By Michael “Buzz” Buzzelli, ‘Burgh Vivant
Computational Comedy
They Rolled the Dice, opened a Kiss Club and traveled with a Time Machine. Celebrate ten years with improv/sketch group Hustlebot on Saturday, August 13. David Fedor, John Feightner, Larry Phillis, Joe Wichryk, II are back, and they are bringing their funny friends, former Hustlebot alumni Anne Marie Sweeney, Christine Nangle and Drew Ludwig for a big anniversary show at the Cabaret Theatre in Theater Square, 655 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. For more information on Hustlebot, go here. For show information, click here.
Fractured
Hatch Arts Collective examines the many sides of the Hydraulic Fracturing debate with their new play, “Driftless.” This weekend only at the New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square East, Pittsburgh, PA 15212. For more information, click here.
‘Night Mother
It’s the final weekend to catch “Mother Lode,” Linda Haston’s one-woman show about her fractured relationship with her mother, Ruth. It’s a tour de force. Don’t go the weekend without Ruth. It’s at the Carnegie Stage, 25 W. Main Street, Carnegie, PA 15106. For more information, click here.
Ask Alice
When a precocious kid falls down a hole, she finds herself in a bizarre new world in “Alice in Wonderland.” Alice, the Mad Hatter, the Chesire Cat and the rest of the gang assemble in a rollicking musical version of Lewis Carroll’s timeless novel. It’s at the Seton Center, 1900 Pioneer Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15226. For more information, click here.
Wine Time
August 14 is WineaPalooza Pittsburgh. It’s wine and it’s a palooza! It’s also at Stage AE, 400 North Shore Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15212. For tickets and more information, click here.
– MB
