INTERVIEW with director JEREMY SEGHERS, who has chosen "HAMLET: THE BAD QUARTO" for his second directorial project in Pittsburgh — after his dramatization of Franz Kafka’s "The Trial." T…
When truth is stranger than fiction, in a playwright's hands, it can go a few steps further into bizarro world, or find a pathway to grounded reality. Such is the case of the third annual Li…
BANDALOOP, featured performers at the 2026 Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, are hard to pin down — literally. Earlier this week, the troupe known for its "perspective-bending dance"…
It's a busy weekend, Pittsburgh! Check out Call Board for news about: City Theatre's record-breaking 'Hedwig'; Pittsburgh Playwright's 'BURNBABYBURN' reading; Prime Stage on WQED; PSO's Manf…
The cast of "Our Dear Dead Drug Lord," the “ferocious, darkly funny” coming-of-age play opening this weekend at barebones productions, answer questions about their first professional pr…
MANFRED HONECK SIGNS PSO CONTRACT EXTENSION THROUGH 2032-33. Manfred Honeck will become the longest-serving Music Director in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s 131-year history, after …
GREAT NEWS OUT OF CARNEGIE! Claire DeMarco has put her money where her theater dreams are, and partnered with theater artist and administrator Erika Cuenca to save Carnegie Stage, that vita…
By HANNAH WING-BONICA It’s been twenty years since Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home made itself known in the graphic novel scene. It was only ten years later that Bechdel’s work became a hi…
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…
By JESSICA NEU Not many plays open with the storyline of the President of the United States (POTUS) using a controversial four-letter word that begins with the letter C to describe his wif…
With 2026 Dollar Bank Three RIvers Arts Festival opening in its new Arts Landing home, the next phase of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Downtown renovations turn to Katz Plaza and the Byham a…
Alumni Theater Company has announced a venue change for its summer production of Once on This Island. Originally scheduled to be presented at the O'Reilly Theater, the production will now ta…
Pittsburgh CLO has announced the casts of productions for its 2026 summer season, a mix of frequent PCLO performers, Pittsburgh-based artists, and newcomers. After 80 seasons as the Pittsbur…
It's Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival and Tony Awards weekend! Also on the Call Board: Pittsburgh Playwrights 'Art of the Wise' is headed to the International Black Theatre Festival…
2026 JUNETEENTH EVENTS In Pittsburgh and beyond: * Live entertaiment * Annual parade * Family-friendly activities * Educational opportunities * More ...
REVIEW: "PICKLEBALL" at LITTLE LAKE SERVES UP LAUGHS. I took along a good friend who plays pickleball to see the Jeff Daniels satire about the sport, and nonstop laughter told me all I need…
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…
By MINGSI MA Coconut Cake, staged by New Horizon Theater and part of the Public Presents series, is a delightful treat. Written by Chicago-based African American playwright Melda Beaty…
With news about Throughline Theatre, Jimmy Awards, Throughline’s Living News Festival, CLO’s Beautiful, SQUONK at the Three Rivers Arts Festival 🎭 ICYMI THROUGHLINE THEATRE’S LIVING…
A CONVERSATION WITH "RAGTIME" COMPOSER AND DORMONT NATIVE STEPHEN FLAHERTY Coming home to accept the Richard Rodgers Award is “a big, beautiful arc,” Stephen Flaherty was saying just t…
By Guilherme Meletti Yazbek Before the curtain rises, The Great Gatsby – A New Musical already begins to build its world. The sound of waves and distant seagulls drifts through the Bene…
By MINGSI MA South Park Theatre stages the second play of its 2026 season, Talley’s Folly, directed by Melissa Hill Grande. Playwright Lanford Wilson’s Talley’s Folly is a romanti…
I have seen the fallout from mismanaging expectations and a lack of transparency when jobs are lost, and the rift it can create between people practicing their calling and those entrusted wi…
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…
The 35th annual Gene Kelly Awards honoring excellence in high school musical theater in Allegheny County crowned the 2026 winners on Saturday night. Representing four budget categories, the …