The new musical ‘Shantytown’ is now scheduled to open on March 17 at Madison Arts Center. The following story about the construction of the venue has been updated to reflect the postpone…
Point Park alum Jana Larell Glover is an alternate for three lucky queens in the national tour of the ‘concert spectacle’ By SHARON EBERSON Welcome to the Queendom of SIX, where history …
Co-stars Evelyn Hernandez and Laurie Klatscher the play about feuding neighbors By SHARON EBERSON Native Gardens is a play about neighbors learning to get along, so you just know it was dest…
‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ added as the season’s August Wilson play The new musical Shantytown. The Ballad of Fr. James Cox by Ray Werner marks a new era for Pittsburgh Playwrights…
By SHARON EBERSON Surely you’ve at least heard of The Chronicles of Narnia, among the widely read books in any language. The fantasy series emerged from the pen of C.S. Lewis, a Christian …
By SHARON EBERSON Take a family tragedy from Greek mythology, pepper it with Shakespeare most foul and a Tarantino revenge fantasy, tie it together with the unbreakable bond of twin sisters,…
March has come in like a lion for Pittsburgh theater-going, and the roar only builds as the month marches on. March 2nd through 4th, Thursday through Saturday last week, there was so much to…
The 29th annual Shakespeare Monologue and Scene Contest at Pittsburgh Public Theater reached the Showcase of Finalists on Monday, with the winners announced today. Finalists of the 2023 Shak…
By SHARON EBERSON Once has a special place in David Toole’s career, and his heart. For an actor-singer-musician, it combines all those things in an unconventional romantic story. “And I…
If you follow Pittsburgh theaters on social media, you know that casting news has been coming at a fast-and-furious pace, with City Theatre and Pittsburgh Public Theater each announcing the …
By SHARON EBERSON NEW YORk, N.Y. — Picture this: Shubert Alley, in the heart of Times Square. At one end, there’s the 1,500-seat Shubert Theatre on 44th Street, across the street from Sa…
The National High School Dance Festival, the first in three years, will return to Point Park University’s Downtown campus March 1-5, with 1,200 students from more than 70 high schools acro…
By SHARON EBERSON The Board of Directors of the Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre announced today that PICT will return, with Elizabeth Elias Huffman as its new artistic director.Huffma…
By SHARON EBERSON Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Bee … Before “it’s showtime” in Pittsburgh, before summoning the fast-talking scoundrel from the Netherworld, let’s conjure a couple of …
Here’s musical theater casting news to look forward to, from Pittsburgh Musical Theater and Front Porch Theatricals: ‘Once,’ Pittsburgh Musical Theater Husband and wife David Toole a…
By SHARON EBERSON NEW YORK, N.Y. — My return to New York after more than three long years away was a three-day, four-show whirlwind (reviews to come) that had to include time for the newes…
By SHARON EBERSON Spring is in the air, and not just because of the mild temperatures. High school musical theater season is underway. While many of those talented teens are in competition f…
Award-winning Broadway star Rema Webb, fresh from The Music Man on Broadway, headlines the annual Center for Theater Arts‘ One Night Only gala at Heinz Hall on March 11. The Clairton nati…
By SHARON EBERSON If you are seeking further proof that Shakespeare is a universal language, pliable to different cultures, aesthetics and genres, look no further than the O’Reilly Theater…
By Sharon Eberson New Horizon Theatre opens Black History Month with American Menu, the story of five women working in the kitchen of a segregated diner in a Texas town, circa May 1968. Each…
Demeatria Boccella weaves cultural touchstones into costumes for Pittsburgh Public’s all-Black production By Sharon Eberson This enchanting moment has been 20 years in the making for Demea…
The lineup for the 2023 Pittsburgh Humanities Festival will include This American Life host Ira Glass discussing “Seven Things I’ve Learned,” women in hip-hop and other timely presenta…
City Theatre production introduces What the Constitution Means to Me to Pittsburgh By Sharon Eberson Humorous and harrowing are descriptions that don’t usually go hand in hand, but that…
By Sharon Eberson It was never going to be nice and easy, if that’s what you are looking for in a musical. It had to be rough and raw for the theatrical world built around Alanis Morisse…
Modern revenge myth Is God Is comes to Braddock on February 24 By Sharon Eberson Patrick Jordan’s barebones productions is back in business in Braddock, opening season No, 20 with the reve…