Last week seven productions opened in the greater Pittsburgh area. (Scroll to the end to see this list.)

Not to be outdone- there are eight additional shows opening this week and a new streaming offering from Pittsburgh Opera. Here is a quick look:

Momentum ’22 New Play Festival | City Theatre | South Side Campus | May 16 to 21 To register visit CityTheatreCompany.org

After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, City Theatre announces the return of the Momentum Festival of New Plays at Different Stages (Momentum ‘22). The festival features public readings of three new plays in progress as well as a playwright’s “open mic.” The festival overlaps the final week of the mainstage production, The Garbologist by Lindsay Joelle, a co-world premiere production that was developed at the Momentum Festival in 2019. 

Ain’t Too Proud | Trust Broadway | Benedum Center | May 17 to 22, 2022 | https://trustarts.org/production/69942/aint-too-proud

Ain’t Too Proud is the electrifying, new smash-hit Broadway musical that follows The Temptations’ extraordinary journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. With their signature dance moves and silky-smooth harmonies, they rose to the top of the charts creating an amazing 42 Top Ten Hits with 14 reaching number one.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | Little Lake Theatre | Main Stage | May 19 to 29, 2022 | https://www.littlelake.org/curiousincident

15-year-old Christopher has an extraordinary brain: He is exceptional at mathematics but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched, and he distrusts strangers. Now it is 7 minutes after midnight, and Christopher stands beside his neighbor’s dead dog, Wellington, who has been speared with a garden fork. Finding himself under suspicion, Christopher is determined to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington, and he carefully records each fact of the crime. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a thrilling journey that upturns his world.  Recommended for ages 13+, contains strong language

2015 Tony Award Winner for Best Play – Stage Direction: Carley Lyon

Ripcord | South Park Theatre | May 19 to June 4, 2022 | https://sites.google.com/a/southparktheatre.com/south-park-theatre/

A seemingly harmless bet between 2 new roommates in a Senior Living Facility quickly escalates into a dangerous, if not hilarious game of one-upmanship! A sharp look at the pleasure of a challenge and the challenge of finding life’s pleasures.

“David Lindsay-Abaire’s tastily sweet-and-sour Ripcord is great fun!…Solidly crafted, the play is larded with moments of surprise, both wacky and more substantial…genuinely moving.” -Time Out (New York)

A Man of No Importance | Front Porch Theatricals | New Hazlett Theater | May 20 to 29, 2022 | https://www.frontporchpgh.com

A tender and timely story of family, friendship, and acceptance that teaches us that it really is a wonderful thing to “love who you love”, A Man of No Importance  combines the depth and drama of a play with the lyricism and comedy of a musical. A tender and beautifully woven tale of love, and friendship set in 1960s in Dublin, Ireland, and the winner of the 2003 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, A Man of No Importance  is another successful collaboration by the team of Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens and Pittsburgh native Stephen Flaherty, all of whom won Tony Awards for Ragtime and Once on This Island.

Legends in the Limelight: Marjorie Owens | Pittsburgh Festival Opera | Shadyside Presbyterian.| May 22, 2022 , 4pm | https://pittsburghfestivalopera.org/upcoming/2022-season/legends-in-the-limelight/

Marjorie Owens, SOPRANO, with pianist Ellen Rissinger. Options to enjoy just the concert or enjoy the concert followed by a Special Celebration Reception.

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Available to Stream For Free – Pittsburgh Operas In a Grove.

A special recording of the full opera (filmed right here at Pittsburgh Opera) is staying up only for a limited time through the summer. If you missed our world premiere run this past February, this is your chance to see what onStage Pittsburgh calls “an all round, world-class collaboration,” and what the Wall Street Journal dubs “alluring and dramatically hypnotic.”

Commissioned by LA Opera,and ased on a Story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, In a Grove offers a Searing Investigation into the Impossibility and Elusiveness of Truth

Watch the Trailer for In a Grove | Watch In a Grove

*Continuing Their Run from Last Weeks Opening

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The Garbologist | City Theater | Main Stage | April 30 to May 22, 2022 | More at 412-431-CITY (2489) or BoxOffice@CityTheatreCompany.org.

Dixie’s Tupperware Party | Pittsburgh CLO- Kara series | Greer Cabaret Theater  | May 11 to 28, 2022 | https://trustarts.org/production/78970/dixies-tupperware-party

The Marvelous Wonderetts | Stage 62 | Carnegie Free Library music Hall, Carnegie | May 12 to 22, 2022  | https://www.stage62.org/wonderettes.html

Misery | barebones productions | Bingo O’Malley Stage | May 13 to June 5, 2022 |  https://www.barebonesproductions.com/misery

Mamma Mia | Mon River Arts | Grand Theatre, Elizabeth | May 13, to  22, 2022 |https://monriverarts.ticketleap.com/mamma-mia/

Macbeth | Steel City Shakespeare Center | West View Hub | May 13 to 22, 2022   | https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/steel-city-shakespeare-center/macbeth-78527

End Game | PICT Classic Theatre | WQED Fred Rodgers Studio | May 14 to 28, 2022 | https://www.picttheatre.org/play/endgame/

Double V | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company | Trust Arts Education Center | May 14 to 29, 2022 | pghplaywrights.org.

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