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Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Award-winning playwrights Lynn Nottage and Dominique Morisseau give voice to hard truths by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh Public Theater and City Theatre host two of the country’s hottest playwrights and their perspectives on the American Dream.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 07:00PM
Monday, October 29, 2018

At last, here's how to score 'Hamilton' tickets at face-value or lottery prices in Pittsburgh by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces the steps for buying individual tickets and signing up online for $10 lottery seats.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 10:00AM
Thursday, October 25, 2018

Carter Redwood, of the Hill District and CMU, builds career on his way back to City Theatre by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The actor whose screen work includes “Orange Is the New Black” stars as a teen in trouble in Dominique Morisseau’s “Pipeline.”

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:00AM
Wednesday, October 24, 2018

'Hamilton' tour's King George, Sewickley native Peter Matthew Smith, to judge annual First Night sing-off by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Peter Matthew Smith, a performer with Pittsburgh Musical Theater and the CLO, returns in the role originated on Broadway by Jonathan Groff.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 02:46PM
Tuesday, October 16, 2018

'Hamilton' star Leslie Odom Jr. talks movies and music on the way to Heinz Hall by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Tony winner and Carnegie Mellon alum is in concert Saturday, then heads off to film a new Harriet Tubman biopic.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:11PM
Thursday, October 11, 2018

Stage preview: 'Anastasia' takes on the world for Dormont's Stephen Flaherty by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Tony Award-winning composer and the tour’s Dmitry talk about the hit musical branching out from Broadway to Madrid to Pittsburgh.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 09:00AM

Stage review: 'Pride and Prejudice' frolics anew at Public Theater by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Kate Hamill adaptation brings modern sensibilities to Jane Austen’s 19th-century words for a play that romps to a new beat.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM
Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Cultural District metal detectors begin rollout this weekend by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Patrons arriving for Deborah Colker Dance at the Byham Theater Saturday will be the first through the Trust’s new metal detectors.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:34PM
Thursday, October 4, 2018

From puppets to Phantoms, there's more to Halloween than pumpkins by Maria Sciullo and Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

There are grown-up diversions to be found around Pittsburgh this October

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM
Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Israeli play will go on in Pittsburgh despite call for boycott by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Cultural Trust responds that the play shows the Israeli-Palestinian conflict “at a very human level in a way that only the arts can.”

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 07:09PM
Monday, October 1, 2018

Stage review: barebones' 'Lobby Hero' challenges with 'What would you do?' scenarios by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Kenneth Lonergan dark comedy entangles four lives in a murder investigation that tests their sense of what is right and just.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:57AM

Mattress Factory woes spotlight training gaps among nonprofit leaders by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

In Pittsburgh, administrators and board members can take advantage of resources such as the Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:00AM
Thursday, September 27, 2018

Pittsburgh theater is on trend with the most-produced playwrights and plays of 2018-19 by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Lucas Hnath and his play “A Doll’s House, Part 2,” coming to Pittsburgh Public Theater, top American Theatre Magazine’s annual list.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 09:00AM

Review: 'Cirque Eloize: Hotel' sets the stage for world-premiere whimsy in Pittsburgh by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Festival of Firsts presentation marks the 25th anniversary of the Canadian troupe of theatrical circus performers.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM
Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Denzel Washington returns to the Hill District to bestow $5 million on August Wilson House by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The actor and his Hollywood friends contributed to efforts to restore the playwright’s childhood home and keep his legacy alive.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 04:29PM

Stage preview: Jane Austen's 'Pride' gets an irreverent makeover to start Pittsburgh Public's season by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The new era at the O’Reilly Theater kicks off with Kate Hamill’s modern-day twist on “Pride and Prejudice.” 

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 09:00AM

Stage preview: barebones finally lands 'Lobby Hero' by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Patrick Jordan’s Braddock company gets its turn at the Kenneth Lonergan play that had a recent Broadway run.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 09:00AM
Monday, September 24, 2018

Denzel Washington coming to Pittsburgh for August Wilson House event by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The director and award-winning star of “Fences” will be in the Hill District Wednesday.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:42PM
Friday, September 21, 2018

Pittsburgh Festival of Firsts kicks off Downtown tonight, rain or shine by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The eight-week festival of visual and performance art includes a visual display and live music outside the Benedum Center.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:01AM
Thursday, September 20, 2018

Stage review: Laughing at 'The Play That Goes Wrong' is all that's right with comedy by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The national tour of the play with the Tony Award-winning best set opened this week at the Benedum Center.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 04:00PM

Stage preview: 'Cirque Eloize: Hotel' checks in to Festival of Firsts by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Canadian company celebrates its 25th anniversary of acrobatics and theatrics with a new show set in a grand old hotel lobby.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 10:00AM
Wednesday, September 19, 2018

First Look: Point Park's new Pittsburgh Playhouse ahead of its public debut by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Downtown complex, already buzzing with student activity, opens its doors for a peek before a gala and “Cabaret” welcome in October.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:48PM

Denzel Washington helps Hill District's August Wilson House achieve funding goals by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

On Sept. 26, the playwright’s childhood home will host a ceremony and announcement about the restoration of the landmark site.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:15AM
Monday, September 17, 2018

East Liberty arts hub Kelly Strayhorn Theater turns 10 by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The theater named for two of Pittsburgh’s brightest stars is a player in the local and global cultural conversation.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 05:33PM
Sunday, September 16, 2018

Stage review: Words pack a wallop among the women of 'The Revolutionists' by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Heads roll in the Reign of Terror romp by Lauren Gunderson that opens City Theatre’s 44th season.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 10:14AM
Friday, September 14, 2018

Michael Cerveris, a new resident of Sewickley, sings for a Braddock theater by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The two-time Tony Award winner known for TV shows from “The Good Wife” to “Gotham” will perform a benefit concert for barebones on Sept. 22.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 05:42PM
Thursday, September 13, 2018

Leslie Odom Jr. joins cast of Harriet Tubman biopic by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Carnegie Mellon graduate, “Hamilton” star and “One Dollar” cast member joins Cynthia Erivo, who plays the title role in “Harriet.”

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 10:18PM

Q&A with the Mischief creators of 'The Play That Goes Wrong' by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A word — many words — with British company leaders Henry Lewis and Jonathan Sayer as their comedy opens its national tour in Pittsburgh.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 07:46PM

Roast comedian Amadeo Fusca toasts relationships in 'Men Are From Mars/Women Are From Venus Live!' by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Churchill native, Point Park grad and Friars Club roaster uses his drama and sketch comedy training in the Pittsburgh CLO one-man show.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 02:23PM

Stage preview: National tour of 'Play That Goes Wrong' stumbles into a Pittsburgh opening by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The bang-up Broadway farce from England’s Mischief Theatre Company, a rare play to tour the U.S., makes Pittsburgh its first stop.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 09:00AM

THEATER: A first look at what's onstage in Pittsburgh for fall by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Autumn blooms with a busy September that includes world and regional premieres and a national tour launching at the Benedum Center.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 07:30AM

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