By Sharon Eberson When the going gets tough, there’s no one like a theatermaker for getting the job done. Even before the pandemic shut down live theater, podcasts such as City Theatre’s “CIty Speaks” and Steve Cuden’s “Storybeat” were highlighting… Read More ›
Month: February 2022
Review: Chatham Baroque Charms in Weekend Concert Series
Les Nations – Music from the Time of Louis XIV and XV By George B. Parous Over the weekend, Chatham Baroque charmed three audiences with a program featuring the works of 18th-century French composers, opening Friday night at Westminster Presbyterian… Read More ›
Preview: Jazz artist Theron Brown composes music for City Theatre’s ‘Paradise Blue’
By Sharon Eberson In his latest musical venture in Pittsburgh, Theron Brown sees himself as a link in the jazz chain that stretches from Detroit to Pittsburgh. A circa-1949 jazz club in the Motor City is the setting for the… Read More ›
What’s On Stage Pittsburgh for the week of February 28th, 2022, through the end of April
Opening This Week A Hit Dog Will Holler | CMU Drama | Wells Studio | February 28 to March 3, 2022 | https://www.drama.cmu.edu/box-office/hit-dog/ Athena | CMU Drama | Raugh Theater | February 28 to March 3, 2022 | https://www.drama.cmu.edu/box-office/athena/ Liberty Magic: Jon Tai in Road Signs | Pittsburgh Cultural… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s 2022-23 Season Announced
As PBT enters into the second season fully curated by Artistic Director Susan Jaffe, they are thrilled to share the exciting lineup of shows for the 22 – 23 season! Jaffe carefully selected each show to bring fresh, bold and… Read More ›
Review: ‘The Ins and Outs of Fingers, Spoons, and an Open Marriage’ at Carnegie Stage
By Megan Grabowski After 2 years, Off The Wall Productions welcomes back a physical audience for a culturally courageous and wildly trailblazing one-person show, The Ins and Outs of Fingers, Spoons, and an Open Marriage. Written and performed by Pascale… Read More ›
Review: Hamilton at the Benedum Center
By Bob Hoover Let’s face it. Hardly anything new can be said about Hamilton. Now six years old, Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s masterpiece is the most honored and successful musical in American theater history. Then again, there’s nothing new about Hamilton. While… Read More ›
Little Lake Theatre’s Fully Produced 74th Season, Seize the Play!
The 74th Season at Little Lake has a nice array of a dozen shows, carefully picked by their former Artistic Director Jena Oberg, curated to “make you laugh, cry, dance, and cheer.” (Jena resigned her position with Little Lake to… Read More ›
“In a Grove” Premieres at Pittsburgh Opera
Music For the Era of Truth Decay Runs Through March 3rd By George B. Parous In the year 2525, if man is still alive, if woman can survive, the human race may find that all operas sound and look like… Read More ›
What’s On Stage Pittsburgh for the week of February 21st, 2022, through the end of April
Opening This Week Hamilton | PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh | Benedum Center | February 22, to March 13, 2022 | https://trustarts.org/production/69950/hamilton The Ins and Outs of Fingers, Spoons and an Open Marriage | Off the Wall | Carnegie Stage | February 24 to… Read More ›
