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3 weeks ago | 
pittsburghquarterly.com | Stuart Sheppard |Aakanksha Agarwal |Marianne Dougherty |Vicky A. Clark
Modern adaptations of classic plays often look like someone wearing borrowed clothes: they don’t fit quite right, and it’s obvious that the person wearing them had to struggle to put them on. But when an adaptation of a play like August Strindberg’s “Miss Julie” (1888) really does justice to its antecedent and fits the subject matter – such as in PICT’s current production at Carnegie Stage — we as the audience get a double reward . . .
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1 month ago | 
pittsburghquarterly.com | Stuart Sheppard |Aakanksha Agarwal |Marianne Dougherty
If there’s a miracle in Pittsburgh Public Theater’s current performance of the 1962 Edward Albee play “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” — it’s that two well-educated couples can argue drunkenly for over three hours and never once broach the subject of politics. (And these couples are of different generations, no less). Of course, this would never happen today. But my oh my, how much more interesting conversation can be when the political realm is eschewed.
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2 months ago | 
pittsburghquarterly.com | Stuart Sheppard |Vicky A. Clark |Aakanksha Agarwal |Marianne Dougherty
Sometime around the turn of the millennium – resulting from what I would ascribe to the rise of social media and cable broadcasting — the term “trope” began to lose its classic and pregnant meaning of “figure of speech,” (i.e. an expression used in a nonliteral sense).
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Feb 11, 2025 | 
pittsburghquarterly.com | Stuart Sheppard |Vicky A. Clark |Aakanksha Agarwal |Marianne Dougherty
One thing, as men, that we rarely talk about, are the experiences we have suffered in the form of sexual abuse or trauma. The National Institute of Health found that 30.7 percent of men report having been the victims of sexual violence . . . and more than half of those before the age of 16. A 2014 study found that it takes on average about 20 years for a man to talk about his history of sexual maltreatment, because of the implicit stigma, coupled with our societal mores regarding masculinity.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
pittsburghquarterly.com | Fred Shaw |Dennis Unkovic |Stuart Sheppard
Until the closing of Carmody’s Restaurant in Franklin Park after 62 years, turtle soup remained a fixture on its menu. Once a staple of fine dining, turtle soup typically came paired with a shot of sherry to both sweeten and thin the stew-y broth.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
pittsburghquarterly.com | Fred Shaw |Stuart Sheppard
Part monomyth, part road-trip adventure, Scenic Overlook, Carnegie Mellon University grad Anne Ray’s debut collection of linked stories has the feel of a throwback. Mostly set in the analog, though not uncomplicated, time of the late 1990s, Ray uses 13 narratives to build something novelistic as her protagonist, Katie Hight, a 21-year-old college student on the verge of graduating, feels her life shift after the sudden loss of her father.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
pittsburghquarterly.com | Dennis Unkovic |Fred Shaw |Stuart Sheppard |David J. Garrow
Many in the West are convinced that modern China is an invincible regime. We watched China transition in just a few decades from a poor agricultural society into a manufacturing and industrial colossus. We witnessed Xi Jinping become the undisputed leader of China in 2013 and emerge even more powerful than Mao Zedong at the height of his reign. We know that Xi’s ultimate goal is for China to replace the United States as the world’s economic and military leader.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
pittsburghquarterly.com | Vicky A. Clark |Stuart Sheppard |Aakanksha Agarwal
Home › Article › The Frick Brings “Once in a Lifetime” Exhibition to Pittsburgh In the business of collecting art, father and daughter, Henry Clay (1849-1919) and Helen Clay Frick (1888-1984), were a formidable duo. Helen was devoted to him, never changing Clayton, their Pittsburgh home, after her father decamped to New York. She chose to remain in his shadow, but he did include her early in his pursuit of the best art available.
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
pittsburghquarterly.com | Stuart Sheppard |Vicky A. Clark |Aakanksha Agarwal |Ben Moyer
One of the greatest joys in attending a theatrical performance is not knowing anything about the show beforehand. This blessing is generally squandered by reviewers who extol plot explication above all other critical duties.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
pittsburghquarterly.com | Aakanksha Agarwal |Stuart Sheppard |Vicky A. Clark |Ben Moyer
Oscar Wilde once remarked, “Illusion is the first of all pleasures.” Welcome to the Museum of Illusions, Pittsburgh’s newest playground for both the young and the young at heart. Step into Instagram-worthy exhibits — infinity mirrors, spatial puzzles, and a plethora of mind-twisting fun await. Situated a stone’s throw away from PNC Park, this is not your typical museum experience.
