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If you are looking for the perfect date night with your spouse or significant other, put Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus Live at The Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret at the top of your list…
Enjoying its impressive twenty-eighth year, the hotly anticipated and highly regarded Pittsburgh New Works Festival (PNWF) is in full swing and delivering a new array of exciting, original o…
A few days ago, on a beautiful Sunday Afternoon, I made my way to Frick Park to see Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks’ production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Beneath a canopy of tree…
Caroline Smith’s play, Kitchen Witches, is not particularly original; in fact, it relies on the rather tired trope of women whose relationship is defined by their competition over a man. I…
In the midst of tremendous growth and giant strides towards newness in a myriad of realms, the creative team at Pittsburgh’s City Theatre remains stalwart in their commitment to setting th…
PICT Classic Theatre has announced its 2018-2019 Season, “Classics in Our Times” which includes three shows, two of which are premiers. The season carries an overarching message of “…
With its balanced blend of classics, musicals, and new works, the Pittsburgh theatre scene is often synonymous with the Pittsburgh Public Theater. Taking the reins of the Public is no small …
Pittsburgh has shed its rust-belt image. Even though that transition is ongoing, our city is consistently ranked as “one of the best places in the world to live.” Today we are known both…
Little Miss Sunshine opened Thursday at the Little Lake Theatre in Canonsburg. Little Lake is currently in its 70th season and is community theatre in the best sense. There are opportunities…
Good manners when attending performances used to include attitudes relating to formal dress, social mores, and how to be “seen” while “seeing” a performance. Today, live theatre and …
A letter from the Editor, Hello friends and welcome to our third annual Fall Preview! If you’ve been sticking with us for a while, you know the drill! If you’re new to the PITR game, w…
This fall our five picks are three community theatre productions, and two university productions. Guys and Dolls along with Cabaret consistently make the top ten lists of terrific Broadway m…
Plenty of good ideas are born and batted about in living rooms. However, few of them emerge and endure with the kind of impact and longevity that the Pittsburgh New Works Festival has enjoye…
Hey gang, welcome back for our third annual Collegiate preview! School is starting once again and we’re ready to dive into this year’s seasons! Pittsburgh’s universities have plenty fo…
Artist rendering of the public entrance of the new Playhouse as seen from Forbes and Smithfield Street. “Willkommen! And Bienvenue! Welcome!” Pittsburgh’s newest theatre complex, The P…
Multiplicity. Energy. Purposeful provocation. Diversity and individuality which uplifts harmony. The vibrancy of technology that allows both transcendence and timelessness. An outstandin…
Beth Corning’s dance “company” Corningworks launches its tenth season with The Waiting Room. I say a company in quotes because Corningworks doesn’t own a theatre, doesn’t have a st…
Imagine being at the end of the world with absolutely nothing to wear. Imagine being an intergalactic exotic dancer whose cyber-dreams crackle simultaneously with the enormity of the univers…
The summer theatre season is starting to wind down. Here are two ideas for something different for your wind down this weekend with the added bonus of free admission! The CLO sponsored Show …
As someone who was reared in the golden era of Disney, I stand out as one of the anomalies who has never seen The Little Mermaid. Part of this exclusion from the canon was my mother’s reno…
Tuesday night the Pittsburgh CLO opened its final show of the season, Thoroughly Modern Millie at the Benedum Center for The Performing Arts in Pittsburgh and I have to say, I “thoroughly…
The playbill for Little Lake Theatre Company’s Production of Steel Magnolias proclaims that the show is “a Little Lake favorite,” making it a great selection for their 70th anniversary…
The CLO’s latest offering of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is an ebullient production, full of color, energy, magic, and fun. The show celebrates vintage Disney and vintage musicals wit…
“Start the f*cking play!” As an audience member and a (usually) willing spectator in the events that unfold before you, there is a certain element of participation and responsibility tha…
There are some musicals that people want to go see for the clever lyrics, thrilling plot, and complex characters. Then there are some that people want to see to enjoy pretty dancing and sing…
