378 stories by "Sharononstagepittsburghcom"
Point Park University graduate Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters has won the 2022 Terrence McNally Award in playwriting for Acetone Wishes and Plexiglass Dreams. Philadelphian Walters (Class of �…
Pittsburgh’s Accomplished Wilsonian Actor Makes His CLO and Benedum Debut in ‘Kinky Boots’ By Sharon Eberson What Wali Jamal lacks in enthusiasm, he makes up for in … forget it. When…
By Sharon Eberson Spirit-lifting entertainment is always in too-short supply, but just now, it’s a necessity. Enter Kinky Boots, striding onstage at the Benedum Center to raise you up and …
Quantum Theatre founder and artistic director Karla Boos takes on thee iconic role of Madame Ranevskaya in "The CherryOrchard." I relate to her, in that she's on a different
wavelength," B…
Alan Stanford has been removed from his job as artistic and executive director of PICT Class Theatre, following an account of alleged sexual misconduct reported in Pittsburgh City Paper. In …
As 'Robin Hood' and 'Love Letters' bring the Pittsburgh Public Theater season to a close, AD Marya Sea Kaminski talks about how her programming is aimed at the warm feeling audiences crave.
Pittsburgh CLO has announced the full cast that will high step into next week with its first production of Kinky Boots. Previously announced Darius Harper as drag queen Lola, the role that g…
By Sharon Eberson Kylie Edwards, representing Pittsburgh CLO’s Gene Kelly Awards at the 2022 National High School Musical Theatre Awards, was named best dancer among the winners announced …
Families can take a step back to Medieval times and watch as Robin Hood and his Merry Men perform heroic deeds in Allegheny County Parks, thanks to Pittsburgh Public Theater. The Cultural Di…
By Sharon Eberson Here’s my weekend in Pittsburgh theater, or, more to the point, so much Pittsburgh theater, so little time … Pittsburgh theater – it’s worth saying a third time –…
By Sharon Eberson From a bona fide Broadway legend to a TikTok sensation, The Drowsy Chaperone’s cast is sprinkled with the marquee names, familiar faces and newcomers that are a trademark…
By Sharon Eberson The Tony Awards turned 75 with a celebration of youth and experience, the British influence on Broadway and a few surprises along the way. Best actor in a musical went to…
By Sharon Eberson The highest praise for a comedy that strives to honor the French master Moliere is that it pummels hypocrisy and is as thought-provoking as it is laugh-inducing. Simon Brad…
City Theatre has paid tribute to the legacy of Kuntu Repertory Theatre founder and artistic director Dr. Vernell Audrey Watson Lillie by renaming its studio theater in her honor. The former …
By Sharon Eberson Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company will present Mark Clayton Southers’ Savior Samuel at the “world’s largest event in Black theater,” the National Black The…
By Sharon Eberson Simon Bradbury and Andrew Paul go way back. So it’s somehow fitting that they both wound up connecting while both were in Las Vegas, even if their artistic collaboration …
By Sharon Eberson If you are a member of the Pittsburgh theater community, you know Billy Hartung as a performer; of course, He’s been to Broadway and back. As in back home, that’s back …
August Wilson’s Two Trains Running is running on time for Pittsburgh Public, but How the Hell Did I Get Here? will not pull into the O’Reilly Theater as planned. First postponed from…
By Sharon Eberson Seven hundred Allegheny County students were singing, dancing, and accepting awards and scholarships last night, marking the return of the Gene Kelly Awards to a razzle-daz…
By Sharon Eberson Front Porch Theatricals has had to close A Man of No Importance before its final performances this weekend, due to COVID-19 safety concerns. The award-winning musical, fea…
Pittsburgh Playhouse at Point Park University has been approved for a $30,000 NEA Grant for Arts Projects to support a portion of its “Shaping the Arts: Black Women and Femme Artists and C…
By Sharon Eberson Witnessing a slasher film from the safe distance between seat and screen is one thing, but just imagine being in the room where it happens when the masked killer strikes. N…
By Sharon Eberson New Horizon Theater ends its season with One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show, a comedy set in 1970s Philadelphia that deals with the clash of values between middle-class and wo…
By Sharon Eberson Tony Award-winner LaChanze, a nominee again this year for Trouble in Mind, is coming to Pittsburgh, one of the stars who comprise the 2022-23 Trust Cabaret Series. Two arti…
By Sharon Eberson It is important, Front Porch Theatricals’ production of A Man of No Importance. Let me explain all the reasons why. It’s going to take a little time, so get comfortable…
