328 stories by "Sharon Eberson"
GREAT NEWS OUT OF CARNEGIE!
Claire DeMarco has put her money where her theater dreams are, and partnered with theater artist and administrator Erika Cuenca to save Carnegie Stage, that vita…
With 2026 Dollar Bank Three RIvers Arts Festival opening in its new Arts Landing home, the next phase of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Downtown renovations turn to Katz Plaza and the Byham a…
Alumni Theater Company has announced a venue change for its summer production of Once on This Island. Originally scheduled to be presented at the O'Reilly Theater, the production will now ta…
Pittsburgh CLO has announced the casts of productions for its 2026 summer season, a mix of frequent PCLO performers, Pittsburgh-based artists, and newcomers. After 80 seasons as the Pittsbur…
REVIEW: "PICKLEBALL" at LITTLE LAKE SERVES UP LAUGHS.
I took along a good friend who plays pickleball to see the Jeff Daniels satire about the sport, and nonstop laughter told me all I need…
A CONVERSATION WITH "RAGTIME" COMPOSER AND DORMONT NATIVE STEPHEN FLAHERTY
Coming home to accept the Richard Rodgers Award is “a big, beautiful arc,” Stephen Flaherty was saying just t…
I have seen the fallout from mismanaging expectations and a lack of transparency when jobs are lost, and the rift it can create between people practicing their calling and those entrusted wi…
An event titled Pittsburgh Community Theater Showcase seemed like a good time to check out the Dollar Bank Lobby Series at the O’Reilly Theater. The three-day showcase illustrates the poss…
The arrival of "Working," the first of Front Porch Theatrical’s two summer musicals, marks a sign of the season that's as sure and welcome as a robin is to spring.
If you lived through the era of the Vietnam War draft lottery, the independent production of the new play, "Sixty-Nine — Seventy," is sure to force a visceral reaction. As it pertains toda…
Daina Michelle Griffith has memories of “Working” dating back to her college days, when her friend was performing in a Theatre Factory production of the musical. “I went out to see it …
The new play "Sixty Nine — Seventy," among the independent productions sprouting in Pittsburgh this spring, is a throwback to the era of the Vietnam War, the draft lottery that sent young …
The remarkable version of Jitney in Italian finished up three days of captivating sold-out Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre audiences on Sunday, ending a quick American tour that celebrated th…
Pittsburgh Public Theater and Pittsburgh CLO have announced a “Prologue Season” of curated programming for the remainder of 2026, as they prepare to merge into one organization in Januar…
Nominations for the 79th TONY AWARDS showcase the Pittsburgh theater community’s contributions to Broadway, including 11 nominations for the revival of Ragtime. Composer Stephen Flaherty, …
"Speak," a new play about the intentional damage — physical and emotional — we are capable of inflicting on one another, and the healing powers of kindness and art.
The work, an adapt…
"I've always been drawn to characters that take up a lot of space and refuse to leave the stage. I was born to play Hedwig." — Treasure Treasure, who stars for City Theatre in a first-time…
A cautionary tale of troubled teens, families in crisis, and the consequences when a lie goes viral, DEAR EVAN HANSEN burst onto Broadway in 2016, and rewrote the rules of engagement by addi…
Prime Stage Theatre’s season of premieres continues this weekend with a commissioned work by playwright Tammy Ryan, who has adapted the National Book Award finalist "Speak" for the stage.�…
A theater kid from birth, Anthony Marino Jr. is set to play the lead in "DEAR EVAN HANSEN" for Pittsburgh Musical Theater. “I think always being immersed in that world just kind of wired m…
The new 4-acre Downtown park Arts Landing was given a blockbuster welcome on April 17, 2026, when local and state dignitaries including Governor Josh Shapiro attended a ribbon-cutting ceremo…
If you love rapid-fire, eye-rolling puns, the North American Tour of "Shucked," now at the Benedum Center, will fill you to overflowing with "farm to fable" lunacy and laughter.
COMMENTARY by SHARON EBERSON How do you give a stage production a “best” award and not even nominate the lead performer? That’s what the 2026 Olivier Awards did this past weekend. Ma…
Pittsburgh Public Theater, following the finale of its 51st season, has announced that Homewood-based Alumni Theater Company will present "Once on This Island" at the Public’s Downtown hom…
In Ty Greenwood’s powerful new drama, "Paradox of Education," a group of Black students discover that scholarships to a PWI — predominantly white institutions — come with student debt,…
