The remarkable version of Jitney in Italian finished up three days of captivating sold-out Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre audiences on Sunday, ending a quick American tour that celebrated th…
By GUILHERME YAZBEK Upon entering Attack Theatre for the informal showing of Jeanine Durning’s The Play presented in Pittsburgh this past Friday, one is met by a sparse scenic arrange…
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh area stages this week and through the end of August, from onStage Pittsburgh. Check back frequently as shows are being added regularly…
By JESSICA NEU Pittsburgh native and internationally renowned choreographer Kyle Abraham celebrated the 20th anniversary of A.I.M by Kyle Abraham with a homecoming performance as part of…
By HANNA WING-BONICA Pittsburgh’s newest theatre company, The Haunted Theatre Company, allegedly was founded by British theatre producer Erasmus Bartholomew Wicklowe in 1861. The company …
By JESSICA NEU Magician Jared Kopf approaches his miraculous tricks with the fundamental belief that magic is everywhere. Through symbolic interpretation and skilled sleight-of-hand maneuv…
By SHARON EBERSON The raw and raunchy, punk-glam, title role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Pittsburgh’s Treasure Treasure are a match so obviously made for each other, sparks fly from t…
Nominees for the The Henry Mancini Awards, celebrating outstanding student achievement in high school musical theater in Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer counties, have been announced, a…
Pittsburgh Public Theater and Pittsburgh CLO have announced a “Prologue Season” of curated programming for the remainder of 2026, as they prepare to merge into one organization in Januar…
With news about Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, the Theater Factory on the move, new show announcements by barebones and Kinetic theaters, Cre8Dance 2026, a cancellation by Pittsburgh Playwrights…
The 2026 nominees for Pittsburgh CLO’s Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater are here! onStage Pittsburgh has the full list of 35th annual awards ceremony and sho…
Carl Kurlander led a University of Pittsburgh crew to Vincenza, Italy, in 2024, to document the first production of August Wilson's "Jitney" in Italian. With that production arriving in Pitt…
Nominations for the 79th TONY AWARDS showcase the Pittsburgh theater community’s contributions to Broadway, including 11 nominations for the revival of Ragtime. Composer Stephen Flaherty, …
The 67th annual Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, a production of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, has announced this year’s full performance lineup as it readies to make a splash in i…
By HANNA WING-BONICA There is perhaps nothing more exciting than getting caught up in watching a crime thriller unfold, whether it’s on TV or on the stage. The 1952 stage play Dial M for …
"Speak," a new play about the intentional damage — physical and emotional — we are capable of inflicting on one another, and the healing powers of kindness and art. The work, an adapt…
By Guilherme Meletti Yazbek Presented over two evenings as part of Kelly Strayhorn Theater’s Freshworks program, A Conversation, by multidisciplinary artist LaTrea Derome, unfolded as …
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh area stages this week and through the end of August, from onStage Pittsburgh. Check back frequently as shows are being added regularly…
"I've always been drawn to characters that take up a lot of space and refuse to leave the stage. I was born to play Hedwig." — Treasure Treasure, who stars for City Theatre in a first-time…
A cautionary tale of troubled teens, families in crisis, and the consequences when a lie goes viral, DEAR EVAN HANSEN burst onto Broadway in 2016, and rewrote the rules of engagement by addi…
By JESSICA NEU There was perhaps no better way to celebrate International Dance Day than with the opening of Point Park University’s Conservatory of Performing Arts’ annual Spring Danc…
By GUILHERME YAZBEK Yesterday, as I made my way to downtown Pittsburgh on the bus, I found myself trying to recall what I remembered about the musical Little Shop of Horrors. Not much, as i…
By Hanna Wing-Bonica Clowns can be traced back to 2500 BCE in ancient Egypt, but these were not the “clowns” that we know of today. They were known for their sharp insights and humor. In…
onSTAGE PITTSBURGH WEEKLY CALL BOARD Stephen Flaherty to receive the Richard Rodgers Award, presented at the Pittsburgh CLO 80th Anniversary Gala in June! MORE MUST-SEE PITTSBURGH for April…
Prime Stage Theatre’s season of premieres continues this weekend with a commissioned work by playwright Tammy Ryan, who has adapted the National Book Award finalist "Speak" for the stage.…