Tag: Prime Stage Theatre
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Man of Mystery, Horror & Imagination
Edgar Allan Poe as Performance Artist Mustachioed, scowling, dressed in black—Edgar Allan Poe stares at us from the silvered surface of a faded daguerreotype. It is the face of a tortured poet destined for early death, but although the portrait was taken during the height of his struggle with depression and ill health, I can’t…
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It’s 2025 … and We’re Just Getting Started.
Execute & Run It’s been a month since my previous post. That’s generally an indication that I’m neck-deep in a writing project. As I’ve pointed out before, I’m a bit of a monomaniac. One thing at a time, that’s me. A similar gap occurred in January-February 2024 while I was working on a novel titled…
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This Week on Mystery Theatre:
There’s Something in the BasementWho’s there? Here’s the setup: You’re in the basement of a theatre building. Alone. The rest of the company is next door, painting a set on the main stage while you hunt for something called a snow-patterned gobo. The basement is a mess. No organization. Just a chaotic jumble of old props and flats ……
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Creating Frankenstein:
Now Available at Scripts for StageTemperatures drop. Snow falls. Time to hole up inside, light a fire, and catch up on the latest books and movies. Or … if you’re a 21st-century scop … it might be a good time to take the Lord Byron stormy-night challenge and get to work on that novel or script you’ve been thinking about.…
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This Week on Mystery Theatre:
The Most Haunted Place in PittsburghFor two weeks running, audiences who attended Prime Stage Theatre’s production of Frankenstein witnessed a haunting at the New Hazlett Theatre. Of course, it was part of the performance, with actor Suzanne Ward appearing as the white-clad spirit of Victor Frankenstein’s mother. <<< The ghost of Caroline Frankenstein haunts her son’s laboratory in Prime Stage’s…
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Frankenstein Reviews: It’s alive!
“A great adaptation of the classic novel.” So says Sean Collier on Pittsburgh Today, and it’s just one of the many strong notices that Prime Stage Theatre’s Frankenstein has garnered since its opening on November 5. You can catch the entire Pittsburgh Today review by clicking the player at the bottom of this post. <<<…