Kiesha Lalama’s vision as the head of Pittsburgh Playhouse at Point Park University is building for the future by staying relevant in the present, reviving cherished parts from the past, a…
The world premiere of the award-winning playwright a.k. payne's "BURNBABYBURN! the american dream" is a co-production of Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company and the August Wilson House. I…
By JESSICA NEU Although Taylor Swift declared that August “slips away like a bottle of wine,” the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater proved that there is still much enjoyment to be had before the…
By MINGSI MA Since the musical’s premiere in 1997, Disney’s The Lion King has staged more than 11,000 performances. This poses an interesting challenge: After years of touring, the per…
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh area stages this week and through the end of September, from onStage Pittsburgh. Check back frequently as shows are being added regula…
By Mingsi Ma The Becoming Arts Collective marks the return of the Bridges and Stages 10-Minute Play Festival for its second year by introducing a new partnership at a new site, The New Hazle…
ROGUE ARTISTS OF PITTSBURGH'S "ASSASSINS" FEATURES KILLER CAST The production of "Assassins" now at the Greer Cabaret fires on all cylinders in its choice of cast, a group of vocally gifte…
With news about 2026 Pittsburgh New Works Festival, Discounted PSO Student Ticket Program, the power of Les Miz, David Toole, Breakthrough Sessions at Pittsburgh Playhouse, and more. ICYMI:…
'RENT' AT THE GREER The Greer Cabaret continues asthe Downtown place to be for locally produced musical revivals. Coming up in September: BDE Productions rents the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust…
Michael McKelvey's return to Pittsburgh includes producing and directing musicals with Pittsburgh theater artists, starting with "Assassins," the Sondheim-Weidman show with Carnegie Mellon r…
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh area stages this week and through the end of September, from onStage Pittsburgh. Check back frequently as shows are being added regula…
FRONT PORCH GETS TO THE HEART AND SOUL OF 'COME FROM AWAY' Front Porch Theatricals’ second summer season offering is the first locally produced version of the 2017 Tony Award-nominated mu…
By CLAIRE STEVENS South Park Theatre’s production of Boeing Boeing by Marc Camoletti delivered a humorous evening with memorable characters and amusing theatrics. Directed by Jeanie …
By Guilherme Meletti Yazbek Ten minutes before eleven, I was already sitting on my folding stool, in the place where I was told the performance would begin. At eleven, five performers—Anya…
By JESSICA NEU When maybe-a-doctor, but definitely not a Mrs. Joan Watson (Erin Berger), arrives at 221B Baker Street to inquire about an open room, she quickly realizes that she will be s…
With news about ... PBT receives $1 million grant; PSO Passport unveiled; The Next Act, and The Next ...; naming the merged Pittsburgh Public & Pittsburgh CLO; Squonk's Joy Machine; Dall…
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh area stages this week and through the end of September, from onStage Pittsburgh. Check back frequently as shows are being added regula…
TALKING "COME FROM AWAY" WITH LISA ANN GOLDSMITH AND DREW LEIGH WILLIAMS Lisa Ann Goldsmith was “a plane person” on September 11, 2001, bound from Ohio for her home in New York. Drew Le…
By SHARON EBERSON Exquisitely presented and performed by an illustrious cast, Kinetic Theatre’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd invites everyone, even those who arrive knowing the “who” in…
With news about ... PBT receives $1 million grant; PSO Passport unveiled; The Next Act, and The Next ...; naming the merged Pittsburgh Public & Pittsburgh CLO; Squonk's Joy Machine; Dall…
A CLASSIC AGATHA CHRISTIE WHODUNIT IN CARNEGIE Sam Tsoutsouvas portrays Hercule Poirot in Kinetic Theatre's "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd."
By HANNAH WING-BONICA Stories are passed down from generation to generation–both through word of mouth and in writing. Through these different forms, stories shape who we are. Rosa Guy, wh…
July went out like a lion in local theater, including two showcases of Pittsburgh’s top-of-the-line education and training at work. Limited runs of Alumni Theater Company’s "Once on This…
Chamber Music Pittsburgh’s 66th MainStage Live celebrates four remarkable centuries of chamber music and the often radical and uncompromising voices behind its enduring legacy and continui…
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh area stages this week and through the end of September, from onStage Pittsburgh. Check back frequently as shows are being added regula…