Article: Amadeus lives

Like many costume designers, Susan Tsu loves doing research for a show.

"I do a good bit in hopes of coming to a deeper understanding of the text and characters," says Tsu, who is creating the costumes for the Pittsburgh Public Theater's production of "Amadeus" that is in previews for an opening Friday at the O'Reilly Theater, Downtown.

Peter Shaffer's play brings to life the legend and music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in a drama that's part biography, part murder mystery set against the backdrop of the royal courts, theaters and palaces of 18th-century Austria.

"Amadeus" premiered at the National Theatre in London in 1979 under the direction of Sir Peter Hall, then opened on Broadway in ...

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