The story of how the third production of David Mamet’s "Henry Johnson" landed at Carnegie Stage, and along with it, David Butler’s return to a hometown stage, follows the on- and off-ram…
"Mean Girls" Marks the Beginning of the End after 80 years of Pittsburgh CLO Summer Seasons
"If this works, if [other independent projects] start to work, to us, it's about proof of concept, that this can be part of the landscape." — Michael Patrick Trimm Pittsburghers know Mich…
REALTIME ARTS' EQUITABLE DINNERS ARE DESIGNED TO MAKE IT "COMFORTABLE TO TALK TO EACH OTHER AGAIN." Originated in Atlanta, Equitable Dinners attracted the attention of RealTime Arts’ cofo…
Ahead of the Pittsburgh premiere of a.k. payne’s BURNBABYBURN: an american dream, the local writer was named Best Playwright for her play Furlough’s Paradise at the 31st annual NAACP The…
AN INSIDE VIEW TO THE FUTURE OF PITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER AND PITTSBURGH CLO When their marriage becomes legal sometime this summer, only then will the new name and details of the Pittsburg…
Pittsburgh CLO’s 80th season opener, "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical," rides the unstoppable wave of musical standards by one of the 30 greatest living American songwriters, according …
"Hamlet: The Bad Quarto", a script that predates the best-loved published Folio, employs some names, phrasing and layering that resemble an early draft, before the Bard really got going on e…
What happens among four teens in the 2019 play by Alexis Scheer, "My Dear Dead Drug Lord," is the stuff of pubescent histrionics, paranormal activity, and parental nightmares. It would be hy…
PITTSBURGH CLO 80th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT: ONE BRIEF SHINING MOMENT During a nostalgia packed night — including the honoring of former CLO intern Stephen Flaherty, the award-winning compose…
When truth is stranger than fiction, in a playwright's hands, it can go a few steps further into bizarro world, or find a pathway to grounded reality. Such is the case of the third annual Li…
The cast of "Our Dear Dead Drug Lord," the “ferocious, darkly funny” coming-of-age play opening this weekend at barebones productions, answer questions about their first professional pr…
MANFRED HONECK SIGNS PSO CONTRACT EXTENSION THROUGH 2032-33. Manfred Honeck will become the longest-serving Music Director in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s 131-year history, after …
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 …