328 stories by "Sharon Eberson"
Wicked’s popularity was not a foregone conclusion when it powered onto Broadway in 2003. The New York Times critic Ben Brantley came right out and wrote that only Kristin Chenoweth as Glin…
In addition to the colorful suspects introduced with the Clue board game, the 1985 movie added the butler Wadsworth, played by Tim Curry and driving the comedic action toward one of three po…
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company has revealed a four-play 2026 season, including a premiere by award-winning playwright a.k. payne, while also co-hosting a unique international take on…
In the year that was, the future of three companies takes center stage, Saige Smith hits a series of high notes, "The Shark Is Broken" goes swimmingly for barebones, Pittsburgh Playwrights T…
Some things are such crowd-pleasers, they bear repeating. Even within the packed realm of Christmas-time theater, that holds true for Kinetic Theatre’s finely tuned, atmospheric production…
A Dinah Washington Christmas, a combination of beloved Christmas songs, a celebration of the “Queen of the Blues,” and nod to the jazz heritage of the Hill District, had its debut on Thu…
In Braddock, Midnight Radio has Bricolage following it’s own Die Hard holiday parody with A Christmas Vacatyinz, lampooning the Lampooners at barebones’ Braddock Black Box. And in the Hi…
Reaching back and passing the torch was a running theme of Front Porch Theatricals 2026 season announced on Monday, where it was revealed that Working and Come From Away will be their summer…
Pittsburgh CLO next big hire could be an important next step in moving forward artistically and strategically. The job posting comes on the heels of the announcement of summer season No. 80:…
It’s cozy by the fireside, with the scent of pine trees seeming to permeate the air, as City Theatre invites us to spend the holiday season with the ever-growing canon of Lauren Gunderson …
With 2025 coming to a close, the Emmy-nominated Michael Kooman and Chris Dimond have months of good will at their backs as they return to Pittsburgh for "I Will Be Me — The Songs of Kooman…
Here’s a glimpse of some of the live theater of the Pittsburgh holiday season, and the 2025 Holiday Market that has moved into the Pittsburgh Cultural District.
"Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women" was put in motion by a mistaken premise. The playwright Lauren Gunderson was asked by a theater leader if he could read her stage version of novel. It w…
Denis O'Hare follows in the miser-to-wiser footsteps of high-profile predecessors as the Ebenezer Scrooge of Pittsburgh CLO's "A Musical Christmas Carol," which returns to the Byham Theater …
What happens when two sets of New York parents seek a civilized response to an act of playground violence: one of their 11-year-old sons whacking the other with a stick, knocking out two tee…
Extraordinary voices vying for best in show and a vibrant, pulsating production touched down at the Benedum Center this week, as Hell’s Kitchen made Pittsburgh the second stop in the music…
It was 15 years ago that Patrick Jordan first read the Tony Award-winning play "God of Carnage," and put it aside. When he picked it up again, years later, something had changed. The Yasmin…
So much of the play "Enron" is true to life, that to call it a dark comedy, you must emphasize dark, or as a cautionary tale, a better emphasis would be: beware. Quantum Theatre is retellin…
Director Kyle Haden on Quantum Theatre Production, New Role at Pittsburgh Public, and CMU ColLABo. By SHARON EBERSON The Downtown parkway ramp spills onto Grant Street with a skyward view of…
You don’t have to be a role-playing gamer to appreciate "Night of the Moth Man," but it is a bonus, judging by the reaction to every role of the RPG dice on opening night. The spooky, spoo…
Commentary by Sharon Eberson: The countdown is on to year 25 of “laughter for a good cause.” OFF THE RECORD XXV: BURGH TO THE FUTURE! is less than a week away, and, as always, I’m feel…
An adaptation of "Bartleby, The Scrivener," written and performed by Sam Tsoutsouvas and directed by Andrew Paul for Kinetic Theatre, delivers a pitch-perfect solo retelling as Melville told…
Among the loudest applause on opening night of Noises Off at Pittsburgh Public Theater was the turntable reveal of the play-within-the-play’s backstage, to begin the second act. Another bi…
By SHARON EBERSON A dictator’s wife behaves like a spoiled child, oblivious to her people’s cries of anguish. What could possibly go wrong? The First Lady of the USA premiere play Firs…
Seductive multilingual, multicultural, multimedia "Another Kind of Silence," now at City Theatre. contains standard plot points from relationship dramas, but the playwright has wrapped the w…
