FORGING AHEAD: NEW HAZLETT THEATER REBRANDS FOR THE FUTURE The New Hazlett Theater has appointed Melissa Cardello-Linton as the first Artistic Director in its 20-year history, in conjunctio…
By JESSICA NEU Beginning with a 2022 run at the New York Public Theater, SUFFS, like Six and Hamilton, features fictionalized versions of historical figures. However, instead of Henry …
A CHAT WITH "SUFFS" TONY-NOMINATED DIRECTOR LEIGH SILVERMAN The graduate of Carnegie Mellon’s BFA Directing and MFA Playwriting programs, and an intern for Pittsburgh CLO in 1994 — “W…
Six things to know about the "Suffs" National Tour, presented by Pittsburgh CLO as the Benedum Center July 21-26, 2026.
"THE TEMPEST" DELIVERS QUANTUM MAGIC TO CARRIE FURNACES An event delayed, and delayed, and delayed again serves to build anticipation, so it was with an exhale of relief and exhilaration th…
By HANNAH WING-BONICA If you are into physics, you might be familiar with Gottfried Leibniz’s concept of Force Vive, the squaring of velocity, which opposes Newton’s theory, in which f…
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh area stages this week and through the end of August, from onStage Pittsburgh. Check back frequently as shows are being added regularly…
ELECTRIFYING "DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA" As Roberta and Danny, Shannon Donovan and Michael Patrick Trimm provide enough sustained, electrifying performances and raw passion provide enough…
By JESSICA NEU Debuting on Broadway in 1970, Stephen Sondheim’s Company, is one of several musicals that underwent a reimagined revival in the 2010s & 20s. The 2021 reimagining brou…
With news about … Casting for Front Porch Theatricals’ Come From Away and Alumni Theater’s Once on This Island, The Theatre Factory’s farewell to Trafford, and Go See a Show goes on.…
Carnegie-based community theater Stage 62 is returning to the Greer Cabaret for the second straight summer, opening the musical Company this week. The initial move from their home at the And…
Kinetic Theatre’s production of David Mamet’s Henry Johnson marks the play’s Pittsburgh debut. It is also only the third production of the work, following its premiere in Los Angel…
By JAMES H. LEWIS The penultimate concert of the Petite Organ Summer series of Westminster Presbyterian Church featured a selection of liturgical music from the Reform Christian repertoire…
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh area stages this week and through the end of August, from onStage Pittsburgh. Check back frequently as shows are being added regularly…
ELECTRIFYING "DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA" As Roberta and Danny, Shannon Donovan and Michael Patrick Trimm provide enough sustained, electrifying performances and raw passion provide enough…
My experience of RealTime Arts’ Equitable Dinner will not be yours. Yet, I can wholeheartedly recommend that you snatch up whatever slots are left for the trifecta of a short play based on…
With news about … Henry Johnson’s David Butler on Robert De Niro and Katharine Hepburgh, the Rogue cast of Assassins, local playwrights honored, WQED New Hazlett documentary. ICYMI: CLO…
By CLAIRE STEVENS Even though it was not a Wednesday, the day the Plastics notoriously wear pink, a sea of pink apparel led me to the doors of the Benedum Center for the opening night of P…
The story of how the third production of David Mamet’s "Henry Johnson" landed at Carnegie Stage, and along with it, David Butler’s return to a hometown stage, follows the on- and off-ram…
Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center in Midland announces a nostalgic 2026-2027 season of musical theater, “bringing back some of our most popular and memorable productions of the past 20 y…
"Mean Girls" Marks the Beginning of the End after 80 years of Pittsburgh CLO Summer Seasons
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh area stages this week and through the end of August, from onStage Pittsburgh. Check back frequently as shows are being added regularly…
"If this works, if [other independent projects] start to work, to us, it's about proof of concept, that this can be part of the landscape." — Michael Patrick Trimm Pittsburghers know Mich…
REALTIME ARTS' EQUITABLE DINNERS ARE DESIGNED TO MAKE IT "COMFORTABLE TO TALK TO EACH OTHER AGAIN." Originated in Atlanta, Equitable Dinners attracted the attention of RealTime Arts’ cofo…
With news about … Pittsburgh’s theater history, new company’s ‘Assassins,’ Anthrocon on parade, Canonsburg theater, National Opera House grant, PSO Christmas in July, and more ICY…