Andrew Paul’s Kinetic Theatre returns to Pittsburgh with a mini-Mamet Festival, plus a holiday show that marks the return of David Whalen as Sherlock Holmes. Whalen, who recently completed…
Two productions that originated on Pittsburgh stages in the past year are headed to the International Black Theatre Festival this summer. Headed to Winston-Salem, N.C., for the 18th biennia…
By SHARON EBERSON Following a Quantum Theatre season boasting a record number of subscribers, Karla Boos hasn’t tired of her quest for “transformative experiences.” “I love everythin…
Laura Benanti, Stephanie J. Block, Jason Robert Brown, Christopher Jackson and Patina Miller are headed to Pittsburgh The wow factor never lets up in the just-announced 2024-25 Trust Cabaret…
Winners of the 2024 Henry Mancini Awards, which recognize excellence in high school musical theater in Beaver, Butler, Lawrence and Mercer counties, were announced May 19 at a gala ceremony …
Bricolage Productions, last seen in a Cultural District storefront theater space and windowless basement offices, has a whole lotta “new” going on, including a new home – with windows.…
The Pittsburgh Dance Council’s 2024-25 season, in its 54th year, features a roster of global award-winning, contemporary dance companies. Announced on Monday, the season includes the retur…
A performance of the play ≈ [Almost Equal To], presented at Point Park University’s Pittsburgh Playhouse, has been recognized with several Kennedy Center American College Theater Awards,…
Pittsburgh CLO has announced the stage-and-screen stars who will lead the 2024 summer season of musicals, including Tony-nominee Beth Malone, who originated the role of Alison Bechdel in Fun…
Pittsburgh native Billy Porter has been named the 2024 recipient of the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award, “in recognition of his outstanding dedication and contributions as an activist and sp…
City Theatre and Pittsburgh Public Theater are co-hosts of the 2024 spring meeting of the League of Resident Theatres, being held starting today, May 1-3, in Downtown Pittsburgh The gather…
Nominees Representing Four Counties Announced Broadway actress Arielle Jacobs will help celebrate high school musical theater excellence as the speaker at th 2024 Henry Mancini Awards, which…
By SHARON EBERSON The 2024 Tony Award nominations were announced today, with many shows having opened just this month to earn consideration. The mad scramble for Tonys voters included shows …
Pittsburgh CLO has revealed the cast and creative team of summer season opener Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, with Gabrielle Lee as Billie “Lady Day” Holiday, directed by Tomé…
Pittsburgh Public Theater has announced the cast and creative team for the premiere production of The Coffin Marker, the newest addition to Mark Clayton Southers’ cycle of plays set in the…
Three local students will represent Pittsburgh in the national August Wilson New Voices Competition, to be held at Pittsburgh Public Theater on April 29. In its 18th year, this is the first …
Forty-four Southwestern Pennsylvania creative entrepreneurs were awarded a total of $88,000 from the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council to support their business’ general operations as part o…
“We are thrilled to announce that Springboard Danse is moving to Pittsburgh, PA!” So declares the new website for the contemporary dance organization Springboard Danse, announcing its mo…
The 2024 August Wilson New Voices Monologue Competition will be presented by the Bill Nunn Theatre Outreach Project tonight, April 15, with actor Brenden Peifer serving as master of ceremoni…
By SHARON EBERSON Before we get to the gender-swapped, contemporized Company that will arrive in Pittsburgh Tuesday, Kathryn Allison is required to talk about being in a room with Stephen So…
Pittsburgh Public Theater has completed the announcement of its 50th season with the musical Scotland, PA – tagline: “Macbeth with a side of fries” – that features a book by Fox Chap…
Artistic director Elizabeth Elias Huffman’s efforts to reimagine Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre and take programming to her hometown continue this weekend and next with “a thea…
The finale of City Theatre’s 2023-24 season imagines an encounter between famed pop artist Andy Warhol and a young Iranian radical during an improbable-but-true trip, when the Pittsburgh n…
Quantum Theatre’s next destination production will bring audiences to Allentown for Scenes From an Execution, directed by Andrew William Smith and starring Lisa Velten Smith. To conclude…
The 20th season of Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks – which coincides with The Bard’s 460th birthday – gets under way with the 11th annual Week of Will and includes an indoor readin…