By SHARON EBERSON What’s your Pittsburgh summer been like so far? And mine, you ask? I have spent my nights and some days at theaters within the city limits, and I am making a dent – but…
By SHARON EBERSON Let’s get right to it, because I know you’re wondering: What the heck is Fishy Woo Woo? By the time the newly minted, uproarious comedy by Monteze Freeland reveals the …
By SHARON EBERSON So many versions of Jeff Goldblum were onstage Saturday night, it was hard to keep track of which Jeff was which, except when he was making music with The Mildred Snitzer O…
The Powerful Premiere Concludes Pittsburgh Public Theater’s 2023-24 Season on a High Note By SHARON EBERSON The Coffin Maker, a riveting, provocative world-premiere work from Mark Clayton …
By SHARON EBERSON The family drama The Animal Kingdom, which had its United States premiere in February, comes to Braddock for its Pittsburgh debut starting June 14, via Patrick Jordan’s b…
By SHARON EBERSON In theatrical leadership, influence and inspiration, few can match the output and goodwill spread throughout Pittsburgh by Mark Clayton Southers and Monteze Freeland. Thi…
The West Homestead native Is in Concert on June 1 at the Benedum Center By SHARON EBERSON When Jeff Goldblum talks about returning to Pittsburgh, the phrase that comes most readily to mind i…
By SHARON EBERSON Pittsburgh CLO’s 33rd annual Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater was a night to celebrate arts education, feel school and community pride, exp…
By SHARON EBERSON The New Horizon Theater has a ready-made invitation in the title of the upcoming The Nacirema Society Requests the Honor of Your Presence at a Celebration of Their First On…
By SHARON EBERSON In an alcohol-fueled haze of heartbreak and sardonic humor, when it was a struggle to stand on her own two feet, it was music that sustained Billie Holiday. Lady Day at Eme…
By SHARON EBERSON For Gabrielle Lee, who has sung on stages all over the world, starring in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill will be a gateway back to her future. The future is tomorr…
By SHARON EBERSON For some of us, the 1990s may seem like only yesterday. It was the decade that led to the launch of the Information Age. with the development of smartphones and the World W…
The 33rd annual Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater has announced the nominees who will take the stage for the ceremony and musical extravaganza on Saturday, May …
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council Shares Report Revealing Social Benefits and $1.26 Billion in Direct Impact The contributions of a thriving arts scene to the economy and vitality of Allegheny…
The Play Closes the Broadway in Pittsburgh 2023-24 Season By SHARON EBERSON In the resume of Ramzi Khalaf, there are quite a few attention grabbers. In 1993, he toured as bar mitzvah-boy Jas…
2024-25 will include DNAWORKS’ The Real James Bond … Was Dominican’ City Theatre kicked off the month of May by completing the lineup for 2024-25, the South Side company’s 50th anniv…
By SHARON EBERSON The spirit of August Wilson permeated the O’Reilly Theater Monday night, as the monologue and design competition that bears his name came home to Pittsburgh for the first…
By SHARON EBERSON Blending bold brushstrokes of historic events with insightful artistic license, Andy Warhol in Iran prods and pokes at a topical piñata, unleashing debates over art, polit…
By SHARON EBERSON It won’t be long before Marc Masterson wakes up to new adventures and some well-earned “me” time, and without the exhilaration and headaches of running a theater comp…
Tony-winners Kimberly Akimbo, Some Like it Hot, Life of Pi and MJ lead a pack that also heralds Hamilton return By SHARON EBERSON The 2024-25 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh season features 10 sh…
Suburban shuttles, childcare and family discounts are added to patron engagement programs By SHARON EBERSON Pittsburgh CLO is shaking up how it does business for year No. 78, including a sum…
Lisa Velten Smith Executes a Demanding Role With Brio for Quantum Theatre By SHARON EBERSON Speaking truth to power is never easy, but when it comes in torrential waves, from a bawdy, bellig…
By SHARON EBERSON Just one more thing, Delana Flowers was saying, before our goodbyes. She had been discussing her return to Dinah: A musical revue, as Dinah Washington, who declared herself…
Pittsburgh CLO Concert With the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra is June 1, 2024 at the Benedum Center By SHARON EBERSON Twenty years after Jeff Goldblum romped as The Music Man for Pittsburgh CLO,…
By SHARON EBERSON Undoubtedly, there are some who will arrive at Pittsburgh Public Theater’s latest iteration of The Importance of Being Earnest with favorite interpretations. After all, O…