CLO?Cabaret to present ‘Nunsense’
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera Cabaret will show “Nunsense” today through June 6. Sister Julia, Child of God, the convent cook, accidentally poisoned 52 of her fellow sisters at the Little Sisters of Hoboken nunnery. In need of funds to bury four of their sisters, the five surviving “Little Hobos” take over the school auditorium to raise money showcasing their hidden talents. The show includes songs such as “Nunsense is Habit-Forming,” “So You Want to Be a Nun,” “Tackle That Temptation With a Time-Step,” “Growing Up Catholic,” “We’ve Got to Clean Out the Freezer” and “Holier Than Thou.” “Nunsense” was inspired by a line of greeting cards created by writer/director Dan Groggin and actress Marilyn Farina in the early 1980s. When Farina was invited to appear in a habit at a card promotion, Groggin wrote a sketch, eventually inspiring “Nunsense.
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Singer/songwriter Becky Hedrick at Vineyard Cafe
WHEELING — Songwriter/singer/guitar player Becki Hedrick will be the featured artist at the Vineyard Cafe’s Up Close in Concert series Tuesday at the caf.
Costello ‘Spectacle’ a wonderful show
If you are lucky enough to have the Sundance Cable channel — since I live in Toronto and use the city’s cable service, I don’t — you may have stumbled across musician Elvis Costello’s fabulous musical talk show “Spectacle.
» Full StoryHope Players staging three productions
HOPEDALE — The Hope Players will perform a program of three original one-act plays beginning at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday at Harrison-Hopedale Elementary School.
» Full StoryAdmission to Carnegie is free on Thursdays in March
PITTSBURGH — Admission to Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History will be free from 3:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. every Thursday evening this March, sponsored by the Buncher Family Foundation.
Parking is $5 per car after 5 p.m.
‘Art in Bloom’ at Pittsburgh museum
PITTSBURGH — Carnegie Museum of Art’s “Art in Bloom,” a three-day event featuring art, fresh flowers and special events, will be held April 8-10 at the museum.
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