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Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

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Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

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Playhouse debuts play featuring popular music

Playhouse debuts play featuring popular music

Written By Victoria Lemon, Playhouse Beat Writer February 21, 2017

The Conservatory Theatre Company is presenting its first production of 2017 with “Big Love.” Directed by Reginald Douglas, “Big Love” is a modern take on the Greek playwright Aeschylus’s play,...

The basement of the Playhouse still stores much of the old restaurant’s decor. The drawing on the chalkboard is by New York caricature artist Al Hirschfeld, who died at the age of 99 in 2003, according to the Al Hirschfeld Foundation website.

Hidden history below the Point Park Playhouse

Written By Carley Bonk, Copy Editor February 7, 2017

The current Pittsburgh Playhouse in Oakland will no longer be a part of Point Park’s campus with the completion of the new Playhouse downtown in 2018, but students and staff alike will remember the unique...

A Korean War Veteran’s hat sits on the table at the Veteran’s Luncheon on January 31.

Korean War vets take spotlight

Written By Francesca Dabecco February 7, 2017

As the room rose for the singing of the national anthem, a group of veterans in their mid-80s stood proudly with their hands saluting the American flag, just as they did nearly six decades ago during the...