Ted Pappas will step down as producing artistic director of Pittsburgh Public Theater when his contract is up on Aug. 31 of next year, leaving on his own terms after 18 years as the company'…
The Pittsburgh Public Theater has had five programming and/or artistic leaders who have held various titles in its 42 years " Ben Shaktman (1975-1982), Larry Arrick (1982-84), William T…
An unbendable rule of museums is that you can look, but you'd better not touch, and ever-watchful security guards are there to make sure we follow the rules.
Pittsburgh Musical Theater's ambitious 25th season continues with "Dreamgirls," a dream come true for actor Jason Shavers and a reflection of the company's commitment to diversity.
The story of a spunky orphan who communicates with her benefactor through letters hasn't missed a beat since "Daddy-Long-Legs" hit bookshelves in 1912. The novel was adapted by author Jean W…
After a stirring opening-night performance of "1984," before the audience could catch its breath, Prime Stage Theatre's producing artistic director Wayne Brinda introduced a special guest. R…
In a corner of a room crowded with clothes and accessories is a small clearing with full-length mirrors. Nestled into the space, awaiting the arrival of actor Mitchell Jarvis, is a rack cont…
Before Broadway digs into "1984," Prime Stage is bringing Big Brother to Pittsburgh.
Billy Porter's "The Soul of Richard Rodgers" is due next month from Bee & El and Sony Masterworks Broadway, and he has already whet fans' appetite with the January rele…
'Findings'
The 2016 Tony Award-winning play "The Humans" and new play "Heisenberg" set the pace for a 2017-18 season at Pittsburgh Public Theater that boosts the company's reputation for original produ…
"The Beauty Queen of Leenane" launched playwright Martin McDonagh's career as the Irish king of the deepest, darkest comedies to be seen on a stage and sent the Druid Theatre Company of Galw…
"Ragtime" seemed like an impossible dream of a musical for the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama until its Tony Award-winning composer, Stephen Flaherty, pointed out that the award-…
Richard John Lawrence McMillan was a frequent presence on stages and in front of the camera from his native Canada to Pittsburgh, tackling roles from Hamlet to Oscar Wilde.
Pittsburgh Public Theater's 23rd annual Shakespeare Monologue & Scene Contest that began Feb. 6 with more than 1,000 student participants culminated Monday night, when winners were crown…
"The Book of Mormon" is back in town, as shocking and hilarious as ever and just as urgent in its representation of people who are worlds apart " fresh-faced missionaries and Ugandans suffer…
Zach Grenier, who played divorce lawyer David Lee for seven seasons on the CBS drama "The Good Wife," will star as Willie Loman in Pittsburgh Public Theater's "Death of a …
The sold-out Trust Cabaret series is adding a party night to its 2016-17 season. Jim Caruso's Cast Party, a Monday night mainstay at New York's Birdland nightclub since 2003, will take…
Brandon Uranowitz has starred in two of Broadway's most heralded musicals in recent memory, but the "American in Paris" and "Falsettos" star still feels he is introducing himself to audience…
The Pittsburgh Humanities Festival has taken on the theme "Being Human" for the series of events scheduled for March 24-26 at Pittsburgh Cultural District and Oakland sites.
"Pump Boys and Dinettes," the down-home musical about good ol' folks who work hard and play harder, has pulled into the Cabaret at Theatre Square to serve up a light-hearted slice of rural l…
Folklore tells us that John Henry was an African-American railroad worker with mammoth strength who, with just a hammer, defeated a mountain and a mechanical drill but died from the effort.
"Woody's Order!" was a title bestowed on Ann Talman the day she was born and, 60 years later, the title of her one-woman show, a theatrical chronicle of the fierce love and hardships she has…
Pain and depression have been Mark Clayton Southers' constant companions as the producer, writer and artistic director of Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company navigates life in the world o…
The lives, dreams and music of the six friends in "Pump Boys and Dinettes" are familiar to Ben Klein, who, like the characters in the Tony-nominated musical, hails from North Carolina.