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With news about: Come From Away on 9/11 25th anniversary, Mon River Arts, Vigilance Theater, Split Stage Productions, Geyer Performing Arts Center, The Lamp Theater and the Strand Theatre. …
By SHARON EBERSON As In Clay readies its Pittsburgh debut at City Theatre, its London-based creators mused about it finding a fandom in China, before being introduced in the USA. “It’s s…
There likely will be changes ahead for Quantum Theatre, when Katie Brook takes the helm as Artistic Director, but one thing that won't change: "It's safe to say that we're going to continue …
Quantum Theatre will movie into the future with director, producer, and educator Katie Brook as its new Artistic Director, beginning January 1, 2027. Brook succeeds founder and Artistic Dire…
By Hannah Wing-Bonica Pittsburgh has a history of welcoming magicians, including the famous Harry Houdini, who performed his infamous straight-jack escape trick above Wood Street and Liberty…
Mandy Gonzalez, the original Nina in the Tony Award-winning In the Heights, possesses a genre-defying voice that inspired Lin-Manuel Miranda to gush that she is "one of the greatest singers …
After three decades in Trafford, The Theatre Factory is embarking on a new chapter with a move to its new home at the Aluminum City Arts campus in New Kensington. The Theatre Factory’s 31s…
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh area stages this week and through the end of October, from onStage Pittsburgh. Check back frequently as shows are being added regularl…
By SHARON EBERSON Nicholas Perez-Hoop‘s tenure as Artistic Producer of City Theatre had only just begun as he was quizzed about what comes next — the overall theme of the season, and a t…
"RENT," the smash hit rock musical that launched Sewickley native PETER MATTHEW SMITH to Broadway, brings him home later this month, to direct the show for the second time in his hometown. W…
Call Board for the first week in September 2026 includes news about the New Hazlett Theater's 20th anniversary celebration, Daniel G. and Carole L. Kamin $1.375 million gift to help Pittsbu…
Spring Awakening and the RTC ‘s 2027 season move to the Pierce Theater in the Cultural District. By JESSICA NEU Founded in 1965, the Riverfront Theater Company has become a staple in the…
By SHARON EBERSON The new name is here — Confluence Theater of Pittsburgh — and with it, the hope for a fresh start and the creation of a sustainable, year-round Downtown resident theate…
By JESSICA NEU From the iconic opening lines of “Circle of Life” to the timeless story of Simba’s triumphant ascent to the leader of Pride Rock, Disney’s The Lion King has embedde…
By SHARON EBERSON a.k. payne sets the stage for their new play with a voiceover about the 2019 study that revealed Black women in Pittsburgh experience poverty at rates higher than in 85% of…
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh area stages this week and through the end of October, from onStage Pittsburgh. Check back frequently as shows are being added regularl…
By SHARON EBERSON Explorations of art and class, aging and death, lives well-lived and -loved, the good, the bad and the funny, are rolled into the Becoming Arts Collective’s second annual…
Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks rings in fall 2026 by reimagining The Merry Wives of Windsor “as a joyful, flamboyant celebration of pride set against the vibrant gay club culture of t…
onSTAGE PITTSBURGH CALL BOARD as summer 2026 comes to a close: With news about Kelly Strayhorn Theater's fall 2026 schedule; Prime Stage rethinking program model at 30; and a welcome summer …
Kiesha Lalama’s vision as the head of Pittsburgh Playhouse at Point Park University is building for the future by staying relevant in the present, reviving cherished parts from the past, a…
The world premiere of the award-winning playwright a.k. payne's "BURNBABYBURN! the american dream" is a co-production of Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company and the August Wilson House. I…
By JESSICA NEU Although Taylor Swift declared that August “slips away like a bottle of wine,” the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater proved that there is still much enjoyment to be had before the…
By MINGSI MA Since the musical’s premiere in 1997, Disney’s The Lion King has staged more than 11,000 performances. This poses an interesting challenge: After years of touring, the per…
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh area stages this week and through the end of September, from onStage Pittsburgh. Check back frequently as shows are being added regula…
By Mingsi Ma The Becoming Arts Collective marks the return of the Bridges and Stages 10-Minute Play Festival for its second year by introducing a new partnership at a new site, The New Hazle…
