1,002 stories by "Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"
Pittsburgh CLO's summer of 2018 will open with the regional premiere of "On Your Feet!" the Emilio and Gloria Estefan musical that is still dancing up a storm on Broadway.
For Erika Henningsen, it's today, Pittsburgh; tomorrow Broadway ... with a stop in between in Washington, D.C. Ms. Henningsen, who was announced Thursday as the star of the Broadway-boun…
Before they were Pittsburgh CLO co-stars, Matt Bogart and Sally Ann Triplett were Broadway neighbors.
Mark Clayton Southers' "Miss Julie, Clarissa and John" returns for three performances Thursday through Saturday, July 27-29, as a farewell to Pittsburgh before the play hits the road for the…
The August Wilson Center for African American Culture didn't have to go far to find its new CEO and president. After a three-year search, the board on Thursday named Janis Burley Wilson to l…
Until Saturday, August Wilson was attached in name only to the Downtown building that dominates Liberty Avenue between Smithfield Street and William Penn Place.
It was a David-and-Goliath story a newsman should have loved: A gutty army of street urchins brings New York to a standstill and a tyrant to his knees.
Business as usual for a theater company in summer might mean time off or prepping for the fall season.
Bricolage Productions' "Enter the Imaginarium," two theatrical escape rooms in Harmar, recently reached two milestones.
Before "Hamilton" made "Immigrants, we get the job done" a viral catchphrase, there was "In the Heights" to set Lin-Manuel Miranda down the path to Broadway and hip-hop history by winning th…
Andy Warhol and Truman Capote were BFFs for a time. The king of pop art from Pittsburgh and the writer of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "In Cold Blood" who grew up in Alabama, clicked.
Vivian Reed was thinking it had been a long time, too long, since she had appeared on a Pittsburgh stage. Then her phone rang " twice. The first call was an invitation to do an MCG Jazz conc…
Mark Clayton Southers' "Miss Julie, Clarissa and John" returns for three performances Thursday through Saturday as a farewell to Pittsburgh before the play hits the road for North Carolina a…
There are so many conversation starters in "The Christians," you'd better come prepared to stay up late. In fewer than 90 minutes, the questions raised about faith, truth and trust demand di…
Pittsburgh CLO's "The Little Mermaid" creates an enchanting undersea world with light, color and actors floating above the stage that generates enough of a "wow factor" for all ages " with t…
"The Christians" opens with a 20-minute sermon by Pastor Paul, the head of an American megachurch that he has built from a tiny storefront. He has had a revelation, and this is his moment to…
Art that inspires emotion and provokes thought and discussion is art at its best.
Becoming a Disney princess was Diana Huey's dream as far back as she can remember, but even in her wildest dreams, a role as Ariel in Disney's "The Little Mermaid" seemed out of reach.
August Wilson's "Jitney" took home best play revival honors and Ben Platt held the audience and a Tony Award in the palm of his deserving hand at the 71st annual Tony Awards on Sunday night.
God has wrath issues, and He's none too pleased at the moment. He's come to the O'Reilly Theater in Downtown Pittsburgh with a new set of Commandments (well, there are a couple o…
A theater putting down roots is not only an act of faith, it is an act of community building. Theaters featuring live performances on Main Streets " or main streets " in suburban communities…
Pittsburgh Musical Theater and barebones productions are bringing community theater to main street in Braddock and the West End.
If you combined the pomp of the Oscars and the musical performances of the Grammys, you would come up with something like the 71st annual Tony Awards ceremony, to be broadcast live on CBS at…
Tracy Brigden has resigned as City Theatre's artistic director after 16 seasons and 25 world premieres at Pittsburgh's new-play theater.
