Here is the today’s latest theater news compiled by onStage Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Season Premiere with the PBT Orchestra
Oct 22 – Oct 24, 2021 at the Benedum Center
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre makes its triumphant return to the Benedum Center with our Season Premiere with the PBT Orchestra, featuring four distinct works that capture the essence and evolution of the art form – echoing voices of four internationally-acclaimed choreographers. Helen Pickett’s vivacious Petal and Jennifer Archibald’s new work Through the Window exemplify the future of ballet. Experience Balanchine’s glittering Diamonds, an embodiment of the precision and grace of the classical tradition set to the music of Tchaikovsky, and Victor Gsovsky’s exacting Grand Pas Classique.
Choreography: Helen Pickett, Jennifer Archibald, George Balanchine, Victor Gsovsky
Point Park’s Pittsburgh Playhouse presents And So We Walked
October 23, 2021 7:00 PM at the PNC Theatre
DeLanna Studi, Cherokee performance artist and activist, shares a powerful, multi-faceted dramatic memoir in AND SO WE WALKED: An Artist’s Journey Along the Trail of Tears. This frank, heartwarming and inspiring story recounts the experience of a contemporary Cherokee woman (Studi) who, with her father, embarks on an incredible 900-mile journey along the Trail of Tears to truly understand her own identity and the conflicts of her nation. The play recounts the six-week journey, which retraced the path her great-great grandparents took in the 1830s during the forced relocation of 17,000 Cherokee from their homelands. AND SO WE WALKED draws on extraordinary interviews, historical research, and the artist’s personal experience to convey the complexities and conflicts with which the Cherokee wrestle. Studi received the 2016 Butcher Scholar Award from The Autry Museum of the American West in acknowledgement of her work on AND SO WE WALKED.
Directed by Corey Madden
Produced by Octopus Theatricals
Co-represented by Octopus Theatricals and Indigenous Performance Productions
Point Park’s Pittsburgh Playhouse screens National Theatre Live’ production of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies
October 31, 2021 1:00 PM at the PNC Theatre
New York, 1971. There’s a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow the iconic building will be demolished. Thirty years after their final performance, the Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, sing a few songs, and lie about themselves.
Tracie Bennett, Janie Dee and Imelda Staunton play the magnificent Folliesin this dazzling production. Featuring a cast of 37 and an orchestra of 21, Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical was directed by Dominic Cooke (The Comedy of Errors) and filmed live on stage at the National Theatre in 2017.
CMU Drama presents Love and Information By Caryl Churchill Directed by Rebecca Wahls
Nov. 3-5
“but I feel like I’m choosing yes of course but I feel like I’m in the front seat of a roller-coaster.”
Love and Information is a non-narrative play featuring over 60 scenes, each with unique characters and storylines. Like flipping through channels on a television, this play offers brief glances into the mundane as characters navigate love and loss, grapple with ever-present surveillance, and come to terms with their lack of control. Churchill’s play celebrates human connection while constantly questioning what it means to have access to another person’s love and information.
For tickets visit https://www.drama.cmu.edu/box-office/love-and-information/
Little Lake presents Neil Simon’s Rumors November 4 to 13
It is just minutes before his eight closest friends arrive to celebrate his tenth wedding anniversary, and the Deputy Mayor of New York has shot himself… through the earlobe. Though only a flesh wound, the host lies bleeding in the other room. His wife is nowhere in sight. And his guests are about to experience a severe attack of Farce. The four couples must get “the story” straight before they all end up in trouble. As the confusions and miscommunications mount, the evening spins off into classic farcical hilarity.
https://us.patronbase.com/_LittleLakeTheatre/Performances/List?prod_id=58
Prime Stage Presents KARLOFF The Man and the Monster
November 5 – 14, 2021
Written by Randy Bowser Authorized by Sara Karloff Directed by Art DeConciliis
An original one actor production where the famous cinema favorite Boris Karloff comes to life. This multi-media one-act experience traces the origins of Karloff’s career and carries the audience into his rise as one of the most renowned movie monster actors and stage actors of all time.
https://ci.ovationtix.com/36406/production/1081375
Pittsburgh Opera proudly announces that Alice (Ali) Gelormino has joined its Board of Directors.
Ms. Gelormino brings thirty‐five years of experience as a leader, organizer, and teacher in public education plus a passion and commitment to music and the arts.
As an educator, she was recognized for her active role in mentoring and contributing to the achievements of her students.
A fixture in Pittsburgh’s cultural scene, Ms. Gelormino takes her extended family and friends to as many cultural attractions as she can fit into their schedules.
Ms. Gelormino is a vigorous presence in numerous philanthropic organizations. She serves on the boards of the Music and More Foundation and the Pittsburgh chapter of Save Our Symphony (S.O.S.). In addition to supporting Pittsburgh Opera for years, she also supports the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, Trypo, and 412 Food Rescue among many others.
“We are proud and delighted that Ali has joined our Board,” said Pittsburgh Opera Board Chair Michele Fabrizi. “She is a busy woman who goes all-in. Her passion is contagious, and we know that means great things for Pittsburgh Opera.”
Front Porch 6th Annual Benefit Cabaret is back at the New Hazlett Theater
November 26th to 28th
Featuring stars from past Front Porch productions as well as the cast of our upcoming 10-Year Anniversary Season in 2022 and a Special Tribute to the legacy of our co-founding producer, the late Leon S. Zionts
Cabaret tickets will be on sale Monday November 1st https://www.frontporchpgh.com/tickets
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh’s 2021-’22 Season of Light and Imagination Begins with Free Concerts in December
The choir of 100-plus voices seeks to engage a broad spectrum of the community with free shows and its first sensory-friendly event.
The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh (MCP) has announced its 2021–’22 season. At 114 years in operation, MCP is the city’s most celebrated chorus. Composed of approximately 120 singers, it is led by Robert Page Music Director Matthew Mehaffey.
MCP returns to live programming with a slate of performances celebrating light and imagination. Anchoring the season is The Promise of Light, running December 10-18.
MCP is offering free admission to The Promise of Light thanks to the generous support of the Jack Buncher Foundation, in order to remove barriers to participation and engage with as many members of the community as possible.
The Promise of Light is a light-hearted meditation that draws from the vast wealth of music and poetry about winter, the solstice, the holidays, and most importantly, why we celebrate at the darkest time of the year. The 70-minute concert features music by some of choral music’s most popular composers (Randall Thompson, Ēriks Ešenvalds), fresh new voices in choral music (Melissa Dunphy and Georgia Stitt), and well-known songs by the Fleet Foxes, Carole King, and Dolly Parton. The concert also includes seasonal poetry and reflections by the likes of Robert Frost, Ogden Nash, Mary Oliver, Amy Gerstler, Margaret Atwood, and Joseph Campbell.
December 10 to 18th, various locations
Later, in the spring, MCP presents Toward the Unknown Region, a choral concert about emerging from our uncertain times with daring optimism and a sense of renewal. This concert features two dynamic major works for chorus: Ralph Vaughan Williams Toward the Unknown Region, and Jonathan Dove’s blistering song cycle The Passing of the Year – containing an extended, challenging, and beautiful solo piano part. The concert will also feature music by Jocelyn Hagen and Ellen Gilson Voth, among others. This concert showcases MCP’s specialty: virtuosic music performed with extraordinarily skill by its distinguished chorus.
Sat., April 2 and 3
Complete season details and ticketing information along with Pittsburgh Symphony performances can be found at https://www.themendelssohn.org/concerts-and-tickets/current-season/
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