onStage Pittsburgh catches up with Joseph Hall, Kelly Strayhorn Theater’s co-Executive Director, as the Fall season at the East Liberty theater gets under way tonight with “AURA,” by Freshworks artist Mal MacKenzie.
“KST has always supported new performance that is in conversation with the present moment, even when the present moment is challenging, and that’s exactly what Mal is doing.”
With news about: Family Game Night at City Theatre; Midnight Radio; John Lane’s Lifetime Achievement Award; Little Lake’s Play in a Day; and more. 🎭 ICYMI: ‘FAMILY GAME NIGHT’ AT CITY THEATRE READING SERIES City Theatre’s annual Momentum Reading Series… Read More ›
Justin Fortunato has been Lincoln Park’s Producing Artistic Director since 2015, when he was 26 years old, leading the multimillion dollar center that draws fans from three states. He was a senior in high school when the sprawling center and school emerged in Midland.
By SHARON EBERSON Under the umbrella of Confluence Theater of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh CLO and Pittsburgh Public Theater are still alive in name and spirit in the first season unveiled by the newly named, unified company. In fact, the seven shows… Read More ›
By JIM LEWIS The Takácz Quartet brought a new program to Chamber Music Pittsburgh Monday evening to kick off the organization’s 66th concert season, REVOLUTIONS: A Radical Returning. The main floor of Carnegie Music Hall was nearly sold out as the ensemble returned for its eighth time… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON When Jennifer Simard, a redhead herself, launched into tunes associated with a trifecta of her favorite ginger-haired Broadway divas, I knew I was in for a pitch-perfect, wickedly funny time. It was as if the three-time Tony… Read More ›
Systemic racism, injustice, and rebuilding lives explored in plays by Pittsburgh natives Adrienne Kennedy and Leon Ford By SHARON EBERSON I had the recent experience of bearing witness to two one-act works about the tragic consequences of driving while Black… Read More ›
By MINGSI MA Pittsburgh’s BDE Productions brings the musical Rent to the Greer Cabaret Theater downtown. Inspired by Puccini’s classic opera La Bohème, Jonathan Larson’s 1996 musical has long since moved from the margins of American theater into the canon. Among the most influential musicals in history, Rent is no doubt… Read More ›
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh area stages through the end of October, from onStage Pittsburgh. Check back frequently as shows are being added regularly. Opening This Week Continuing Their Run Opening Next Week (October 5th – 11th)… Read More ›
By JAMES LEWIS The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, fresh from its acclaimed European tour, returned to Heinz Hall Saturday night in a stunning performance to launch its new season. The annual gala is the PSO’s major fundraising event of the year, with… Read More ›
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