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Friday, January 18, 2019

After five years, theater-centric online magazine Pittsburgh in the Round is growing

Theater Reviews + Features | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper: A couple years ago, George Hoover began cutting down his work hours and planning for retirement. He'd spent his life working in different corners of the arts and entertainment industry: as a lighting designer for stage productions in Florida after college; as a co-producer for jazz concerts on public television in New Jersey; as the technology officer at the Pittsburgh-based NEP Group, which provides technical and production support for broadcasts like the Olympics and Oscars. But after decades in the industry and three Emmys to his name, Hoover was ready for his second act and he had an idea. He loved theater and wanted to create a centralized location online for listings, reviews, and news focused entirely on stage productions in Pittsburgh.

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