With News About: PMT’s Evan Hansen, MCG Jazz and Prime Stage concert, Pittsburgh Savoyards, Resonance Works, Shit-Faced Shakespeare, Lincoln Park, and Chicago. 🎭 But first, ICYMI from oSP: WAVING AT PMT’S ‘DEAR EVAN HANSEN’ Anthony Marino Jr. will play the lead… Read More ›
In rehearsal these days, an abundance of riches faces back at Patrick Jordan as he directs some of the leading ladies of the Pittsburgh stage — Tami Dixon, Sheila McKenna, Karla Payne, Helena Ruoti, and Cary Anne Spear — in “Infinite Life.” The Annie Baker play, opening Friday, March 6, 2026, at barebones productions’ Braddock black box, focuses on a group of mature women in physical pain. They share their stories, and their longings, while lounging on the patio of a Northern California fasting clinic.
By JESSICA NEU What happens when Broadway meets Saturday Night Live? Four stellar actors at the Pittsburgh Playhouse at Point Park University tackle that question with Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits. Directed by Marcus Stevens, this long-running, acclaimed off-Broadway musical revue pokes fun at… Read More ›
The Smuggler – a one-man thriller in rhythmic verse – is finally ready for its closeup. Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre first announced Michael Patrick Trimm in the role of bartender/smuggler/immigrant Tim Finnegan for March of last year, working with director Patrick Cannon and expected at Riley’s Pour House in Carnegie. Fate and fire intervened, and Riley’s burned to the ground in November 2024. Starting March 13, 2026, Trimm is now ready to get fully under the skin of Finnegan, with a new director (Melissa Grande) and a new venue (Carnegie Stage), after more than a year of stop-and-start preparation.
Patti LuPone’s eyes lit up and her smile was as wide as it had been all evening while entertaining a packed Byham Theater on Tuesday night. 2026 marks the 25th year of the concert she had just performed, titled Matters of the Heart, and she had been told she was on this same spot 25 years ago. She has been back since, but this memory spark delight. Even so, she began the night by saying “Hi Pittsburgh. I’m Patti LuPone,” as if we needed an introduction. Or, perhaps, the woman shimmering from within and wearing sparkly white, was just ready to get reacquainted.
Marcus Stevens has returned to Point Park University, but at a different Playhouse than the one he left when he graduated in 2003. He will direct “Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits,” March 4-6, 2026, at the state-of-the-art Downtown theater building that opened in 2018.
By MINGSI MA Before I walked into The Theatre Factory for their latest production of playwright Nicky Silver’s The Lyons, out of the blue I somehow wondered whether the room would smell like disinfectant, that faint scent of weariness that reminds you of something unsettling… Read More ›
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh stages this week and through the end of February from onStage Pittsburgh. We strive to highlight as many performances as possible, but there’s always more to discover! For full season lineups and additional… Read More ›
By JESSICA NEU The lights dimmed, the crowd quieted, but then, upon hearing the first notes of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” they immediately rose to their feet. However, this was no sporting event- not even a kickoff party to start counting… Read More ›
With news about local casting, Quantum’s season finale, Patti LuPone concert, Bricolage, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Concert Chorale, Liberty Magic, and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. MARCH TO SEE LOCAL ACTORS IN LOCAL PRODUCTIONS A who’s who of Pittsburgh theater directors and performers… Read More ›
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