Nick: You’re all crazy: nuts.Martha: Awww, ’tis the refuge we take when the unreality of the world weighs too heavy on our tiny heads. … Relax; sink into it; you’re no better than an…
By MARIA SCIULLO Now you see her, now you don’t. And here she is, again. What a treat. Liberty Magic, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust‘s top-notch series of prestidigitations, returns June …
UPDATE: Due to a scheduling conflict, the March 26 and 27 shows of the Bebento Productions Inc./Daniel Gerroll show DR GLAS have been cancelled. The schedule goes on as planned March 28-29 a…
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2025–2026 Pops Season, a lineup that includes performances billed as blending “timeless favorites, thrilling new collaborations and ge…
By MARIA SCIULLO Now you see her, now you don’t. And here she is, again. What a treat. Liberty Magic, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust‘s top-notch series of prestidigitations, returns June …
Melanie Bacaling, Stage Director, Discusses Production Saturday evening, March 22, Pittsburgh Opera will give this season’s first performance of Puccini’s classic Madama Butterfly. In th…
Here is onStage Pittsburgh‘s current lineup of upcoming theater, opera, dance, Pittsburgh Symphony, classical, and chamber music performances in the greater Pittsburgh area. While we try t…
By SHARON EBERSON Quantum Theatre gave a few dozen patrons a peek at the future on Saturday, March 15, with a preview of the first show of the 2025-26 season, the Joanie Schultz adaptation o…
By SHARON EBERSON Birthday Candles leans into the poignancy of one woman’s journey of 100 years, punctuated by personal events that warm and break hearts, along with the inevitable family …
BY SHARON EBERSON Catch my interview with Marc Masterson on the CitySpeaks: A New Play Podcast, conducted in advance of Masterson’s return to City Theatre for Birthday Candles, at the Sout…
By GEORGE HOOVER From the moment Stephanie J. Block stepped onto the Greer Cabaret stage dressed black and gold, it was apparent she was in the company of certified Broadway nerds and ad…
By SHARON EBERSON Change is in the air at Easy Piney Grove Baptist Church, and for longtime parishioners, nothing good can come of it. Uncompromising, disapproving elders and rebellious yo…
Here is onStage Pittsburgh‘s current lineup of upcoming theater, opera, dance, Pittsburgh Symphony, classical, and chamber music performances in the greater Pittsburgh area. While we try t…
Ensemble is Presenting a Powerfully Musical Weekend By George B. Parous As is always the case with a Resonance Works concert, a program well thought out and then some is being presented by t…
By SHARON EBERSON The spellbinding production of Witch now at Carnegie Stage has inspired the punster in me, and in that spirit, the word that comes to mind most is “soul-searching.” In …
BY JESSICA NEU I have had the pleasure of attending multiple shows at Liberty Magic. Each time, stage manager Zoe Ruth enthusiastically greets the audience. She introduces the acclaimed ma…
The ten-day festival features local, national, and international performers across nine venues. A one-person rock concert by a pop star in crisis. A supernatural mystery woven into the world…
By PRIA DAHIYA Pria Dahiya is currently a Critical Insight fellow at Pittsburgh Public Theater, in partnership with American Theatre magazine. Degenerative genetic disorders, alcoholism,…
By SHARON EBERSON Having seen Kimberly Akimbo once, what I missed the most the second time around was not knowing what comes next. The Tony Award-winning musical that skated into the Bened…
By JESSICA NEU Theatrical performances function in countless ways. Some shows are purely for entertainment. Some carry a timeless theme but still make us laugh. Some shows evoke a sense of n…
Here is onStage Pittsburgh‘s current lineup of upcoming theater, opera, dance, Pittsburgh Symphony, classical, and chamber music performances in the greater Pittsburgh area. While we try t…
By JAMES H LEWIS In the beginning, there were no words. Movies were silent, with only the mugging of actors and occasional text establishing the plot. Sound, if you were fortunate enough to …
By SHARON EBERSON Justin Cooley speaks in the most humble terms of leap-frogging past college, from high school to Broadway, as a “strange transition.” Most people would call his life …
The Pittsburgh Savoyards concludes its 87th season with H.M.S. Pinafore, the operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan, running March 14th to 23rd at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hal…
The Star of ‘The Oval’ Directs His Own Work for Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company By SHARON EBERSON Even with rehearsals underway, Javon Johnson is still surprised that Sanctified i…