Opening This Week Grand Hotel | Front Porch Theatricals | New Hazlett Theater | August 19 to 28, 2022 | https://ci.ovationtix.com/36406/production/1091433?performanceId=10913792 Continuing Their Run Liberty Magic: Mr. Messado’s School of Magic for the Young and Young at Heart | Liberty Magic |… Read More ›
Month: August 2022
August Wilson House Opens in Pittsburgh’s Hill District with Fanfare, Family and Denzel Washington
By Sharon Eberson With fanfare befitting the momentous occasion, Denzel Washington came and went, and the August Wilson House was opened for business. Emotions were high Saturday as the sun beat down on a large gathering at 1727 Bedford Ave.,… Read More ›
Review: ‘The SpongeBob Musical’ at Comtra Theatre is F.U.N.
By Megan Grabowski “Are you ready, kids”? “Aye, aye, Captain”! Cranberry’s quaint Comtra Theatre welcomes land lovers of all ages to dive down to Bikini Bottom and watch Nickelodeon’s favorite sea sponge. SpongeBob Square Pants and friends sing and dance… Read More ›
Jonathan Berry Returns to August Wilson’s ‘Jitney’ and Pittsburgh Playwrights
By Yvonne Hudson August Wilson‘s characters are people whose stories leave a mark. Their journeys, as told in plays Wilson drew from real life, are vividly relatable, multi-layered, and resonant. When Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company presents August Wilson’s classic drama Jitney, its… Read More ›
Review: Guy Hollingsworth, Liberty Magic’s ‘Expert at the Card Table’
Reviewed by Jessica Neu My 5-year-old son loves to play card games. We play constantly. I shuffle the deck, deal out the cards, and we sit at the table and play. However, after experiencing Guy Hollingworth’s one-man show, The Expert at… Read More ›
2022 winners announced in City Theatre’s Young Playwrights Contest
City Theatre has announced the six winning entries in the 23rd annual Young Playwrights Contest. The regional competition for students in grades 7-12 grants winners the opportunity to have their plays professionally produced by City and published in the South… Read More ›
Review: CLO’s Sister Act – Serious Fun
Reviewed by Jessica Neu The skies have parted, and the heavens have opened on the Benedum Center, where the Pittsburgh CLO concludes its triumphant 2022 summer season with Sister Act. Running through August 14, 2022, the show is based on the hit… Read More ›
‘Grand Hotel – The Musical’ Wraps this Summer Season
Front Porch Theatrical’s Grand Hotel The Musical closes out Pittsburgh’s summer musical season, August 19-28, 2022, at the New Hazlett Theater It is 1928. 1920s extravagance and opulence sweep across the stage of Berlin’s Grand Hotel. The world is between… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Musical Theater Announces 2022-2023 ‘Oh What a Season’
Pittsburgh Musical Theater (PMT) announces the company’s “Oh What a Season” from September 30, 2022, to May 14, 2023, with performances in three different venues, including the historic Byham Theater in the cultural district and their own Gargaro Theater and… Read More ›
onStages’s 2022-23 Pittsburgh Performing Arts Season Show Listings (by Month)
These listings were last updated October 1, 2022 In addition to theater, opera, and dance companies, we have added the Pittsburgh Symphony as well as other classical and chamber music groups to the listing. The listing is obviously not 100%… Read More ›
