By SHARON EBERSON Sherlock Holmes is the gift that keeps on giving to David Whalen and Andrew Paul, with another package about to be unwrapped for fans of both the timeless fictional detective and Charles Dickens’ Christmas classic. A Sherlock… Read More ›
Month: November 2024
What’s On Stage Pittsburgh for the week of November 25th to the end of December, 2024
Here is onStage Pittsburgh‘s current lineup of upcoming theater, opera, dance, Pittsburgh Symphony, classical, and chamber music performances in the greater Pittsburgh area. While we e try to list as many events as possible in our weekly listings; however, many… Read More ›
Resonance Works Scores with Pittsburgh Première of ‘The Little Prince’
Melodious, Family-Friendly Phantasmagoria Charms Large Audience By GEORGE B. PAROUS Resonance Works gave the first of two performances of Rachel Portman’s charming The Little Prince last evening, and a full house (or nearly so) at the Carnegie Music Hall, in… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Symphony’s ‘Home Alone In Concert’ Hits All the Right Pre-Holiday Notes
By GREGORY LASKI A visit to Heinz Hall, with its luxurious red interior and stately marble columns, is always a treat. Soon, the venue will offer even more gifts when the skyscraper Christmas tree stretches toward the lobby sky. On Friday… Read More ›
Movie Review: Let Us Rejoicify! ‘Wicked: Part 1’ Lives Up to the Hype
By SHARON EBERSON ENTREATY: The AMC movie chain plans to play a 30-second advisory before “Wicked: Part 1,” reminding moviegoers that “silence is golden”; in other words, no singing from the audience. So please, for your own enjoyment and the… Read More ›
‘MJ: The Musical Shines’ and Redefines the King of Pop’s Legacy
BY JESSICA NEU What comes to mind when you hear the name Michael Jackson? Perhaps “King of Pop,” Genius, the moonwalk, a Glove, white socks and black shoes, the Jackson 5, Bubbles the Chimp, the “Thriller” music video, media freak, the… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre’s 2025 Season Boasts ‘Two Trains Running,’ ‘Sanctified’ Musical and a Play by Mark Southers
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company has announced three 2025 productions, including Two Trains Running, which will “be presented as part of a planned festival of August Wilson plays, taking place at Madison Arts Center, August Wilson House and the August Wilson… Read More ›
Review: Jason Robert Brown at the Cultural Trust’s Cabaret Series
BY JESSICA NEU I was a senior in High School when I was first introduced to the multi-hyphenate Broadway extraordinaire Jason Robert Brown. My friends at CAPA were doing Parade as their Spring Musical and I vividly remember my friends in the show saying how challenging… Read More ›
An Audience Staycation Week: Pittsburgh Playhouse, Lindsay Theater, City Theatre and Carnegie Stage
Plus: GPAC Funds the Arts and PICT 2025 COMMENTARY You go away for a week, you could come back humming, What’d I Miss? Or, when it comes to Pittsburgh theater, you can check out What’s On Stage and say, “What’s… Read More ›
What’s On Stage Pittsburgh for the week of November 18th to the end of December, 2024
Here is onStage Pittsburgh‘s current lineup of upcoming theater, opera, dance, Pittsburgh Symphony, classical, and chamber music performances in the greater Pittsburgh area. While we e try to list as many events as possible in our weekly listings; however, many… Read More ›
