This one-woman play, highlights the life and career of Chief Therese Rocco, who during her 40-year career is credited with finding 45,000 missing children and persons. The Epitome of Grace i…
Riveting Social Justice Opera Packs a Wallop By George B. Parous Pittsburgh Opera is ending its 2021-’22 season with performances of Blue, and the work received its local premiere Satur…
Opening This Week Riverdance | Trust Presents. | Benedum Center | April 26 to 28, 2022 | https://trustarts.org/production/77477/riverdance Disney’s Newsies | Little Lake Theatre | Main …
Swan Lake, with PBT’s Artistic Director Susan Jaffe‘s own choreography opens on May 6th at the Benedum Center This post by PBT’s Jenna Bodnar originally appeared April 5th, 2022 on the…
The annual August Wilson Birthday Celebration Block Party will kick off August Wilson House’s Year of Celebration when the annual festival takes over the historic Hill District from 11 a.m…
By Sharon Eberson It’s been a long time coming, Richard Thomas onstage as Atticus Finch. He was announced to lead the tour back in May 2019 – that was the second appearance of Pittsburgh…
Pam Farneth directs Apple Hill Players Don’t Dress for Dinner at The Trafford Performing Arts Center, opening April 22nd. Bernard plans a romantic weekend with his chic Parisian mistress i…
Families Are Invited to Tour the Studios, Meet Faculty, and Experience a Sample Ballet Class for Kids Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School (PBT School) invites families of children ages 2 –…
By SHARON EBERSON The wait is over, and it was worth it. August Wilson: A Writer’s Landscape is every bit the legacy exhibition that the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and his hometown …
By Sharon Eberson Robert Ramirez was named to head the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama, one of the most prestigious theater arts programs in the world. Ramirez will be on the job …
Reviewed by Bob Hoover Playwright David Mamet recently wrote that “theater on Broadway has largely been replaced by pageantry.” Audiences “come to Broadway exactly as they come to Disn…
Gordon Hawkins, Versatile Baritone, Speaks of His Role & Career By George B. Parous Pittsburgh Opera will wrap its successful 2021-22 season with the first local performances of Blue, wi…
Opening This Week Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird | PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh | Benedum Center | April 19 to 24, 2022 | https://trustarts.org/production/69948/list_performances…
Reviewed by Jessica Neu “The fourth wall has been shattered, and the direct control of the story is in your hands!” As audiences settle into the cozy Greer Cabaret Theater for Pittsb…
When was the last time you apologized to your mother? Or received an apology in return? Kelly Strayhorn Theater presents the newest theater piece from creator and performer Adil Mansoor, Amm…
Throughline Theatre, having been on hiatus since March 2020, anticipates its 11th season under the guidance of its new Artistic Director, J. Cody Spellman. Throughline Theatre has announced …
Resonance Works will close out its ninth season with two powerful productions. In April, International superstar soprano, Takesha Meshé Kizart-Thomas, gives a moving solo recital dedicate…
The CLO Cabaret reopens with The Twenty-Sided Tavern, a theatrical experience that is both web-based and in-person By Sharon Eberson “Come to the cabaret” takes on a new meaning for bo…
Each year Prime Stage Theatre and the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh engage the world in education, understanding, and actions against the atrocities of genocide. This year’s enGAGE produc…
Disney’s Newsies, the Musical, is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy, and leader of a band of teenaged “newsies.” When titans of publishing raise distribution price…
The book is a collaboration between Buzzy Prentiss and Kathleen McGuire Gaines, the founder of Minding the Gap, a social good company that seeks to see mental health regarded with the sa…
By Sharon Eberson Post updated with newly released production photos by Michael Henninger Martin Giles popped up on my Zoom screen to reveal an epic mustache a few weeks ago. Back then, the …
Reviewed by Laura Caton To put it reductively but accurately, Jesus Christ Superstar is a good musical. Just hearing the name is enough to get the title song stuck in your head. The show i…
By Sharon Eberson The August Wilson African American Cultural Center will unveil the long-awaited permanent exhibition dedicated to its namesake with an invitation-only ribbon-cutting ceremo…
Opening This Week Agatha Christie’s Murder On The Orient Express | Pittsburgh Public Theater | O’Reilly Theater | April 13 to May 1, 2022 | https://ppt.org/production/76195/murder-on-t…