A wide-ranging group of theater artists will hold a town hall Monday night to address authors' rights and equitable casting in stage productions. The gathering "is a call-to-action and a res…
Watching the Plantagenet family going at each other is like witnessing a PSA for how not to treat loved ones. The scheming royals circa 1183 hurl insults and aim dagger-sharp cruelty at chil…
Patrick Page's vocal authority has marked him as a leading Broadway villain, from the Grinch to "The Lion King's" Scar to "Spider-Man's" the Green Goblin, and the other end of the scale " as…
For fans who know Tamara Tunie for 15 years as medical examiner Melinda Warner on NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," her singing career might come as a surprise. She even titled …
The Broadcast Film Critics Association has given a posthumous nomination to August Wilson for best adapted screenplay, for the movie "Fences."
The EQT Young Playwrights Festival showcasing original scripts by middle school and high school writers from our region returns to City Theatre this weekend, with public performances Saturda…
It's Christmastime 1183, and Henry II and his family are locked in a war of words. He has granted his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, a short reprieve from her imprisonment for treason, and they…
Pittsburgh Playwrights' new-play season
Brandon Uranowitz, a Tony nominee for "An American in Paris," will replace James Monroe Iglehart as part of the Trust Cabaret Series on Feb. 13.
It's pre-war 1940 in small-town Indiana, where Christmastime turns 9-year-old Ralphie's fancy to his most fervent wish: that Santa leave an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred sh…
Oliver Sacks became known to the masses through the movie "Awakenings." In his 1985 book "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales," the late neurologist co-authored t…
The 2014 Tony Award-winning revival of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" is coming to the Benedum Center Jan. 24-25 as a season special of the PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh series.
Walter Washington is a crotchety guy with a gigantic chip on his shoulder, and he has earned it. The widowed ex-cop has survived being shot by a white rookie on the force, and eight years la…
For 15 years, the 24-hour marathon of "A Christmas Story" has been destination TV for holiday revelers. It's back again this year, beginning at 8 p.m. Dec. 24 on TBS " but you can get your f…
"A Month in the Country" has time traveled from the mid-1800s to the 21st century, with a new title " "Three Days in the Country" " that declares its recently acquired brevity. Kinetic Theat…
Stage and screen actress Tamara Tunie returns to her hometown for "Legends from the Burgh," two concerts channeling a lineup of stars with Pittsburgh ties at City Theatre on Dec. 9-10.
There's something different about Benjamin Scheuer, and not just the cool new leather jacket he wore up to the Post-Gazette Studios, where he stopped by for a video chat Friday, before t…
Barry Bostwick is in Pittsburgh this weekend for appearances at Wizard World Comic Con at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. He also visited the PG Studios for a wide-ranging interview…
Idiomatic phrases ("demand a pound of flesh") and famous monologues ("the quality of mercy") aside, "The Merchant of Venice" has given the language one of its more sinister nouns: Shylock. T…
When we think of "To Kill a Mockingbird," we think of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee and stirring 1962 movie starring Gregory Peck. It's been adapted as a play, too, whic…
Billy Porter introduced three songs from his new album when he was back in Pittsburgh Oct. 17, and today comes official news about "Billy Porter Presents The Soul of Richard Rodgers" (Bee &a…
"Feeding the Dragon" could be the title of a medieval epic or an episode of "Game of Thrones." It's fanciful and adventurous with an element of danger, not unlike the real-life story of a li…
Emmy- and Tony-winning actor Bryan Cranston will discuss his new memoir, "A Life in Parts," Nov. 20 at City Theatre.
Broadway star Patrick Page returns to Pittsburgh CLO to play Ebeneezer Scrooge for the 25th anniversary of the company's "A Musical Christmas Carol," a production that will include new set e…
The walking dead are returning to Pittsburgh, and you can be among them.