By SHARON EBERSON The rare sights of a standing ovation before the bows and audience members wiping away tears speak volumes about Pittsburgh CLO’s new production of The Color Purple, powe…
Column By SHARON EBERSON It’s Monday night, and the final seconds of the seventh game of the Stanley Cup Finals are ticking away as I write this. The live YouTube broadcast of the 2024 Jim…
Here is onStage Pittsburgh‘s current lineup of upcoming theater, opera, dance, Pittsburgh Symphony, classical, and chamber music performances in the greater Pittsburgh area this summer. We…
DISCOUNTED TICKETS TO PITTSBURGH CLO’S THE COLOR PURPLE: BEFORE choosing show date and time, enter Promo Code: CLOPURPLE and receive $10 off each ticket purchased. (Discount will show at…
By Camille Agie “You won’t leave here as you came,” said PNC Pops conductor Bryon Stripling before the start of the concert, “Let’s Groove Tonight: Motown & The Philly Sound,�…
Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s 2024-25 season will include the regional premiere of Waitress, the musical “about liberation, empowerment and pie,” with songs by Grammy-winner Sara Bariel…
Pittsburgh Public Theater has launched Public On Demand for its recent production of The Coffin Maker, a world premiere play by Mark Clayton Southers. Public On Demand provides “cinema-qua…
By BOB HOOVER Calling his current season “A Pair of Deuces,” Kinetic Theatre’s producing director Andrew Paul presents a double dose of David Mamet – A Life in The Theatre (197…
By JESSICA NEU, updated 6/14/24 Following a beautiful opening number performed en pointe, Maria Caruso stepped on stage to introduce Bodiography‘s student spring performance. Immediately, …
Here is onStage Pittsburgh‘s current lineup of upcoming theater, opera, dance, Pittsburgh Symphony, classical, and chamber music performances in the greater Pittsburgh area this summer. We…
‘The only thing I’ve ever known is to show up for equality and justice.’ By SHARON EBERSON Billy Porter will step onto the stage at Lincoln Center on Sunday, already knowing he is a To…
By SHARON EBERSON If you’ve ever wondered how it feels to be sitting beside someone, near enough to touch, and yet be miles apart, meet Sam and his family. They have gathered for six thera…
Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra End Season on a Remarkably High Note By GEORGE B. PAROUS The most important detail of the concert first: last night’s program will have…
By SHARON EBERSON The Animal Kingdom by Ruby Thomas comes to its first production outside of London and New York through the grapevine. “I reached out to a friend who was in that [off-of…
By JESSICA NEU West Side Story opened on Broadway in 1957 at the height of what is known as the Golden Age of Broadway. This post-WW2 era ushered in a plethora of large-scale productions …
By SHARON EBERSON To envision Angels in America Part 1: Millennium Approaches within the intimate confines of Carnegie Stage and bring it to fruition, as Elsewhere Pittsburgh Theatre has don…
Chemistry Between Stars Sabina Collazo and Spencer LaRue Was Evident From the Start By SHARON EBERSON The choices were whittled to three Tony’s and three Maria’s, and director Baayork Le…
By CAMILLE AGIE When West Side Story made its Broadway premiere in the 1950s, it was revolutionary. The legendary and immortal musical, which opens Pittsburgh CLO’s summer at the Benedum C…
by JADE GOODES The Theatre Factory’s latest production takes audiences into a murder-mystery whodunit in The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940. Directed by Ron Ferrara, this play is a za…
Here is onStage Pittsburgh‘s current lineup of upcoming theater, opera, dance, Pittsburgh Symphony, classical, and chamber music performances in the greater Pittsburgh area this summer. We…
By MARIA SCIULLO It’s a beautiful day out, and no one wants to be in Room 205. Especially Sister. But here we are, sitting up straight, spitting out our gum and trying to avoid her hawk-…
By SHARON EBERSON What’s your Pittsburgh summer been like so far? And mine, you ask? I have spent my nights and some days at theaters within the city limits, and I am making a dent – but…
The orchestra has demonstrated dedication and resilience that deserves our attendance and support. By YVONNE HUDSON The significance of this weekend’s Pittsburgh Symphony concert is mu…
By SHARON EBERSON Let’s get right to it, because I know you’re wondering: What the heck is Fishy Woo Woo? By the time the newly minted, uproarious comedy by Monteze Freeland reveals the …
Andrew Paul’s Kinetic Theatre returns to Pittsburgh with a mini-Mamet Festival, plus a holiday show that marks the return of David Whalen as Sherlock Holmes. Whalen, who recently completed…