Pittsburgh is a city that is proverbially filled to brim with theatre companies and artistic collectives. Which is by no means a gripe—that there are well over twenty theatre companies, a …
Kinetic Theatre is one of the few companies in Pittsburgh that prospers on the nomadic model. Helmed by tireless and resourceful Producing Artistic Director Andrew Paul, who has directed all…
Now that the Tony Awards have been handed out, let the betting begin on which of the winning and losing shows will receive a box office boost and which will soon post a closing notice. If…
Oklahoma! at Pittsburgh CLO (June 21st-June 30th at the Benedum) I have a morbid fascination with Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1943 Musical Oklahoma! (their first ever musical collaboration, …
Soulful tributes to some of the world’s most beloved–and sometimes enigmatic–singers are the artistic specialty of Daphne Alderson. Aptly described as a chanteuse, Alderson far ex…
For those of you musical lovers who may also be history buffs, Split Stage Productions has a wonderful opportunity for indulging both of your interests at once in the form of Titanic: The…
I have the sneaking suspicion there’s not much point in writing a review of Grease: your initial reaction to even the word is probably all you need to know. If your reaction is a posit…
Pittsburgh Public Theater ends its 44th season with Jordan Harrison’s play, Marjorie Prime. It’s the final play in the first season under new artistic director Marya Sea Kaminski who als…
For over thirty years, Point Park University has hosted International Summer Dance, a six-week intensive program offering conservatory style training to students in Ballet, Jazz, and Mode…
Little Lake Theatre takes us back to the late 1800s with The Importance of Being Earnest as the third installment of their 71st season. Written by Oscar Wilde, this three-act play shows the …
The beginning of June will kick off the summer with a motion-packed, dance-filled week, hosted by PearlArts Studio, entitled pearlPRESENTS Dance Festival. June 3-9 will prove to be a dynamic…
If you’ve walked down Liberty Avenue around 9th Street in the last few months, you’ve doubtlessly noticed the storefront for Liberty Magic (and maybe even recognized the trick it depicts…
By Linda Harkcom The Pittsburgh CLO is putting the fun in musical theater this summer by producing the hilarious Spamilton An American Parody at the Greer Cabaret Theater in Pittsburgh. I re…
PNC Broadway has brought to Pittsburgh the Gen Z-adored musical Dear Evan Hansen. Per the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust website, there is less than 1% availability for all remaining performances…
Pittsburgh’s City Theatre hosts the world premiere of Stephen Belber’s extraordinary new play, We Are Among Us. The play explores the lingering effects of war via the conflict between th…
By Eva Phillips A surreal comparative train of thought I often entertain is pondering the striking differences between my father’s world and my own. When I turned 21 in 2012, I was paying …
As has often been noted, the original Broadway production of Bright Star had the misfortune of opening in the same season as Hamilton, which would have left any competitors in the dust; b…
Given Pittsburgh Public Theater opened their season with Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, it’s a bold choice for Cross-Stitch Theatre Company to follow suit. Not only is Pride and P…
By JANE GOODES Throughline Theatre Company’s current production at Aftershock Theatre is Andre by William Dunlap. Considered to be the first American play, Andre is a recounting of the exe…
Well-matched for Quantum Theatre’s latest performance space, William Shakespeare’s King Lear reigns in the postindustrial majesty of the Carrie Furnaces National Historical Landmark. Pla…
As I stood in line in 2016 vying for rush tickets to a new musical called Bright Star, pretty much all I knew was that comedy legend Steve Martin co-wrote its bluegrass score. I also knew…
Bernstein. Copland. Galbraith. American Serenade, a musical feast of substantial American works, celebrates the sixth season of Resonance Works | Pittsburgh through masters of the past centu…
Where have I been all these years? While The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is being performed, time and time again, on stages all across America, I have been wondering–who wants…
By Eva Phillips Imagine the most elaborate world you can. Think of “elaborate” in this context in its strictest biological meaning—producing a new substance from original constituents …
By Eva Phillips The complexities and nuances of Shakespeare’s tremendous tragedy Richard III are apparent to even those uninitiated to Shakespeare’s antics. Grandiloquent as it is intri…