Someone Who'll Watch Over Me By Michelle Pilecki - March 4, 2010
Neither snow nor sleet nor the harshest February in Pittsburgh history will stay Phase 3 Productions from launching its second season, with Frank McGuinness' 1992 drama, Someone Who'll Watch Over Me. Alas, the past 18 years have not dimmed the timeliness of this story of modern Westerners kidnapped and held hostage by more medieval-minded extremists. To be fair, though, the unseen Lebanese of this play seem a lot more human than today's "religious" terrorists.
Time After Time By Ted Hoover - March 4, 2010
Nearly every time physical peril is at hand, the characters sit down and sing love ballads to each other ... and poof! goes dramatic tension.
Bristol's Zun Zun Egui bring post-modern psychedelia to Brillobox By Justin Hopper - March 4, 2010
"Bristol has a history of welcoming creativity," says bassist Luke Mosse. "It's cheaper, more relaxed, and quite racially integrated compared to other places in the U.K."
The Carolina Chocolate Drops balance old-time music and modernity By Justin Jacobs - March 4, 2010
"Things have not changed that much -- songs are still written about love and disappointment and goin' to jail and gettin' out and killin' somebody and almost gettin' killed."
The Pittsburgh Jewish-Israeli Film Festival By CP Staff - March 4, 2010
The annual festival offers nearly two dozen films from Israel and around the world representing Jewish experiences from the comic and dramatic to the inspirational.
Film Kitchen By Bill O'Driscoll - March 4, 2010
Short docs, including some from P-G photographers, highlight this local film screening
Brooklyn's Finest By Al Hoff - March 4, 2010 The drama is heavy when good cops go bad
Cop Out By Al Hoff - March 4, 2010 This unfunny buddy-cop parody should be locked up
The Crazies By Al Hoff - March 4, 2010 The whole town's turned into crazed killers!
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Short List: Week of March 4 - 11 March 4, 2010
You won't need opera glasses to feel close to the performers for Pittsburgh's newest opera troupe. As its name implies, the Microscopic Opera Company intends to draw you close to the contemporary operas it performs.
