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City Theatre’s Clare Drobot Talks Live Theater During a Pandemic and the Debut of F*ck7thGrade in Pittsburgh
City Theatre has come to our rescue this winter and spring with a fantabulous new production in collaboration with Jill Sobule. In this world premiere concert film , award-winning singer-songwriter Jill 0’s hits include “Supermodel” and the original “I Kissed a Girl” — takes audiences through a Rock’n’Roll celebration of coming of age and coming out.
The show was recorded in a very unique fashion in the fall in Hazelwood. It is available to stream through June 30, 2021 for $15/ticket and some Pay-What-You-Can options.
We’ve interviewed Jill several times over the year — I almost invited her to our pandemic wedding — so we went a slightly different direction and explored the creation of the production itself with Clare Drobot from City Theatre.
We also did watch the show which I’ll review separately. Because Jill and City Theatre have been part of our entire romance, it was touching. But also, Laura had been a local house concert last spring — it was her last live show before the pandemic shut that down. Jill Sobule was the performer at that house concert. So it was like a touchstone to engage her in this way, a reminder that we survived 7th grade and we will survive this.
