The Blind Musician Stopped by Westinghouse Arts Academy and Won Over a New Group of Fans By SHARON EBERSON The students flowing into the auditorium knew they were in the presence of someone …
The show opens the revamped Greer Cabaret theater; cast member Brady D. Patsy sideline with broken ankle, replaced by Billy Mason By SHARON EBERSON Martha Banta had stayed away from directin…
Q&A: James McNeel and Monteze Freeland on co-productions, revenue sources, fundraising and more to come… By SHARON EBERSON City Theatre’s South Side campus has been buzzing since its…
By SHARON EBERSON From the moment you walk into the Benedum Center auditorium, you know: This is something different. The modernist design that greets you – a bedazzled backdrop and a neon…
By SHARON EBERSON Pittsburgh CLO concludes its summer season tonight with a splash in a very splash season – the 77-year-old company’s first production of Natasha, Pierre and the Great C…
By SHARON EBERSON If by Brouhaha, Squonk means an uproar or cause for commotion, that’s about right for the news that a supersized musical outdoor spectacle is ready for launch. Brouhaha i…
By SHARON EBERSON Merrily We Roll Along is a musical notorious for its lack of merriment. But there is plenty of reason to make merry at the New Hazlett Theater, where the talent onstage and…
Front Porch Theatricals’ Production of the Sondheim Show Marks Leading Lady Griffith’s Musical Theater Directing Debut By SHARON EBERSON The musical Merrily We Roll Along is having a mom…
By SHARON EBERSON The seductiveness of The Sound Inside takes hold with a sneaky persistence. Daring to forgo the fireworks of most mysteries, the cerebral drama instead engages with charact…
By SHARON EBERSON In the midst of their whirlwind rehearsal schedule, Lesli Margherita and Matthew Saldivar – Pittsburgh CLO‘s Miss Adelaide and Nathan Detroit – were on the phone, tal…
By SHARON EBERSON To be Hamlet is to be a student prince bound to seek revenge for his father’s death, and to be indecisive in the task. Anything else is as you like it. More to the point…
Pittsburgh Playwright Theatre Company’s Annual Dive Into Wilson’s Work Was Playwright’s Favorite By SHARON EBERSON “When I first met August Willson, I said I liked Joe Turner the bes…
Elena Passarello Returns to the Stage for the Tony-Nominated Drama by Adam Rapp By SHARON EBERSON It doesn’t get much more barebones than the role of a well-known writing professor being p…
The setting at the Carrie Furnaces site has moved outdoors during preproduction By SHARON EBERSON For all those who believe in destiny, it was preordained that Treasure Treasure was meant to…
By SHARON EBERSON When composer Stephen Flaherty takes his seat at the Benedum Center Tuesday, before the first notes of his score for Once on This Island begin to play, visions of his earli…
By SHARON EBERSON You may know Darius de Haas as the singing voice of Shy Baldwin on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, but musical theater fans know him as an accomplished Broadway artist. Soon, yo…
By SHARON EBERSON In a vignette during The Constellationist, the person at the center of the story is represented by a towering puppet with a smiling golden sun for a face. The people in Mar…
BY SHARON EBERSON Don’t let the new name confuse you. Or maybe the old one did. RealTime Arts – the former RealTime Interventions – is back with a “community based” performance, …
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Classic Returns to Pittsburgh CLO for the First Time Since 2011 By SHARON EBERSON It’s not my favorite thing about The Sound of Music, but nothing about the b…
By SHARON EBERSON She Loves Me is a sheer delight of a rom-com musical, with themes and characters so vivid, it defies its 1930s roots. The 1963 musical stems from a list of beloved adaptati…
By SHARON EBERSON “Be careful what you wish for” is one hard lesson among many in Into the Woods. Happily-ever-afters are elusive is another. However, happily for anyone who has wished t…
Pittsburgh CLO’s production of the Sondheim-Lapine musical is packed with stage and screen stars and local lore UPDATE: On Sunday, June 25, a decision was made to give “Twan Baker” a r…
By SHARON EBERSON There’s a moment when the face of Ernesto Mario Sanchez, the actor portraying Steelers legend Mike Webster, is bathed in a soft red glow. By his expression, it is clear h…
Plus: How to watch this year’s unscripted ceremony honoring the best of Broadway By SHARON EBERSON Keeping up with Tomé Cousin’s schedule is a feat of endurance. We have been trying to …
By SHARON EBERSON In the intimate conference room in Pittsburgh CLO’s Benedum Center offices, there was a special something in the air. The trio of director Ameenah Kaplan, star Rashidra S…