Originally posted by Greg Evans on Dateline | August 23, 2021 Black Theatre United, the nonprofit advocacy organization that’s taken a leading role in the move for greater equity, diversi…
By Sharon Eberson For the first time in the City Theatre’s 46-year history, choices will be made by not one artistic director, but by three. The South Side company announced a new leadersh…
Here is our update listing of shows opening this week, and those previously opened, along with a look ahead for the rest of September. Opening This Week 12:52 The Mike Webster Story | Iro…
Texture presents its second outdoor performance of the summer at the South Park Amphitheater on Sunday, August 29th. For this performance, company dancer Madeline Kendall premieres a new w…
Pittsburgh’s new play company forms Co-Artistic Director Model: Clare Drobot and Monteze Freeland join Marc Masterson in joint artistic leadership. The City Theatre board of directors has…
Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks joins the ranks of theatres presenting all-female Shakespeare to the masses. The Tragedy of Hamlet opens Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks’ 17th seas…
South Park Theatre’s See How They Run, a British farce full of tense comic situations, headlong humor, mistaken identity, doors, and vicars! See How They Run is set in the idyllic villa…
The Pittsburgh New Works Festival has been dedicated to producing new plays from all over the world for 30 years! From comedy to drama and traditional to cutting edge, there’s always somet…
Opening This Week See How They Run | South Park Theatre | outdoors at the South Park Outdoor Stage | August 2 to September 5| www.SouthParkTheatre.com Pittsburgh New Works Festival |…
Pittsburgh Opera was one of the few arts organizations in the country to perform in front of live, indoor audiences last season. At the time, Pittsburgh Opera livestreamed one performance of…
RealTime is thrilled to announce their 2021-2022 season! Featuring the brand-new performance series coming this November: RealTime’s People of Pittsburgh, a series of seasonal “theatri…
After months of preparation and planning for the return to in-person arts events, Pittsburgh’s Cultural District organizations outline layers of defense against COVID-19 and the safety pra…
Steel City Shakespeare Center returns to the stage with Pericles, their first live, in-person, outdoor production in over two years with Pericles, a windswept tale of shipwrecks, chivalry,…
Checkout our list of performances this week and upcoming shows. Opening This Week Pericles | Steel City Shakespeare | Barry G. Schell “Bronx” Field in West View | August 21 to 29 | h…
Vivid and colorful characters give the audience a hardy laugh and a classic night out at the theatre. Review by Britt Haefeli, originally published on 8/16/2023 Simply electric performances…
Dance fans missed out on that COVID season for Pittsburgh Dance Council? Why doesn’t Randal Miller just reschedule? Or so some may think… But it’s not that easy. Going behind the sce…
PitR is up and running, connecting you to the return of the performing arts, with breaking news, reviews and more. Keep watching here, because, to quote StephenSonheim: Somethin’s coming, …
Right about now, you are probably asking yourself, what does this have to do with theater in Pittsburgh and theater in general? Actually, it turns out quite a lot. And this is a significant …
Quantum Theatre kicks off its 30th Anniversary season with a live, outdoor performance of Jay Ball’s An Odyssey at the iconic Schenley Park Ice Skating Rink from August 13 to Septem…
What will the union’s new Open Access mean for the theatre industry? Here’s American Theatre Magazine’s stab at an explainer. First published in American Theatre Magazine on July 29…
Directed by Jed Allen Harris, An Odyssey is a contemporary treatment of Homer’s classic filled with humor. It pointedly explores the definition of heroism in our present by emphasizing …
Opening This Week Mrs. Mannerly | Little Lake Theatre | August 12 to 21 | https://us.patronbase.com/_LittleLakeTheatre/Productions Mama Mia | The Theatre Factory | Trafford Performing Art…
The third of four Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s outdoor concerts under its West End Canopy continues with its Artist Spotlight on Love Series: An Evening with Caroline Nicolian and Quinn P…
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre performs at Hartwood Acres. Photo courtesy of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre By Karen Dacko, NEXT Pittsburgh guest writer on August 5, 2021 Outdoor venues rule, as the m…
What will the union’s new Open Access mean for the theatre industry? Here’s our stab at an explainer. Reprint from American Theater Magazine JULY 29, 2021 By JERALD RAYMOND PIERCE, ROB…