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Kate Reinders going back to ‘High School’Video
Kate Reinders has had a successful musical theater career, appearing in projects from “Gypsy” to “Good Vibrations.” A long body of professional work came after years of performing in local, regional and national productions for the Seattle native who grew up in Michigan. One big musical production she missed out...
Quantum Theatre presents ‘Shakespeare’s Will’ in a Homestead churchVideo
The pool of water inside the church is enticing. It’s a different kind of prop used for this play – “Shakespeare’s Will.” But then again it’s Quantum Theatre, which mounts productions in unusual spaces with non-traditional sets. Quantum Theatre founder and director Karla Boos has transformed West Homestead United Methodist...
Going to Tool in Pittsburgh tonight? Don’t use your phone
Tool plays tonight at PPG Paints Arena, but don’t try to remember the show digitally. The arena tweeted a statement saying that anyone attempting to take photos during the show would be ejected. TOOL TONIGHT.. KNOW BEFORE YOU GO:•Tonight's Show has a strict NO CAMERA policy including cellphones. •Poster Tubes...
You Are Here gallery artists showing their work at WCCC
An exhibition featuring artists associated with Jeannette gallery You Are Here is running through Dec. 11 in the Science Innovation Center gallery at Westmoreland County Community College near Youngwood. “Included in the group exhibition are the ceramics of Mary Briggs, paintings by Dan Overdorff and Nora Thompson and the pop...
Singer Pete Doherty detained in Paris over cocaine sale
Paris authorities say British singer Pete Doherty has been arrested in Paris for buying cocaine. The Paris prosecutor’s office said the 40-year old former Libertines and Babyshambles frontman was placed in detention overnight Thursday after being stopped by police during a drugs transaction. The office wouldn’t confirm French media reports...
‘Terminator: Dark Fate’: What makes a franchise live or die?Video
On the surface, “Terminator: Dark Fate” and “Joker” share basic similarities: both are R-rated movies based on well-known characters that appeal to predominantly male audiences. Further, the films got virtually identical Rotten Tomatoes scores. But the box office results could not be more different. The Warner Bros.-DC film “Joker,” made...
5 things to do in Westmoreland: Nov. 8-10Video
With Election Day in the rear-view mirror, it’s a good time to cast off the weight of the world (or at least, the weight of local politics) and find something fun to do. Here are a few events promising a good time this weekend in Westmoreland County: Step back in...
Get in the spirit with ‘Very Merry Pittsburgh’ at the Heinz History Center
There’s no place like Western Pennsylvania for the holidays. The region’s rich heritage and family traditions during the winter months will be celebrated in a new exhibition, “A Very Merry Pittsburgh,” opening Nov. 16 at the Senator John Heinz History Center in the city’s Strip District. Anne Madarasz, chief historian...
Donald Trump Jr. spars with ‘The View’ hosts, from blackface to rape
Tempers were short, the volume was loud and the crosstalk relentless when Donald Trump Jr. and girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle appeared on Thursday’s episode of ABC’s “The View.” Dubbed “The Political View,” the marathon argument session devolved from the political topics at hand into the president’s son accusing cohosts Joy Behar...
WWE’s Ali works to fight Muslim stereotypes as wrestlerVideo
Adeel Alam has had horrible things said to him. “I think the worst thing that ever got yelled at me while performing was, ‘I thought we killed you Osama,’ ” Alam said in a CBS Evening News interview. Alam, who wrestles as Ali in WWE (previously Mustafa Ali), talked about...
Study finds LGBTQ characters hit record high on network TVVideo
“Pose” and “Batwoman” are among the shows contributing to a surge in LGBTQ and gender inclusiveness on television, according to a new study by the advocacy group GLAAD. The percentage of regularly seen LGBTQ characters on prime-time broadcast TV this season reached an all-time high of 10.2%, or 90 out...
Marie Kondo’s doing what she can to make your kids tidyVideo
Not even Marie Kondo can follow all her rules for tidying all the time. “Of course, when things get very busy, I need to let go of some of my standards and methods, and I think that’s a completely natural thing,” the decluttering guru, Netflix realty star and mother of...
Review: ‘Last Christmas’ leaves its good intentions unfulfilledVideo
Paul Feig’s “Last Christmas” looks every bit like your standard holiday romantic-comedy, but it has some surprises under its gauzy wrapping. Kate (Emilia Clarke) works in a year-round Christmas ornament shop in London where she must dress daily in a green elf costume. A repeatedly self-described mess living couch to...
Review: Banal dialogue in ‘Midway’ almost sinks striking imagesVideo
The first thing Roland Emmerich should do after his latest movie “Midway” hits theaters is apologize. Apologize to the visual effects crew, the stuntmen, the carpenters, the costumers and artists. He has squandered their considerable visual skill in retelling the crucial World War II battle at Midway by melding some...
A CGI James Dean is cast in new film, sparking an outcryVideo
James Dean hasn’t been alive in 64 years, but the “Rebel Without a Cause” actor has been cast in a new film about the Vietnam War. The filmmakers behind the independent film “Finding Jack” said Wednesday that a computer-generated Dean will play a co-starring role in the upcoming production. The...
Lindsey Vonn talks mental health, retirementVideo
Lindsey Vonn, one of the most decorated skiers of all time and an Olympic gold medalist, spoke Wednesday about her struggles with mental and physical health at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia as part of Blue Cross Blue Shield’s Health of America Forum, which focused on millennial health trends. Vonn...
Move to bigger venue means more of everything at Pittsburgh Vintage Mixer
With vinyl record sales on the upswing, the Pittsburgh Vintage Mixer is a good place to get in on the trend and stock up on some retro platters. And it won’t be just LPs available on Nov. 9 at Nova Place in Pittsburgh’s North Side, says organizer Michael Lutz —...
Entertainment planner: Nov. 7-20
Thursday Nov. 7 A$AP Ferg, Stage AE, Pittsburgh North Shore. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com “The Woman in Black,” PICT Classic Theatre production, WQED Fred Rogers Studio, Oakland. Through Nov. 23. 412-561-6000 or picttheatre.org Friday Nov. 8 Back in Black: The True AC/DC Experience, The Lamp Theatre, Irwin. 724-367-4000 or lamptheatre.org The...
Riverfront Theater Company takes comedic look at sibling rivalry
Riverfront Theater Company is gearing up for its 2020 season by treating audiences to a special production of Christopher Durang’s comedy, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” for two weekends in November. The comedy, which won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Play, is being presented Nov. 7-9 and...
‘Leading Ladies’ promises ‘simply hilarious’ experience at Geyer PAC
Director Shawn Conway said no moment is left un-mined for comedic value in Actors and Artists of Fayette County’s upcoming production of “Leading Ladies.” Playwright Ken Ludwig, who also wrote two other comedies familiar to theater companies – “Lend Me a Tenor” and “Moon Over Buffalo” – has set “Leading...
Singer Chris Brown holding high-end yard sale at his home
Chris Brown says he’s having a high-end yard sale at his Los Angeles home. The singer posted a flyer on his Instagram and Twitter accounts that included his home address in the Tarzana neighborhood and says the event started at 10 a.m. Wednesday and will go until 7 p.m. View...
Stranger Things Day celebrated with show blooper reelsVideo
Hopefully, you’re not in the Upside Down and celebrating Stranger Things Day in your own way. In honor of the “holiday,” the show released blooper reels from its second and third season. Stranger Things Day is celebrated on Nov. 6 as one of the main characters, Will Byers, went missing...
Saint Vincent concert to feature performance on rare violin
Attendees at the Nov. 9 installment of the Saint Vincent College Concert Series will have the rare experience of hearing music played on a 1709 violin made by the noted Tononi family of Bologna, Italy. The concert, featuring violinist Benjamin Baker and pianist Daniel Lebhardt, will begin at 7 p.m....
Alec Baldwin sues man who accused him of parking spot rage
Alec Baldwin filed a defamation lawsuit Friday against the man who says Baldwin hit him in the face during an argument over a New York City parking space. Baldwin wrote in his lawsuit that contractor Wojciech Cieszkowski’s claim that he was violently assaulted by the actor is “objectively false.” “When...
Ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer, friends coming to Heinz Hall
She talks and sings, but she doesn’t open her mouth. Darci Lynne Farmer, the adorable ventriloquist of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” fame, is coming to Pittsburgh. She and her “musical friends” will take the stage at 7 p.m. Nov. 9 at Heinz Hall. It’s part of the “Darci Lynne &...
