If there is such a thing as the “best hangman,” then it stands to reason that there is a second best. Martin McDonagh’s dark comedy, "Hangmen," is based loosely on the well-chronic…
An impossible task, it would seem to be, choosing symphonic soundtracks and creating a concert representing the breadth of movie music. It may be stating the obvious, but a good place to st…
Kathleen Marshall, the three-time Tony Award-winning director/choreographer who grew up in Pittsburgh, is now an inductee into the Theater Hall of Fame. Her name will be inscribed on the wal…
Quantum Theatre brings director Joanie Schultz's gender-swapped adaptation of "The Seagull" to picturesque Chatham University. "What a gift to have somebody say, ‘Great, let's do it,’”…
The transformation of Pittsburgh Musical Theater got off to a smashing start – a wall-breaking ceremony on July 9, with Mayor Ed Gainey and County Executive Sara Innamorato striking the bl…
City Theatre has revealed the winners of the 2025 Young Playwrights Contest, an annual regional competition for grades 7-12. The Young Playwrights Festival’s public performances will take…
Juan Rivera Lebron has been hired to chair the Point Park University Conservatory of Performing Arts’ Department of Theatre, beginning July 1. In addition, the announcement on June 23, 202…
Pittsburgh Musical Theater turns 35 with a six-show 2025-2026 season, starting with the popular gorefest "Evil Dead the Musical," and ending with the premiere regional production of Tony Awa…
Pittsburgh CLO is bringing the Lerner & Loewe musical "Camelot" back for the seventh time, to lead off its 79th summer season, and the legend of King Arthur and the Round Table couldn’…
Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States, commemorating the end of slavery. On June 19, 1865, General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced the final enforcem…
Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre’s third annual Bards From the Burgh series will feature four readings of new works by local playwrights. Each year, PICT selects one play from the …
I watch the Tony Awards with Pittsburgh in mind, because the pipeline of talent between here and Broadway is, hands-down, among the region’s chief exports. It also is the awards ceremony t…
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has announced the inaugural naming of Heinz Hall’s stage as the Simmons Family Stage, honoring contributions of $50 million – including the PSO’s larg…
Quantum Theatre, Shakespeare and Carrie Furnace will continue their triple-threat collaboration – innovative company, The Bard and a historic site – with "The Tempest," set for the summe…
The Chief is coming to the Pittsburgh Playhouse for the 2025-2026 Playhouse Presents season. The popular solo play about Steelers founder Art Rooney Sr. returns Downtown to kick off 2026 at…
A $10 million grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation – "among the largest philanthropic gifts to the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust in its four-decade-history" – has helped the nonprof…
The "Jaws"-inspired play "The Shark Is Broken" rides a wave of excitement into Braddock, buoyed by "Jaws" fever and three Patricks: Patrick Jordan, Patrick Cannon and Quinn Patrick Shannon.
Co-stars Becki Toth and Allan Snyder Dish on Front Porch Theatricals’ First Production of 2025 By SHARON EBERSON When the musical Baby opened on Broadway in 1983, Frank Rich of The New Yor…
The nominees for Pittsburgh CLO’s 34th annual Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater, recognizing 34 participating schools in Allegheny County, were announced on M…
Speaking of fabulous … when Patina Miller graced the stage with "Fabulous, Baby!" from "Sister Act," there wasn’t a doubter in the Greer Cabaret Theater audience that they were in for a …
Springtime for performing arts in the Pittsburgh region has come in like a lion and continues to roar as April gives away to May, with theaters either getting ready to close up shop for the …
Three Rivers Arts Festival, June 5-8, moves to Strip District for 2025, while future Pittsburgh Cultural District home Arts Landing is under construction.
By SHARON EBERSON The new play Art of Wise opens with a heart-stopping scenario, then turns back the clock for a lyrical, gripping buildup to a fateful faceoff, during an enslaved man’s de…
NEW 3-PLAY SUMMER FESTIVAL WILL HONOR AUGUST WILSON A newly minted three-play festival, titled the August Wilson American Century Cycle Experience, will run for six weeks this summer, said P…
By SHARON EBERSON For 10 years, RealTime Arts – emphasis on the “real” – has set its creative sights on the people of Pittsburgh, their border-busting roots, and their place in the f…