With news about … PBT receives $1 million grant; PSO Passport unveiled; The Next Act, and The Next …; naming the merged Pittsburgh Public & Pittsburgh CLO; Squonk’s Joy Machine; Dallas, Texas, presenter/producer merger; and more.
A CLASSIC AGATHA CHRISTIE WHODUNIT IN CARNEGIE
Sam Tsoutsouvas portrays Hercule Poirot in Kinetic Theatre’s “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.”
By HANNAH WING-BONICA Stories are passed down from generation to generation–both through word of mouth and in writing. Through these different forms, stories shape who we are. Rosa Guy, who was born in Trinidad and emigrated to the United States,… Read More ›
July went out like a lion in local theater, including two showcases of Pittsburgh’s top-of-the-line education and training at work. Limited runs of Alumni Theater Company’s “Once on This Island” and the premiere/preview of “Midsummer,” a collaboration of The CMU Center for New Work and Play on Shakespeare, showcased the hotbed of youthful talent and creativity at work on our stages.
Chamber Music Pittsburgh’s 66th MainStage Live celebrates four remarkable centuries of chamber music and the often radical and uncompromising voices behind its enduring legacy and continuing evolution. “Revolutions: A Radical Returning” takes its inspiration from Beethoven and celebrates the boundary-breakers… Read More ›
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh area stages this week and through the end of September, from onStage Pittsburgh. Check back frequently as shows are being added regularly. Opening This Week Continuing Their Run Opening Next Week (August… Read More ›
By JESSICA NEU Something Rotten! is tagged as “the funniest musical in at least 400 years.” Given the sustained, uproarious response from the audience at Paragon’s production last night, that tagline might be true. Directed by Deborah Metzger, the 2015 musical is a… Read More ›
Announcement of new year-round company includes two productions for first season By SHARON EBERSON The history books will record that Pittsburgh Public Theater and Pittsburgh CLO made it legal on Friday, July 31, 2026, when they officially merged into a… Read More ›
MARK FLEISCHER AND PITTSBURGH CLO EXIT
“It’s been an honor to work here. I take a lot of pride in what we’ve done, and the people I’ve worked with, the staff, the donors, the crew, but I recognize that it’s a time of transition, and a time that’s scary for some. My hope is that the community pulls around and says, ‘We still want this.’ Ask for what you want, and you’ll ask for what you want by buying tickets. And I hope that those people know change is not easy. Someone once said, ‘Change is not a Pittsburgh virtue,’ but we have had change. It’s not Heinz Field anymore.” — Mark Fleischer, leaving Pittsburgh for Studio Tenn Theatre in Tennessee
With news about Midnight Radio in 2026, Rage of the Stage Players’ 25th anniversary launch, the new work Andy Malone, Poor Yorick’s season finale, and more. 🎭 ICYMI MIDNIGHT RADIO X TWO, ON THE SOUTH SIDE Bricolage Productions has announced… Read More ›
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