1,002 stories by "Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"
Alan Stanford is on the phone, explaining that he is standing in the middle of an Irish cottage in the middle of the Union Project in Highland Park.
There's a new face in town, although he's fast becoming familiar to Pittsburgh theatergoers.
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company introduces its third world premiere of the season with "Hercules Didn't Wade in the Water" by Michael A. Jones.
The buzz surrounding the recent Netflix series "13 Reasons Why" and its depiction of teenage bullying and suicide can trace its lineage, on page and screen, to "The Perks of Being a Wallflow…
In baseball terms, a couple of Pittsburghers were among the heavy hitters picked for Broadway's all-star lineup when nominations were announced Tuesday morning for the 71st annual Tony Award…
Billy Porter, the Pittsburgh native and Tony and Grammy Award-winning star of "Kinky Boots," will be honored at the 28th annual GLAAD Media Awards May 6 in New York.
Pittsburgh CLO held a sneak peek of a new music festival that will bloom in Pittsburgh next spring, with the emphasis on small-scale shows and nurturing the next generation of writers.
The story behind the play opening at Off the Wall Productions Friday and attempts to stage it are as compelling as the play itself.
Zach Grenier is so eager to share how he wound up in Pittsburgh, he begins to answer with the word "How ..." barely hanging in the air. The star of "The Good Wife," who played divorce lawyer…
It's been a quite the season for outrageous comedies at City Theatre, and let's face it, we can all use a good laugh.
The riveting modern musical "Fun Home" provides a fresh point of view on what Hollywood might label "a coming-of-age" or a "coming out" story. It's both, plus a family drama with a sense of …
"Fun Home" pushes boundaries with a contemporary story that earns a place in the evolution of musical theater. Looking back, Rodgers & Hammerstein never took the easy road " their beauti…
Corey Jones was auditioning for a comedy via Skype when a mini-farce broke out.
"Trainspotting" writer John Hodge has mined a nugget of Russian history to address art vs. tyranny in "Collaborators," a surrealist play about the time dissident writer Mikhail Bulgakov prod…
Lea Salonga came to Pittsburgh with a song list that had her shaking her head and apologizing.
Kelli O'Hara, a six-time Tony Award nominee and a winner in 2015 for "The King and I," will headline a Trust Cabaret special concert Sept. 25 at the August Wilson Center, part of the 2017-18…
Every musical revival worth redoing again and again meets the requirement of a message that never goes out of date, a well-told story, beautiful music and, if it's going to stand the test of…
The Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company production of Mark Clayton Southers' "Miss Julie, Clarissa and John" is hitting the road this summer, when the original cast will perform the play …
Most of us know something of Oedipus, who fulfills a prophecy by unwittingly killing his father and marrying his mother. Sophocles' cautionary tale about hubris and destiny in ancient Greece…
Meet "Daddy Long Legs," and prepare to be charmed.
Hamilton" is on its way to Pittsburgh, but you will have to wait until the 2018-19 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh season.
Paige Davis is coming home for the summer to star in the Pittsburgh premiere of "Miss Abigail's Guide to Dating, Mating & Marriage" for CLO Cabaret.
"Dreamgirls" dramatizes an era when Motown ruled the airwaves, girl groups were all the rage and the power was in the hands of the men who ran the music machine.
Judy Kuhn, most recently seen on Broadway in "Fiddler on the Roof," is a four-time Tony nominee for "Fun Home," "She Loves Me," "Chess" and "Les Miserables," but on Monday night in Pittsburg…
The annual Bricolage Urban Scrawl is back for its 12th mad dash to the finish line to create new works in 24 hours. Six playwrights take a bus ride on Friday, and the race is on. The writers…
