Opening This Week Arab musician and folklorist Karim Nagi | Chamber Music Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh Playhouse at Point Park University | September 12, 2022 | https://www.chambermusicpit…
By Jessica Neu Oh, what a night it was as some of Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s brightest stars took the stage to present Oh What a Season! PMT’s Broadway at the Overlook. Running through…
Last weekeds opening was postponed duet o COVID, but the show must go on, starting this evening, with additional added performances. A non-stop laughfest in which Pseudolus, a crafty slave, …
Reviewed by Dr. Tiffany Raymond, PhD The Pittsburgh New Works Festival (PNWF) 31st season is well underway, running through September 18th. This one-of-a-kind theatre festival is a reminder …
There’s no place like home for the troupe that spreads music, joy and whimsy with every spellbindingly original show By Sharon Eberson “Unique” is one of those words that should be use…
By Sharon Eberson Autumn is officially here on Sept. 23, so there’s still time to enjoy outdoor summer theater in Pittsburgh. Some events are free as part of RADical Days 2022: More than 6…
Opening This Week Broadway at the Overlook | Pittsburgh Musical Theater | West End Elliott Overlook Park | September 8 to 11, 2022 | https://pittsburghmusicals.com/shows/overlook/ William…
Review: Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks’ A Midsummer Night’s Dream By MAC Hoover “I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,Quite over-cano…
This summers worst keep secret is finally out and up on the CLO’s website, so just in case you haven’t yet figured it out yet, and since anything goes, here goes: ANYTHING GOES | June 13…
“If music alone could break chains, this would be the music to do it.” — The Economist The International Free Expression Project, in partnership with the Center for Media Innovation…
By Bob Hoover Where do writers find their inspiration? Melville found it in the sea, Twain on the Mississippi, Fitzgerald on Long Island, and Lynn Nottage in Reading, Pa. Don’t laugh. Jo…
Pittsburgh Public Theater is conducting a nationwide search to cast its 2023 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Harlem, adapted and directed by resident director Justin Emeka. �…
By Jessica Neu Every Sunday through mid-December, Liberty Magic features magician Joshua Messado. He brings to life Mr. Messado’s School of Magic for the Young and Young at Heart. This …
Opening This Week The Metromaniacs | Little Lake Theatre | Main Stage | September 1 to 11, 2022 | https://www.littlelake.org/box-office-1 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | …
On the Main Stage at the 2022 Pittsburgh New Works Festival The Pittsburgh New Works Festival has been dedicated to producing new plays from all over the world for 31 years! From comedy to d…
The robust, ambitious season kicks off in September with Mozart, Hadyn and Beethoven performed by “superbly adept” fortepianist Yi-heng Yang. Chatham Baroque announces its Chatham Baro…
By Jessica Neu Children’s theater is an excellent opportunity for kids of any age to get involved in a community while learning valuable personal life lessons. Participating in theater hel…
Stephen Sondheim‘s Tony-winning one-act chamber opera, Passion, is the debut offering with three performances starting this Friday, the 26th, and Saturday, the 27th, at 8 pm, with a matine…
At 811 Liberty Avenue in the Cultural District – the same block where Harry Houdini once mesmerized Pittsburghers in 1916 — Liberty Magic is an intimate, speakeasy-style performance sp…
Nine performances run in four parks, September 3-25, 2022 Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream will call on the powers of magic and love as Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks’ c…
Reviewed by MAC Hoover “Grand Hotel Berlin. Always the same – people come, people go – one life ends while another begins – one heart breaks while another beats faster….” The Doc…
Opening This Week The Great Gatsby | Carnegie Stage | August 26 & 27, 2022 | https://www.ticketor.com/carnegiestage/tickets/the-great-gatsby-245318#buy Stephen Sondheim’s Passion | Mr.…
Pittsburgh performing arts nonprofit to offer fresh perspective on traditional classic music performances. Resonance Works celebrates its tenth anniversary season with four powerful, intimat…
By Sharon Eberson Nine shows and no cancellation. In the post-shutdown theater world, who could ask for anything more? After the final note of season finale Memphis the Musical, “The breat…
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School (PBT School) invites families with children ages 2 – 7 into the PBT School studios on Friday, August 26 from 10 a.m. – noon for a free open house duri…