An effervescent brew of curiosity and creativity personified, Karla Boos is a risk-taker in the risky business of theater. For 35 years, the founder and artistic director of Quantum Theatre …
With news on August Wilson Center’s Janis Burley, Tamara Tunie, Point Park University New BFA, First Night 2026, and Tom Stoppard JANIS BURLEY HONORED ON AWAACC 15th ANNIVERSARY Janis Burl…
In preparation for the visiting tour of "Les Misérables" this week, three costumes from the original production, winner of eight Tony Awards, are on display at the Trust Arts Education Cent…
Treasure Treasure will star in City Theatre's production of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," presented in 2026 at the Greer Cabaret, in partnership with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. For Light …
Pittsburgh Public Theater has been busy behind the scenes, launching initiatives to expand community engagement, as well as educational and workforce development. While announcing collabora…
Little Lake Theatre unveils its 2026 season, featuring 10 productions that “explore how people build, reshape, and rediscover home.” The announcement includes “a new chapter in the the…
City Theatre is partnering with Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for New Work Development to bring back the Momentum Festival, a public reading series and laboratory for playwrights…
RealTime Arts’ Free Ourselves From Stone: Ukrainian Voices Reclaimed arrives November 13 as the final event in a trio of live performances of Ukrainian folktales and music, woven with comm…
With News on Broadway in Pittsburgh & More Maya Drake as Ali in the North American Tour of Hell’s Kitchen, the Broadway musical from Alicia Keys. (Image: Marc J. Franklin) ‘HELL’S …
By ANTHONY McKAY I’m a theater-goer from the 20th century, when standing ovations were a rare occurrence. Then, a smattering of claps greeted an overlong or frankly boring effort, and a sp…
Pittsburgh CLO Heralds Halloween at Greer Cabaret By SHARON EBERSON You could hear the excitement and, of course, anticipation in Alexander Podolinski’s voice. Opening night of Pittsburgh …
IN MEMORAM: GEORGE B. PAROUS, OUR OPERA AND CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEWER George B. Parous, onStage Pittsburgh’s cherished contributor and reviewer of opera and classical music, passed away une…
Noises Off, a backstage farce amid a play within a play, has been the gold standard of theater comedies since the work was first produced in 1983. For Pittsburgh Public Theater, the current …
An early sign of how Pittsburgh’s largest producing theaters may share or merge services came today, as City Theatre and Pittsburgh Public Theater announced a collaboration to “take in m…
Prime Stage’s Head(stone) Start to Spooky Season The annual invasion of Spirit Halloween shops isn’t the only sign that the spooky season is centerstage. Theaters are gearing up for Ha…
Vigilance Theater is scaring up another round of spooky Campfire Stories, with the promise of s'mores, singalongs, mysteries and things that lurk in the night.
Featuring: Confluence Ballet, Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks, Theatre Sans Serif, Mrs. Shakespeare, Pittsburgh Festival Opera and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Confluence Ballet Expands Its…
Issac Mizrahi and Eva Noblezada have swapped dates for the 2025-2026 Trust Cabaret Series, which puts Mizrahi in the leadoff position, on October 6, 2025, with Noblezada moving to March 9, 2…
Aaron Galligan-Stierle beamed through the Zoom screen when asked if he was familiar with the score to Sunday in the Park with George. He will play the show’s two artists named George – o…
If there is such a thing as the “best hangman,” then it stands to reason that there is a second best. Martin McDonagh’s dark comedy, "Hangmen," is based loosely on the well-chronic…
An impossible task, it would seem to be, choosing symphonic soundtracks and creating a concert representing the breadth of movie music. It may be stating the obvious, but a good place to st…
Kathleen Marshall, the three-time Tony Award-winning director/choreographer who grew up in Pittsburgh, is now an inductee into the Theater Hall of Fame. Her name will be inscribed on the wal…
Quantum Theatre brings director Joanie Schultz's gender-swapped adaptation of "The Seagull" to picturesque Chatham University. "What a gift to have somebody say, ‘Great, let's do it,’”…
The transformation of Pittsburgh Musical Theater got off to a smashing start – a wall-breaking ceremony on July 9, with Mayor Ed Gainey and County Executive Sara Innamorato striking the bl…
City Theatre has revealed the winners of the 2025 Young Playwrights Contest, an annual regional competition for grades 7-12. The Young Playwrights Festival’s public performances will take…