespeare’s Will” is not a docudrama carved out of research, nor even an angry plea for the ignored spouse, but something better. Mr. Thiessen’s play…
McKenna does a spectacular job as Hathaway. She is a commanding presence. While it is a one-woman show, she interacts with two characters in non-speaking roles, Hamnet (Simon Nigam) and…
When William Shakespeare died in 1616, he left behind dozens of plays and hundreds of poems, but little other than a last will and testament to shed light on his…
Of Anne, we know even less other than the fact that Shakespeare, in his will, left her his second-best bed. The best had been reserved for guests. His house went to his sister, Joan, with…
