Featuring Point Park’s Winter Dance Concert, Kara Spotlight Series, Front Porch Theatricals, Little Lake Theater and Western PA School of the Deaf, Resonance Work’s Hansel and Gretel, NYT’s free Theatre Update.

Point Park’s Winter Dance Concert opens at the Pittsburgh Playhouse’s PNC Theatre on December 15, with performances through the 19th. Featuring works by Justin Peck, Penny Saunders, Jason McDole, and Christoper Huggins. For tickets and more info, visit: https://playhouse.pointpark.edu/tickets/conservatoryDance/Winter-Dance-Concert

The Cultural Trust and Pittsburgh CLO’s Kara Spotlight Series holiday cabarets are some of the best ideas from these two organizations, showcasing some of Pittsburgh’s leading actors and singers. This week features Christine Laitta’s concert  TV Themes and Broadway Dreams! (December 10 to 12th), Drew Lee Williams is up next weekend (the 17th to 19th) at the Greer Cabaret in Theatre Square. For tickets and more info on these two cabaret performances and the upcoming CLO summer season and A Musical Christmas Carrol visit:

https://trustarts.org/calendar?utf8=✓&utf8=✓&genre=All+Genres&organization_id=6&start_date=&end_date=&filter%5Bmin%5D=2021-12-10T11%3A35%3A00-05%3A00&filter%5Bmax%5D=2023-06-10+11%3A35%3A00+-0400

Tickets for Front Porch Theatricals upcoming season of musicals; A Man of No Importance (May 20th-29th) and Grand Hotel, (August 19 to 28th) are now on sale at https://www.frontporchpgh.com

Little Lake Theatre Company

Little Lake Theatre has teamed up with the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf for a first-of-its-kind education and training initiative next September when it presents the musical “Captain Louie Jr.,” with a cast that is set to include students from the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf in Swissvale. Read more here.

https://observer-reporter.com/living/entertainment/little-lake-theatre-teaming-up-with-western-pennsylvania-school-for-the-deaf-for-production/article_7ee27024-43bf-11ec-ad75-272d9b1de91d.html

Resonance Works expands its holiday tradition for 2021 with the premiere of a new film of Engelbert Humperdinck’s beloved opera Hansel & Gretel.  The film will premiere with a live event on December 18 at 3 p.m. at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty, and stream online beginning December 19. A co-production with Opera Ithaca, the family-friendly film features an impressive cast of opera artists from around the country, along with the Pittsburgh Youth Chorus and the Resonance Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Maria Sensi Sellner. The December 18 premiere celebration will feature live performances by the Pittsburgh Youth Chorus and members of the Resonance Chamber Orchestra in addition to the film.

The December 18 Hansel & Gretel Film Premiere is currently on sale via ShowClix at www.resworks.org/hansel-and-gretel. Virtual ticket sales for the Hansel & Gretel digital stream will go on sale on Resonance Works’s website following the in-person premiere event. 

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Tags: Front Porch Theatricals, Kara Spotlight Series, Little Lake Theater and Western PA School of the Deaf, NYT's free Theatre Update, Point Park Winter Dance Concert, Resonance Work's Hansel and Gretel