Quantum Theatre’s “Cymbeline” — Deus ex Machina with real machinas

Special announcement, with a deal for Pittsburgh-area bloggers: Area bloggers are invited free of charge to Quantum Theatre’s performance of Shakepeare’s Cymbeline: Preview Performance (they will be testing the techie workings of the production) Wednesday, July 30, 2008 Mellon Park (Point Breeze/Shadyside neighborhood) 8PM (no late seating, gates lock at 8 sharp) Quantum Theatre’s upcoming …

“The Wonder Bread Years” at City Theatre, with special promo for bloggers

Remember when I explained how to see a play? If you haven’t already used those five easy steps to see Bust (and you still have another week or so, so get going on that), you might try them out on a new show opening next month at City Theatre: The Wonder Bread Years. City Theatre …

Let me tell you a story

Photo from City Theatre’s production of Flight, March 2008. Pictured center: Joshua Elijah Reese and DeWanda Wise. Photo credit: John Schisler. In Flight, Charlayne Woodard’s play (recently produced, brilliantly, at City Theatre), the characters are all slaves living on a plantation near Savannah, Georgia in 1858. They are forbidden to learn to read or write, …

Whodunnit? I’ll never tell

I’ve been babysitting my niece a lot lately, and the reason is that her mother — my sister — has been in rehearsals for a play at the Butler Little Theatre. The play is The Mousetrap, by Agatha Christie, and it’s most famous for being the longest continuously running play of all time, "with 23,000 …

Be mine!

PEEKABOO, originally uploaded by valart2008. Happy Valentine’s Day! In addition to being the day of the biggest holiday taken over by a greeting card company and a diamond monopoly, today is the tenth anniversary of V-Day, a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day was started by Eve Ensler, the creator of …

Vive l’amour!

Matthew Dellapina and Jenny Wales in The City Theatre’s production of The 13th of Paris. Photo credit: John Schisler. Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl, or boy argues with girl until they hate each other, or boy opens a major chain bookstore around the corner from girl’s spunky independent bookstore, or boy does something else …

I’ll have what she’s having

SAVE $5 PER TICKET TO The Vagina Monologues. Mention the word "BLOG" when you call to purchase your tickets, and you’ll save $5 for each ticket. Tell them you read about the show on My Brilliant Mistakes. To make your reservation, call 412.431.2489 — this discount is available only for phone orders and sales at …

Pittsburgh-area Bloggers invited to “The Vagina Monologues”

UPDATE (January 2008): The blogger event took place, and boy it was fun! Thanks to all the bloggers who came to the show, and double thanks to those who blogged about it! You can find my notes on the show in the post "I’ll have what she’s having." UPDATE: Please tell other bloggers and post …

All the fun that’s fit to print

To help you plan your week, here are the key events on my schedule. Please join me when you can: Wednesday, December 5: The 74th anniversary of the Repeal of Prohibition. I’ll post recommended beverages on Wednesday. For now, if you are the sort of person who enjoys an intoxicating beverage, plan to be somewhere …