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Abandoned desires, neglected selves, and—as is always the case with anything Agatha Christie has her hand in—intrigue and cunning deceit, run amok in South Park Theatre’s production of…
It’s not every day you hear a homicidal barber described as “a mood,” but that is precisely how Noah Pleunik describes his role in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The f…
The Steel City Shakespeare Center is devoted to bringing theatre to the underserved and breaking down notions that Shakespeare is only accessible to people of a certain class, income or educ…
This Halloween season, The Comtra Theatre presents Young Frankenstein, a twist on the haunting classic tale of Dr. Frankenstein. Based on the film directed by Mel Brooks, audience members ar…
Stephen Sondheim is often regarded as the William Shakespeare of musical theatre by the people who have spent the last 60 years admiring, dissecting, and interpreting his work. The proof for…
Pittsburgh Opera launched its 80th season last night in truly grand style, with probably the best staged and sung performance of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly seen and heard in decades of “…
Do you recall your high school literature courses, and Jane Austen’s iconic 19th-century masterpiece Pride and Prejudice? An unconventional and contemporary adaptation by Playwright Kate…
When you get ready for your theatre experience, you are preparing for a journey. You may be walking through a site-specific performance like Quantum Theatre’s Chatterton, or you may expect…
The Atomic Bomb overshadowed the stories of many of the scientists who created it not to mention their long-suffering families who relocated Los Alamos, New Mexico during the work. Liza Birk…
Breakneck dialogue and shattering hearts take center stage in barebones productions latest show, Kenneth Lonegran’s Lobby Hero, a play which examines the banalities of four individuals’ …
History has taught us what a revolution sounds like. The slice of a falling guillotine. The pulse of rapid gunfire. The echo of a rallying cry. But when it comes to culture, you can only rec…
Pittsburgh Opera will launch its 2018-‘19 season (the company’s 80th) on Saturday evening, October 6, with the first of four performances of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. This perennial …
Texture Contemporary Ballet opened its eighth season with The Speed of Sound at the New Hazlett Theatre on Friday evening. The program consisted of two premieres; Glass Walls with music co…
South Park Theatre is a bit of a drive from Pittsburgh proper, but I recently caught their production of Now & Then by Sean Grennan. This show, directed by Allison M. Weakland, was an in…
Little Lake Theatre opened their modern version of Shakespeare’s classic Macbeth Thursday evening. The production, directed by Little Lake’s Artistic Director Jena Oberg, uses the campu…
When I first walked into the McKeesport Little Theater to see Sordid Lives, I thought I was in the wrong place. Mind you, I went on press night, so there wasn’t the usual hubbub that you�…
Florian Zeller, the writer of The Father, has been called the world’s most exciting living playwright. Being skeptical of big claims like that is easy. But if Kinetic Theatre Company’s e…
Reporters from Pittsburgh’s media outlets converged on the new Pittsburgh Playhouse yesterday morning for a tour by the University’s President and the Conservatory of Performing Arts (…
Pittsburgh New Works Festival opened their Program D one acts on Friday, September 14, 2018, putting together a group of plays that asked the big questions about the meaning of existence, an…
“1-2-You know what to do…” With Pittsburgh Playwright Theatre Company’s sterling reputation as the city’s premier interpreter of August Wilson’s work, one would think it’s as e…
What dictates the machinations of change and progress? Is it fear that churns into action; indefatigable ethos that never relents, heedless to danger or repercussions; or the unwitting resil…
On June 15, 2018, Renaissance & Baroque and Chatham Baroque officially merged under the umbrella of Chatham Baroque, Inc. Don’t worry; neither group is slowing down. In fact, each grou…
If you are looking for some comedic relief from the seriousness of life then visit Trafford, Pa where The Theatre Factory has brought Young Frankenstein to life on its stage. The comedic mu…
Why am I here? Who should I be? What am I allowed? Program C was three shows in total, with less than a 2 hour total run time, and in case you’re the type to only read the first few... Rea…
As part of the Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts, Quantum Theatre’s ambitious, immersive World Premiere production of Chatterton, opened at the Trinity Cathedral in downtown Pitt…
