PITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER'S SHAUNDA McDILL talks moving forward into an uncertain future. "What I know is, we're ready, and that is my job, is to make sure that our team is ready with a full…
Mark Fleischer will leave as executive producer of Pittsburgh CLO after its 80th summer season in 2026, and take a co-leadership role, with Patrick Cassidy, at Studio Teen Theatre Company in…
The 13th annual Pittsburgh Fringe Festival spreads it wings to 14 venues over 10 days, March 19-28, 2026, where adventurous audiences can choose from among three dozen live experiences in mu…
The board chairs of Pittsburgh CLO and Pittsburgh Public Theater have shared with subscribers a proposed plan for the creation of "a new, consolidated producing theater company, designed to …
Chronic pain has invaded the bodies of every character in "Infinite Life," a constant companion as they lounge in the sun, ruminating on their paths to a fasting clinic, sipping water, hunge…
In the Tony Award-winning "Eureka Day" (Best Play Revival of 2025), arriving at City Theatre this week, affluent parents who have sent their children to a utopian high-achieving private scho…
In addition to a 5-show subscription lineup and special events, Bricolage and RealTime Arts will be in residence By SHARON EBERSON City Theatre has themed its 52nd season as “Our Next Ac…
In rehearsal these days, an abundance of riches faces back at Patrick Jordan as he directs some of the leading ladies of the Pittsburgh stage — Tami Dixon, Sheila McKenna, Karla Payne, Hel…
Pittsburgh Public Theater's 32nd annual Shakespeare Monologue & Scene Contest had participants from grads 4-12 chanting, "Shakespeare! Shakespeare!," as if the competition had been a spo…
Pittsburgh Public Theater's 32nd annual Shakespeare Monologue & Scene Contest will crown winners in two divisions at 7 p.m., Monday, February 23, 2026, at the O’Reilly Theater. On Thur…
"Annie" was not a show on Connor McCanlus‘ dance card as a performer. Until now. At auditions for Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s professional production of "Annie," set for the Byham Theat…
By SHARON EBERSON Valentine’s Day weekend is upon us, and so thoughts naturally turn to romance and … zombies? It’s also a Friday the 13th weekend, so perhaps it’s the perfect balanc…
Opening this Valentine’s Day weekend, Tammy and Zachary Wyatt will be onstage, together, for the first time, reading "Love Letters," an enduring play told entirely through correspondence. …
As Pittsburgh Public Theater prepares to present "An Enemy of the People," first published in 1882, and revived for the 10th time on Broadway in 2024, the play’s themes remain top of mind.…
Go See a Show, a regional initiative involving nearly 20 producing theater companies, is underway, offering discounts to performances and aiming to “reenergize local audiences and celebrat…
The exploration of a three-way consolidation process of Pittsburgh’s three largest producing theater companies is down to two. A letter by the leadership of the three theaters said, “Aft…
By SHARON EBERSON The pioneering Freedom House Ambulance Service has garnered much-deserved attention of late, thanks to The Pitt, the HBO show that shines a spotlight on all things Pittsbur…
The kickoff to 2026 is a third straight new play co-production, with the unwieldy but descriptive title Malcolm X & Redd Foxx Washing Dishes at Jimmy's Chicken Shack in Harlem. The two-h…
Wicked’s popularity was not a foregone conclusion when it powered onto Broadway in 2003. The New York Times critic Ben Brantley came right out and wrote that only Kristin Chenoweth as Glin…
In addition to the colorful suspects introduced with the Clue board game, the 1985 movie added the butler Wadsworth, played by Tim Curry and driving the comedic action toward one of three po…
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company has revealed a four-play 2026 season, including a premiere by award-winning playwright a.k. payne, while also co-hosting a unique international take on…
In the year that was, the future of three companies takes center stage, Saige Smith hits a series of high notes, "The Shark Is Broken" goes swimmingly for barebones, Pittsburgh Playwrights T…
Some things are such crowd-pleasers, they bear repeating. Even within the packed realm of Christmas-time theater, that holds true for Kinetic Theatre’s finely tuned, atmospheric production…
A Dinah Washington Christmas, a combination of beloved Christmas songs, a celebration of the “Queen of the Blues,” and nod to the jazz heritage of the Hill District, had its debut on Thu…
In Braddock, Midnight Radio has Bricolage following it’s own Die Hard holiday parody with A Christmas Vacatyinz, lampooning the Lampooners at barebones’ Braddock Black Box. And in the Hi…