Royce Jones, Delana Flowers star in Pittsburgh Playwrights’ ‘Dinah: A Musical Revue’

The thirst for good mu­sic, romance and a bit of history will be quenched when audiences at­tend the performance of Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company’s sea­son-opening production of “Dinah: A Musical Re­vue.”“People’s souls are starving for something of substance that they can relate to that won’t kill them,” explained the production’s creator, Er­nest McCarty. “This piece means a lot to the people who come to see it, to hear those old sounds and feel the old feelings because the radio isn’t playing Dinah Washington any­more. Where can they go to worship at the throne of Dinah Washington? ‘Dinah: A Musical Revue’ takes people back to that old feeling and those old sounds that they can’t get now.”The show will run through April 28 at Pitts­burgh Playwrights The­atre’s 3401 Milwaukee Street home in the Hill District. It’s the second time Pittsburgh Play­wrights Theatre Compa­ny has produced the show. The first time was in 2015.“I produced this in 2015 right before my accident. This time there is a differ­ent cast (except for Dela­na Flowers, who is re­prising the role as Dinah Washington). We have a live band with top musi­cians in the city—Roger Humphries, Dewayne Dolphin, Dewayne Fulton and Tony Campbell,” said Pittsburgh...