1,002 stories by "Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"
When the PICT Classic Theatre season began, the schedule for the September slot read "Saint Joan," for which George Bernard Shaw lists a cast of 17. A few weeks into the season, "Saint …
In its 25th year, the Pittsburgh New Works Festival's reach is far and near, producing scripts submitted from Spain, Canada, California, Virginia, and a couple from right here.
The August Wilson Center for African American Culture is getting an infusion of funding and board members in the new owners' bid to bring the Downtown building back to life.
Sure, Adam Schreck had a swell time participating in short-form improvs for Christopher Nagel's Bethel Park High School drama classes. But make a living at it? He didn't even see himself as …
Welcome to the Idina Menzel World Tour and therapy session, guaranteed to push your emotional buttons and allow the diva on stage to get in tune with all of hers.
As Judge Joseph K. Williams navigates his role in the uncharted course to revitalization of the August Wilson Center for African American Culture, a kitchen is No. 1 on his wish list.
The dog days of summer in Pittsburgh are bringing the heat, both outdoors and onstage at the New Hazlett Theater, where "The Light in the Piazza" is burning with the passion of fresh-faced a…
Oscar presenter John Travolta may not have gotten Idina Menzel's name right on the first try, but there are a lot of other names that come to mind when you think of the Tony Award-winning ar…
Front Porch Theatricals didn't go easy on itself when it decided to add a second musical to its usual summertime splash.
Not only is it possible to reinvent an age-old fairy tale as an enchanting spectacle with a social conscience, it's happening every day for a week at the Benedum Center, where "Rodgers + Ham…
Mark Clayton Southers makes his living as a storyteller, so when he recounts the nightmares that have haunted his recovery from a violent car crash, the revelations are filled with explicit,…
Billy Porter made it official today: He will leave "Kinky Boots" next year and join fellow Tony Award winners Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell in the Broadway production &q…
You might say that Cinderella is having a moment, if she had ever been away for longer than it takes to say, "happily ever after."
"I came for the adulation," Lola says.
STRATFORD, Ontario " Stick around Stratford for just a couple of days, and you can't help but notice how darn nice everyone is. At every turn, by the banks of the Avon River or around t…
It's almost time for heels-down in Pittsburgh, and Billy Porter is giddy about being homecoming king " and drag queen " for a week.
STRATFORD, Ontario " A Rodgers and Hammerstein musical and a bawdy Shakespeare comedy are not such an odd couple when you get to the heart of the matter. "The Sound of Music" asks and answer…
All those deep dives into the 1980s pop songbook with "Glee" seem like prep work now for Jenna Ushkowitz, who was Tina in the Fox TV series' during its six musical seasons.
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ontario " Discovering a Shavian thread that runs through three selections seen at Canada's venerable Shaw Festival would be more difficult to find than a chink in the op…
The luck of the Irish doesn't appear to be with Trassie Conlee. Her father is on his deathbed, and she, alone, must stand strong to protect her brother and her land from her cousins, the mal…
Simon Bradbury stirs cream into his tea and searches for words to describe "Sherlock's Last Case." One slip of the tongue could give away the big twist in Charles Marowitz's black comedy, ba…
The August Wilson Center for African American Culture and Mark Clayton Southers are planning a joint comeback with a production of "The Piano Lesson" in November.
Even in its lightest moments, a feeling of impending doom looms over "Brewed."
Marnie Quick of Pittsburgh Barack Obama Academy made it to the top three finalists in a return trip to the National High School Musical Theatre Awards Monday night at Broadway's Minskoff The…
