Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bits cut out," which explains his penchant for casting crust-less sandwiches in every leading role. Chew on exciting art with today's GrouponLive deal: for $20, you get one ticket to the Pittsburgh CLO’s performance of Ruthless! The Musical at The Cabaret at Theater Square (up to a $44.75 value, depending on the show). Groupon customers will receive the best seating available at the time of purchase. Doors open 90 minutes before the show. Choose from the following performances:
- Friday, January 27, at 7:30 p.m.
- Saturday, January 28, at 2 p.m.
- Saturday, January 28, at 7:30 p.m.
- Sunday, January 29, at 2 p.m.
- Thursday, February 2, at 7:30 p.m.
- Friday, February 3, at 7:30 p.m.
Entering its 20th year as an off-Broadway hit, Ruthless! The Musical captivates audiences with a dramatic yet laugh-packed swipe at the contentious world of Broadway performers. Inside the Cabaret's intimate, 230-seat theater, viewers slither on their bellies to the edge of their seats as Tina Denmark, an 8-year-old budding star, desperately covets the starring role in her school play, turning to extreme measures such as murder to achieve her dream. The talented cast interjects toe-tapping ditties throughout the performance, including the darkly humorous classics "I Hate Musicals," "Angel Mom," and "Born to Entertain," a soulful ballad about secretly longing to become a beloved game-show host. Dedicated to celebrating musical theater past and present, the Pittsburgh CLO proudly remains a nonprofit cultural institution that lauds distinguished musical-theater folk while launching the careers of another generation of skilled performers.
Groupon Says
The Groupon Guide to: Forgotten Video Games
As more and more video games are rebooted, sequeled, and adapted into hit procedural dramas and breakfast pastries, some 8-bit classics have fallen by the wayside. What are some classic video games you forgot to remember?
• Battle Brothers (ActivoVision, 1989): In this high-octane punch 'em up, two rad brothers (Clint and Vortex) must survive a concrete gauntlet in order to rescue the president’s stolen bike.
Forgotten Fact: In Battle Brothers, both players could accidentally cause damage to each other, resulting in exciting real-life fistfights between real-life brothers.
• Swords & Squares (Dønderhuff ElectroPublishing, 1981): This brain-enhancing game of medieval strategy pits dueling royal courts against each other, and bestows players with a dot-matrix certificate at the end that assigns performance-based ranks, ranging from Knight of the Round to Horsepox Survivor.
Forgotten Fact: Game is essentially chess.
• Olympics® '87! (Pixellius, 1986): You play as Torcho®, the Olympic Torch®, as he is passed hand-to-hand between different athletes on his globetrotting journey. Don’t tip over and set their sweat-slicked hair ablaze!
Forgotten Fact: Not affiliated with the Olympics in any way, Olympics® '87 holds the record for video game most frequently mentioned in court transcripts.
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