Theater company brings Shakespeare to steel

For more than a century, steel mills churning along Pittsburgh's three rivers helped define the region as one of the world's largest steel-making capitals until the collapse of the industry in the 1980s. Now, ruins of the industry loom massive and rusting, a reminder of power and loss. Where better to stage a production of Shakespeare's "King Lear"? Quantum Theatre is using the backdrop of the Carrie Furnace for its production of the bard's bleakest tragedy, which tells of grief and madness, family values gone wrong and a powerful king brought low. "Pittsburgh was once a giant in that particular space. You can't be at the site without feeling the enormity of industry and the en...

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