Pablo Heras-Casado Conducts Dynamic Concert Fit for the City’s Musical Annals Record Books By GEORGE B PAROUS “I made up my mind that I will live my life only for the sake of music, and …
The performance celebrates Johann Sebastian Bach’s birthday with the Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 and Cantata 82 Chatham Baroque presents its annual “Joy of Bach” program on March 15…
2024-25 Season Includes New Reading Series, ‘POTUS,’ Pemberley for the Holidays and Celebratory Events City Theatre is gearing up for its 50th season with the announcement of four of fiv…
The musical journey across history and around the world will explore our enduring search for a place where we belong. On March 9 and 10, 2024, the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh (MCP) wil…
By SHARON EBERSON I was treated to a link last weekend to see Sara Porkalob’s final Pittsburgh Public Theater performance of Dragon Lady live, on a screen, in the comfort of home. I had se…
Pittsburgh Public Theater has revealed the full cast and creative team for a new adaptation of The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by Jenny Koons and featuring David Ryan Smith as the …
By JESSICA NEU Winner of nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Book of Mormon is a true unity of contraries. Although technically a musical about religion, The Book of Mormon doe…
The Richard King Mellon Foundation generously funds the program to make it easier for patrons to get to and from their opera performances. The rideshare program will let Pittsburgh Opera tic…
Pittsburgh Public Theater celebrated 30 years of the Shakespeare Monologue & Scene Contest on Monday night, when winners were chosen at the O’Reilly Theater showcase. More than 700 stu…
Fearless: Yunchan Lim Plays Rachmaninoff with the Pittsburgh Symphony Yunchan Lim’s gold-winning performance of Rachmaninoff at the Van Cliburn, the Olympics of the piano, when he was 18 e…
The Theatre Factory presents the regional premiere of Alice by Heart, a new musical from the writers of Spring Awakening, that explores the poignancy of first love, coming to terms with…
Chamber Music Pittsburgh (CMP) announces the indelible Rosamunde String Quartet for a special one-night-only concert this spring. Stars from some of the world’s greatest orchestras, rangin…
Here is onStage Pittsburgh‘s current lineup of upcoming theater, opera, dance, Pittsburgh Symphony, classical, and chamber music performances in the greater Pittsburgh area. In addition to…
Dominique Morisseau‘s prize-winning Skeleton Crew and Intimate Apparel, an early work by Lynn Nottage, opened this past week at barebones productions and the Pittsburgh Playhouse, resp…
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Pittsburgh CLO gather dozens of performers for a production that speaks to the heart By SHARON EBERSON It takes a balancing act of faith, talent and chutzpa…
The Kelly Strayhorn Theater will honor an American music icon with Simply the Best: A Tina Turner Tribute Concert with Dwayne Fulton, and singer-songwriter Chanell C.J. Harris among a talent…
The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council has awarded 30 Southwestern Pennsylvania arts organizations a total of $150,000, as part of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts’ Creative Sector Flex F…
Tomé Cousin directs and Etta Cox stars for barebones, in the Tony-nominated Dominique Morisseau play By SHARON EBERSON Tomé Cousin’s day launches as a professor of dance at Carnegie Mell…
‘Tevye is one of those roles that I’ve always felt I’m right for’ By SHARON EBERSON Tony Award-winning actor Shuler Hensley sounds a bit giddy on the phone, describing where he is: …
86th Season Slightly Curtailed But Attractive Pittsburgh Opera today announced the lineup for their upcoming 2024-25 season, one that differs in some respects from recent offerings, but one …
Baroque Orchestra’s “Violin Fantasy” a Mesmerizing Program of 17th Century Gems By George B. Parous A very large crowd packed into the Calvary Episcopal Church in Shadyside yesterday a…
Compiled by SHARON EBERSON It’s time for curtains to rise on an annual rite of spring that begins in February: A comprehensive listing of high school musical theater productions throughout…
By GEORGE B. PAROUS Last evening Pittsburgh Opera continued their season with the first night of Missy Mazzoli’s chamber opera, Proving Up. With a libretto by Royce Vavrek, adapted from a …
Here is onStage Pittsburgh‘s current lineup of upcoming theater, opera, dance, Pittsburgh Symphony, classical, and chamber music performances in the greater Pittsburgh area. In addition to…
Tony-Nominated Play Introduces Brandon Foxworth to Pittsburgh By SHARON EBERSON Brandon Foxworth’s path to City Theatre and the lead role in Fat Ham was a matter of happenstance, plus a wh…