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Lisa Velten Smith Executes a Demanding Role With Brio for Quantum Theatre By SHARON EBERSON Speaking truth to power is never easy, but when it comes in torrential waves, from a bawdy, bellig…
By MARIA SCIULLO The well-dressed man entered stage left, pushing a drinks cart and swaying slightly to Glenn Miller’s “Moonlight Serenade.” Nathan Phan then puttered around, made hi…
By SHARON EBERSON Just one more thing, Delana Flowers was saying, before our goodbyes. She had been discussing her return to Dinah: A musical revue, as Dinah Washington, who declared herself…
Pittsburgh CLO Concert With the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra is June 1, 2024 at the Benedum Center By SHARON EBERSON Twenty years after Jeff Goldblum romped as The Music Man for Pittsburgh CLO,…
By SHARON EBERSON Undoubtedly, there are some who will arrive at Pittsburgh Public Theater’s latest iteration of The Importance of Being Earnest with favorite interpretations. After all, O…
Here is onStage Pittsburgh‘s current lineup of upcoming theater, opera, dance, Pittsburgh Symphony, classical, and chamber music performances in the greater Pittsburgh area. In addition to…
The April 8 Concert Features World Premiere of New Work by Foley Chamber Music Pittsburgh (CMP) ends its 2023–24 MainStage Live season with a concert celebrating the Ying Quartet and Xavie…
Experience the flavors, music, and culture of Afghanistan as you follow a group of Afghan women from their lives during Taliban rule to a new beginning in Pittsburgh. This remount of Khū…
By JESSICA NEU Mamma Mia!, which opened in the UK in 1999, followed by its Broadway debut in 2001, opened at the Benedum Center Tuesday night as the latest production in the PNC Broadway�…
Pittsburgh Musical Theater (PMT) presents the Tony Award-winning musical for a 4-week run at the Gargaro Theater. Based on the true story of a legendary impromptu recording session, Million…
The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If I ever marry, I’ll try to forget the fact. – From “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde By SHARON EBERSON Director Jenny Koo…
The finale of City Theatre’s 2023-24 season imagines an encounter between famed pop artist Andy Warhol and a young Iranian radical during an improbable-but-true trip, when the Pittsburgh n…
Director Andrew William Smith and star Lisa Velten Smith discuss the Pittsburgh premiere and 2023-24 season finale By SHARON EBERSON Don’t be deceived by the title Scenes From an Execution…
The mixed repertory program features classical and contemporary pieces – including both fresh new works and classics – accompanied by live music from the PBT Orchestra. The program inclu…
Here is onStage Pittsburgh‘s current lineup of upcoming theater, opera, dance, Pittsburgh Symphony, classical, and chamber music performances in the greater Pittsburgh area. In addition to…
Hilary Hahn Bright Particular Star in a Night Full of Them Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra continued its BNY Mellon Grand Classics series last evening with the first performance of a truly gra…
Pittsburgh Public Theater’s 50th anniversary season in 2024-25 will include a six-show lineup packed with Pittsburgh premieres, a slate of offstage programming, and a big, full-circle fini…
By J VRANISH, originally posted on Dance Currents at https://dancecurrents.com I have come to look forward to choreographer Beth Corning’s next curiosity, that is, what aspect of the worl…
By JESSICA NEU Renowned vocalist Catherine Russell was born with music in her blood. Her father, Luis Russell, was a famous composer, performer and also Louis Armstrong’s long-time music…
By SHARON EBERSON Whether you love’em, hate ’em or judge each on its own merit, you can credit Mamma Mia! with paving the way to the jukebox musicals that have followed in the super trou…
Singers, Orchestra, Chorus and Staging as Good as It Gets By GEORGE B. PAROUS It was a grand and large audience that heard and saw a spectacular performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata…
Here is onStage Pittsburgh‘s current lineup of upcoming theater, opera, dance, Pittsburgh Symphony, classical, and chamber music performances in the greater Pittsburgh area. In addition to…
By Jessica Neu No matter our age, occupation, personal relationships, or where we currently live, I feel like we have all, at one point or another, thought about the “what if.” What if w…
Leah Heater, mezzo-soprano, speaks of the opera and a bit of herself Recently, Chris Cox, Director of Marketing and Communications for Pittsburgh Opera, took time out of his hectic schedule …
By JESSICA NEU Rent opened on Broadway in 1996 at a time when Broadway was in desperate need of revitalization after the London theater scene had recently produced smash hits such as Les M…
