Steel City Con, Outlaw Fest, Four Chord and more things to do near Pittsburgh this weekend by Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Cuts in Chautauqua's opera and arts programs provoke donor strike and high drama by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

barebones productions hosting Western Pa. premiere of Tony-winning play 'The Sound Inside' by Joshua Axelrod / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Adam Rapp's Tony-winning play will run Friday through Aug. 26 at barebones' blackbox theater in Braddock.

P!nk, Flood City Fest, Veg Fest and 11 more things to do this weekend near Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Quantum Theatre aims to make 'Hamlet' 'relevant and resonant' with outdoor Carrie Furnaces run by Joshua Axelrod / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

"What better place than the Carrie Furnaces to deal with the ghosts of our fathers?" "Hamlet" director Jeffrey Carpenter posited.

Squonk will preview new show 'Brouhaha' at the Kickoff and Rib Festival by Scott Mervis / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Blues/Roots Fest, Summer Jam and 11 more fun things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend by Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Halushki please: Slovaks gather to celebrate 100 years at Kennywood by Steve Bohnel / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Pittsburgh Playhouse appoints new managing and artistic director by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Son's play 'Rite of Passage' is a heart-rending love note to his father by Jonathan D. Salant / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

In Disney's 'Descendants,' young actors suggest we can be both heroes and villains by Karen Kadilak

Television Q&A: Why are some scenes missing from reruns of old TV shows? by Rich Heldenfels / Tribune News Service (tns)

YaJagoff duo producing 'Pickles & Giggles' comedy show, 'The Voices at Providence Point' podcast by Joshua Axelrod / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

"Pickles & Giggles" will take place Thursday, while "The Voices at Providence Point" is expected to drop its first episode Aug. 1.

Picklesburgh, Vintage Grand Prix and 10 other fun things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend by Pittsburgh Post-gazette

A Pittsburgh opera company is reinventing itself in the wake of poor attendance and financial turmoil by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Pittsburgh's arts landscape is struggling to stabilize in the wake of the pandemic and low attendance.

Kelly Strayhorn Theater is throwing a House Party and 'Owning Our Future' by Mary Ann Thomas / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Cultural Trust, WWE to bring 'Undertaker 1 deadMAN show' to Byham Theater by Joshua Axelrod / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

WWE legend The Undertaker will be taking the Byham stage on Nov. 11 to perform his one-man show.

Meet The Mandalorian and enjoy some comedy during Steve Byrne's perfect yinzer weekend by Joshua Axelrod / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Pittsburghers can catch "The Mandalorian" star Brendan Wayne on Friday at Rivers Casino and Saturday at Eide's Entertainment.

11 fun things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend, July 13-16 by Pittsburgh Post-gazette

'I feel so fortunate': Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre rehearsal director is retiring by Emily Costantino / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Adapting to survive: Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, one of the oldest in the country, launches its final summer festival Friday by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

The Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble is taking drastic steps to insure its future.

12 fun things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend, July 6-9 by Pittsburgh Post-gazette

12 fun things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend, June 29-July 2 by Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Disney+ star, Broadway talent and Sally Wiggin venturing 'Into the Woods' for Pittsburgh CLO by Joshua Axelrod / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

This "Into the Woods" is set to take over Downtown's Benedum Center Tuesday-Sunday.

Sheldon Harnick, Tony-winning lyricist of 'Fiddler on the Roof,' dies at 99 by Mark Kennedy / Associated Press

"Fiddler" offered the world such stunning songs as "Sunrise, Sunset," "If I Were a Rich Man" and "Matchmaker, Matchmaker."