Is there any better way of contrasting Pittsburgh’s old, drab, slate-grey reputation as an industrial wasteland with the new, vibrant, emerging Pittsburgh than by looking at the amount of theater that’s been exploding out of the place in the past half-dozen years or so? Yeah, probably – new companies moving in, anti-pollution incentives, stuff like that – but the theater thing, that’s important, too. What looks to be a tremendous 2012 starts off with Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Jesus Hopped the A Train, starting at the New Hazlett on January 12. (FULL ARTICLE: Sharon Eberson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)