By SHARON EBERSON Jimmy Nicholas is an “and” guy, not an “or” guy. That’s how the actor explains all of the “ands” after acting jobs, including the title role in Pittsburgh CLO…
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater Company settles into its Madison Arts Center home this year, starting in April with the biomusical Dinah and the return to the August Wilson House backyard sta…
By SHARON EBERSON Pittsburgh theater-goers will soon have the opportunity to experience two writer-performers channeling multiple characters in distinctly different solo shows. While Tami Di…
By SHARON EBERSON At the end of a decade marked by a pandemic, the opioid crisis and ideological division, we all could use a big hope-filled hug. In South Side Stories Revisited, the sequ…
Here is onStage Pittsburgh‘s current lineup of upcoming theater, opera, dance, Pittsburgh Symphony, classical, and chamber music performances in the greater Pittsburgh area. Apart from the…
By JESSICA NEU The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra takes the stage this weekend to perform the score to the fourth installment of the Harry Potter film series: Harry Potter and the Goblet o…
Prime Stage Theatre presents the regional debut of this personal and emotional production at the New Hazlett Theater on January 19-28. By JESSICA NEU Most of us know the general story of Ros…
By SHARON EBERSON Cirque: Crystal arrived in Pittsburgh Friday accompanied by cold and snow, appropriate for the company’s only show on ice. This Cirque du Soleil glides and flies through …
By MARIA SCIULLO The last time Derek Hughes performed at Liberty Magic, it was January of 2020. The show went great. But the world fell apart. Not his fault! But his latest display of stand-…
Company Shares Exclusive Interview with Soprano Emily Richter, Who Will Appear in the Title Role Soprano Emily Richter, who will sing the title role in Pittsburgh Opera’s production of�…
Here is onStage Pittsburgh‘s current lineup of upcoming theater, opera, dance, Pittsburgh Symphony, classical, and chamber music performances in the greater Pittsburgh area. Apart from the…
The concert features acclaimed Soprano Susanna Phillips, Violist Paul Neubauer, and Pianist Anne-Marie McDermott at the Pittsburgh Playhouse on Monday, February 12, at 7:30 p.m. Chamber…
This February, the Pittsburgh Savoyards explores the enduring themes of this timeless classic with an eye toward the sense and sensibilities of a contemporary audience. Pride and Prejudice…
By SHARON EBERSON Tami Dixon has a case of “brain spaghetti,” as she calls it. It’s a condition she experienced 10 years ago, when she researched, wrote and performed the solo tour de …
PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh presentation of Girl from the North Country is at the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh now through January 14th. BY JESSICA NEU As jukebox musicals have become increas…
Pittsburgh premiere by Reena Esmail melds Hindustani and Western classical music. Resonance Works kicks off 2024 with This Love Between Us, a choral-orchestral concert featuring Bach’s sp…
By SHARON EBERSON It is purely coincidence that Cirque du Soleil’s Crystal, the ice show coming to PPG Arena January 18-21, is led by Crystal Manich. Her resume by any other name would be …
Here is onStage Pittsburgh‘s current lineup of upcoming theater, opera, dance, Pittsburgh Symphony, classical, and chamber music performances in the greater Pittsburgh area. Apart from the…
David Rossmer & Dan Lipton’s new musical born from Pittsburgh CLO’s Spark Music Festival, brings love to life at the Greer Cabaret Theater, February 2nd – March 17th, 2024 The stor…
Here is onStage Pittsburgh‘s current lineup of upcoming theater, opera, dance, Pittsburgh Symphony, classical, and chamber music performances in the greater Pittsburgh area. Apart from the…
We give thanks today and always to all those whose creativity, spirit, generosity and force of will infuse our communities with vitality and wonder through the live performing arts. A specia…
How do children in Ukraine see their world and their future after two years of war? RealTime Arts heads into 2024 embarking on its next large-scale “hyperlocal-meets-international” pro…
Penn State Alum Aidan Wharton Goes on Tour After Broadway Debut, Plans Proud Haven Fundraiser By SHARON EBERSON Although it’s the real deal, Aidan Wharton’s Broadway debut story sounds a…
By SHARON EBERSON How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Well, practice, of course. And if you are Stephen Flaherty, you also become a hitmaker, and make your alma mater proud. The Dormont native …
Prime Stage Theatre’s upcoming presentation of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott tells the remarkable story of an ordinary American whose simple act of personal bravery changed t…