The City Theatre always puts on fantastic performances. Last Sunday I saw "Seminar" with my family on a visit to my hometown. The play itself started out kind of pretentiously, but that was the point, I soon realized. I'm going to stop myself before this turns into a review of the play instead of the theatre. The actors were fantastic, and when I later saw a clip from the Broadway version, I still liked the City Theatre actors better (except I would have loved to see Alan Rickman in the central role on Broadway). I also once saw "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" here. I love how this theatre supports edgier, lesser known material.
The seats in the theatre are comfortable and there's a nice reception area downstairs with tables and chairs, concessions, and merchandise. I had a bad cough that evening so I had no choice but to get out a cough drop. The crinkling of the wrapper was unavoidable. My mother told me afterward that management HATES crinkling candy wrappers or bags. I'm sure they would much rather I crinkle a wrapper than cough loudly during a performance. But anyway, definitely check out the plays at this theatre! It's an important part of Pittsburgh's thriving arts scene.