2025: A Blockbuster Year in Pittsburgh Theater
In the year that was, the future of three companies takes center stage, Saige Smith hits a series of high notes, "The Shark Is Broken" goes swimmingly for barebones, Pittsburgh Playwrights T…
In the year that was, the future of three companies takes center stage, Saige Smith hits a series of high notes, "The Shark Is Broken" goes swimmingly for barebones, Pittsburgh Playwrights T…
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh stages this week and through the end of October, brought to you by onStage Pittsburgh. We strive to highlight as many performances as…
With news about the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, ‘Wicked,’ Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company and more. PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST NAMES INAUGURAL CHIEF…
By MARIA SCIULLO Brian Jay Corrigan, JD, PhD, is a storyteller with literally the magic touch. Part of his craft includes spinning historical fiction into a highly entertaining evening of il…
An effervescent brew of curiosity and creativity personified, Karla Boos is a risk-taker in the risky business of theater. For 35 years, the founder and artistic director of Quantum Theatre …
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh stages this week and through the end of October, brought to you by onStage Pittsburgh. We strive to highlight as many performances as…
Some things are such crowd-pleasers, they bear repeating. Even within the packed realm of Christmas-time theater, that holds true for Kinetic Theatre’s finely tuned, atmospheric production…
A Dinah Washington Christmas, a combination of beloved Christmas songs, a celebration of the “Queen of the Blues,” and nod to the jazz heritage of the Hill District, had its debut on Thu…
With news about a busy weekend of theater, Pittsburgh CLO’s Scrooges, PBT’s Nutcracker NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT … While compiling a year-end roundup of “best ofs” and…
By JESSICA NEU Whether the hustle and bustle of the holiday season has left you feeling like the Grinch, or you are one candy cane away from becoming Buddy the Elf, Attack Theatre’s Holi…
In Braddock, Midnight Radio has Bricolage following it’s own Die Hard holiday parody with A Christmas Vacatyinz, lampooning the Lampooners at barebones’ Braddock Black Box. And in the Hi…
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh stages this week and through the end of October, brought to you by onStage Pittsburgh. We strive to highlight as many performances as…
By JESSICA NEU The mainstage production of the 1996 smash hit musical RENT employed a multi-tiered set with scaffolding and a balcony to accommodate the 13-15-person cast, constantly weavi…
By JESSICA NEU Directed by Hal Chambers and written and performed by Richard Marsh, Yippee Ki Yay The Parody Celebration of Die Hard is a clever one-man show that brings the iconic 1988…
With news on August Wilson Center’s Janis Burley, Tamara Tunie, Point Park University New BFA, First Night 2026, and Tom Stoppard JANIS BURLEY HONORED ON AWAACC 15th ANNIVERSARY Janis Burl…
Reaching back and passing the torch was a running theme of Front Porch Theatricals 2026 season announced on Monday, where it was revealed that Working and Come From Away will be their summer…
Pittsburgh CLO next big hire could be an important next step in moving forward artistically and strategically. The job posting comes on the heels of the announcement of summer season No. 80:…
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh stages this week and through the end of October, brought to you by onStage Pittsburgh. We strive to highlight as many performances as…
By JESSICA NEU Last week, I had the opportunity to tour the Wyoming state capital building, where the Amish handcrafted the building’s woodwork. The Amish believe that the only person who …
In preparation for the visiting tour of "Les Misérables" this week, three costumes from the original production, winner of eight Tony Awards, are on display at the Trust Arts Education Cent…
It’s cozy by the fireside, with the scent of pine trees seeming to permeate the air, as City Theatre invites us to spend the holiday season with the ever-growing canon of Lauren Gunderson …
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh stages this week and through the end of October, brought to you by onStage Pittsburgh. We strive to highlight as many performances as…
By GUILHERME MELETTI YAZBEK Last night, at the wonderful Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, Maria Caruso’s Bodiography presented Intersections, a performance that—true to its name—stages enc…
Treasure Treasure will star in City Theatre's production of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," presented in 2026 at the Greer Cabaret, in partnership with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. For Light …
Call Board News and Notes: MCG Jazz's Marty Ashby Honored, Ticket Scams, Resonance Works, Front Porch Cabaret, New Hazlett Premiere, Quantum's Enron and More