By Sharon Ebderson Tacy Byham and Tomé Cousin were recipients of City Theatre’s annual Robert M. Frankel Awards today, May 20. The awards, bestowed since 1994, are named for the longtime …
Director Rob James and star Chad Elder chat about joys and challenges of rarely done musical By SHARON EBERSON Director, actor and educator Rob James is known as a Sondheim kind of guy, so i…
Nominees for the 2023 Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater, representing 32 Allegheny County schools, were announced today. The annual awards ceremony and showcase…
By SHARON EBERSON Visually striking from start to finish, the production of American Fast currently holding court at City Theatre introduces us to a character I have not seen previously on t…
By SHARON EBERSON Mandy Patinkin, in one of his winking asides between songs Thursday night, murmured, “What was I thinking when I put this show together?” And who could blame him? Patin…
By SHARON EBERSON It’s the merry month of May on your calendar but it’s March Madness onstage at City Theatre. In his new play American Fast, Kareem Fahmy puts the NCAA Basketball Champi…
By SHARON EBERSON It’s Tony Awards Nominations Day, and as always, there were a few surprises emanating from the celebration of the best of Broadway. Some Like It Hot scored a leading 13 n…
Lauren Yee’s latest arrives at Pittsburgh Public Theater in a collaboration with Portland Theater By SHARON EBERSON The bittersweet road-trip comedy Young Americans has, itself, traveled a…
By SHARON EBERSON Susan Tsu, the award-winning costume designer and Carnegie Mellon professor, had just administered a final exam when her face popped up in close-up, a Zoom call. You could …
By SHARON EBERSON If you’ve been planning your local theater-going for the next month, you must have noticed the coincidence. It’s not that Pittsburgh Public Theatre Downtown and Cit…
Broadway’s Elizabeth Stanley, Lesli Margherita Join Hometown Stars Names familiar from the Golden Triangle to Broadway to Disney+ and beyond are aglow in Pittsburgh CLO’s 2023 summer sea…
By SHARON EBERSON With a unique display of First Folios as a backdrop, Quantum Theatre previewed its 2023-24 season, which includes Hamlet and the return to the scene of another Bard tragedy…
Premiere by Southers, Wilde Classic, Sara Porkalob Cabaret, Poe Experience Fill Season Slate By SHARON EBERSON Pittsburgh Public Theater has completed its 2023-24 season announcement, includ…
By SHARON EBERSON Mitch Swain is leaving as the first and only head of the Greater Pittsburgh Art Council, but not before he helps his successor settle in. It had been announced that Swain…
New artistic leader Huffman sets plans in motion; Stanford discusses dismissal for the first time By SHARON EBERSON PICT Classic Theatre has survived tumultuous times before, but this partic…
Technology Allows Audience to Play Important Role in Immersive ‘The Devil Is a Lie’ By SHARON EBERSON If you choose to see The Devil Is a Lie, and I sincerely hope you do, you will be as…
You’re Invited to a Devilish Party in Immersive ‘The Devil Is a Lie’ Experience By SHARON EBERSON Within the pristine marble halls of the Frick Building, the stage is set for a whole l…
Broadway Names and Pittsburgh Ties Include ‘Into the Woods’ Castmates Patti Murin, Manu Narayan and Joe Serafini By SHARON EBERSON Pittsburgh CLO put on a show today to announce artists …
The inviting title, with an all-female cast, is directed by Marya Sea Kaminski By SHARON EBERSON Which came first, the movie or the play? In the case of Steel Magnolias, if you said “pla…
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater opens a new chapter with the story of Father James Cox, champion of the Depression-era jobless By SHARON EBERSON New chapters are being written simultaneously …
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust names Duquesne grad Kendra Whitlock Ingram as second woman and first person of color to top post.
By Jade Goodes Open the gates and seize the day with McKeesport Little Theater in their latest production of Disney’s Newsies. Based on the 1992 film of the same name, the stage adaptatio…
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By Sharon Eberson Some of the best edge-of-your-seat moments within the Misery unfolding in Braddock are wordless. Without the inner monologue of page or screen, through often excruciating a…