CMU School of Drama


Saturday, January 25, 2014

'Company' is a happy homecoming for local actor

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Ted Pappas had long admired Jim Stanek's work from afar, never realizing that the actor's roots were deep in Pittsburgh, from Seneca Valley High School to Carnegie Mellon University, before he hit Broadway in the mid-1990s.
It wasn't until after the head of Pittsburgh Public Theater sewed up Mr. Stanek's services for the lead in Stephen Sondheim's "Company," the centerpiece of the 2013-14 season, that he made the connection.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I had the pleasure of seeing this production Downtown a couple weeks ago and it nice to finally see the Musical in the flesh instead of listening to the music incessantly on my Ipod. I thought it was amazing that there were numerous CMU alumni participating in the show. Just goes to show that there CMU alumni actively participating everywhere in theater. The Show was very different from the typical dark, modern take like displayed in Raul Esparza's version of Company; instead, this was more of a light-hearted sitcom which required a significant amount of energy; luckily, all the characters served up that energy.