Our full Performing Arts Summer of ’25 listings will be published this week! Here is the current lineup of upcoming theater, opera, dance, Pittsburgh Symphony, classical, and chamber music…
"Mark Fleischer, who knows Matt [Castle] and Frank from Brainstorm Records, called them and said, ‘What on earth is this thing you're doing with my favorite Champagne?’ And they said, �…
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s (PBT) The Wizard of Oz with the PBT Orchestra will open at the Benedum Center next Friday, May 9th. The family-friendly production is a Pittsburgh premiere b…
By JESSICA NEU Where were you on 9/11? If you are currently older than 30 years old, you likely have some memory of that day. I was in 3rd-period geometry class when the first plane hit. I b…
The 78th annual Tony Awards nominations were announced on Thursday, May 1, 2025, with, as is often the case, Carnegie Mellon University alums front and center. Megan Hilty earned her second …
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 …
Season Closes with 1st Performances of Jennifer Higdon & Jerre Dye’s Take on a Real-life Art Heist, with three Alternate Endings By GEORGE B. PAROUS Saturday evening, the crowd that fi…
Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center in Midland continues its 2024-2025 Subscription Series, with the musical Anastasia in the MainStage Theater for six performances– Friday, May 2nd to…
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 JESSICA NEU Edward Albee’s 2002 play, The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? is an edgy, heavily-debated tragicomedy that pushes theatrical plot boundaries. Director Caitlin Dobronz and Assis…
Here is the current lineup of upcoming theater, opera, dance, Pittsburgh Symphony, classical, and chamber music performances in the greater Pittsburgh area as complied by onStage Pittsburgh.…
By JESSICA NEU Irene Sankoff and David Hein’s 2013 musical Come From Away is colloquially described as a show about September 12, 2001. Come From Away tells the true story of Gand…
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company and the August Wilson House have made it official, setting the schedule for a 2025 three-play summer festival, titled August Wilson's American Century …
By SHARON EBERSON It might put you at ease to know that you don’t have to be a sports fan to cheer for King James, a funny and poignant ode to lifelong fandom and an underdog friendship, s…
By JESSICA NEU I listened to a podcast hosted by Meghan McCain a couple of weeks ago. She and her guest were discussing the idea of work-life balance. McCain mentioned that she does not li…
The Pittsburgh Dance Council’s 55th anniversary season showcases five contemporary dance companies from France, theUnited Kingdom, and the United States. Brooke Horejsi, Chief Programmi…
The enchantment begins the moment you enter ASCEND, a circle of wonder within the Pittsburgh Playhouse, where an original, interactive visual feast, in the style and grandeur of Cirque du So…
Programming includes Nas, Juneteenth, Fiddlesticks in Your Neighborhood, favorites from the movies, and more.. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) announced its 2025 Summer with the S…
By JESSICA NEU In celebration of her company’s 60th anniversary, renowned choreographer Twyla Tharp presents a Diamond Jubilee of two iconic, career-spanning productions. The first, D…
Here is the current lineup of upcoming theater, opera, dance, Pittsburgh Symphony, classical, and chamber music performances in the greater Pittsburgh area as complied by onStage Pittsburgh.…
By BOB HOOVER There’s no more “Irish” in PICT, the reborn theater company that survived the departures of founder Andrew Paul and his successor Allan Stanford. There’s plenty of e…
Season Finale Opens Saturday Under ‘Veil of Mystery‘ And it doesn’t matter which of the three endings we see and hear – we’ll never tell. But we can always count on Chris Cox, Dire…
By SHARON EBERSON Elizabeth Eliza Huffman wanted Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre to open 2025 with a classic, and had her heart set on Miss Julie, the 1888 play about power and desi…
Michael Patrick Trimm on the Pittsburgh premiere of "King James," about friends bonded through a love of LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, at City Theatre: “This play is as much ab…
"Some Like It Hot," the musical, pays tribute to the “enduring treasure” of a film, with antics and jokes that are a throwback to the Roaring '20s, plus an updated twist or two, for a ro…