Name: "Andy Warhol’s Tomato"
Start: 2024-09-14T20:00:00-04:00
Location: The Andy Warhol Museum

$"Andy Warhol\u2019s Tomato"$

We are pleased to partner with Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre (PICT) to present a one-evening special preview of the play, "Andy Warhol’s Tomato", in the museum‘s intimate theater, before it begins its run at Carnegie Stage from September 20–October 6.
It’s 1946 in Pittsburgh. A rebellious art student at Carnegie Tech, eighteen year old Andrew Warhola (later known as Andy Warhol), finds himself unexpectedly in the basement of a working class bar owned by Mario “Bones” Bonino, a second generation Italian American from McKeesport. Over the course of the summer, Andy and Bones form an unlikely friendship that surprises them both.
Enjoying critically acclaimed productions in Los Angeles and Chicago, this tender and beautiful play examines the war between the urban-LGBTQ+ lifestyle and Pittsburgh’s blue collar sensibilities, reminding us that division can be bridged by our fundamental need to create. As Bones says in the play: “There is beauty in the mundane”. Written by Vince Melocchi. Directed by Elizabeth Elias Huffman. Featuring Johnny Patalano as Mario Bonino and Matt Henderson as Andy Warhol.
Co-presented with Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre (PICT)