With news on the Pittsburgh Opera Fashion Show, PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh, CSA Off the Page, Westmoreland ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’, Second City at City Theatre …

🎭 IN THE NEWS:

• Pittsburgh CLO and Pittsburgh Public Theater Vote to Form New Organization, Starting January 2027
• Shaunda McDill: Facing Pittsburgh Public Theater’s Future With Uncertainty, Pride, and Hope

🎭 ICYMI from oSP:

• Review: ‘Eureka Day’ Challenges Views on Vaccines with Laughter and Trauma
• Review: PICT’s One-Man Thriller ‘The Smuggler’ Features a Tour de Force by Michael Patrick Trimm
• Remembrance and Resurrection: PSO Delivers Moving Performances Celebrating Life 

MONDAY TRIPLE PLAY: OPERA FASHION SHOW, NEW BROADWAY SERIES, CSA OFF THE PAGE

My heart will be split three ways on Monday, March 23, when I will be at the Pittsburgh Opera “It’s About Time” Fashion Show, a fresh take on period dress that combines couture and opera, in what I anticipate will be a dazzling runway presentation, because it is curated by Richard Parsakian. The fashion extravaganza, one of several opportunities for fans to wish outgoing General Director Christopher Hahn a fond farewell, is at the Pittsburgh Opera’s Strip District home, 2425 Liberty Ave., the Strip District.

At the same time, at the Greer Cabaret, Downtown, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust will be announcing the 2026-2027 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh season. Have you been following the clues on their social media accounts? I have my thoughts. Will there be a happy ending? Maybe? We’ll find out the on the 23rd.

Also that evening, at the New Hazlett Theater on the North Side, the CSA Off the Page series will present a staged reading The Sound of Silence: Cosmic Microwave Background, a work by Julia Fraser, directed by Daina Griffith (currently wowing City Theatre audiences in Eureka Day). How I wish I could be in three places at once! Julia and I were in a Tammy Ryan playwriting workshop together, which is also where I met Brian Knavish, and where I first heard his laugh-out-loud comedy, There’s a Leprechaun Now? I have seen Brian’s work was given a second production (after R-ACT Theatre in Rochester, PA), this time at the Greer, on a snowy night in Pittsburgh. Any proximity to St. Patrick’s Day was purely intentional to the play, which was a fundraiser for Throughline Theater Company. There’s a Leprechaun Now? is a very funny satire about the extremes parents will go to for a kindergarten project, no matter how ridiculous the teacher’s demands are. It’s been so much fun to watch it’s development from page to stage to stage, and who knows where it may land next.

— Sharon Eberson

‘SECOND CITY’ COMES TO CITY THEATRE

Second City: Laugh Harder, Not Smarter is a celebration of American comedy 65 years in the making. The return of the Second City Touring Company to Pittsburgh, but for the first time at City Theatre, features “innovative and interactive performance” in the form of the classic sketch comedy and songs from the company’s rich history, as well as the signature brand of irreverent improv that The Second City is famous for.

🎟️   TICKETS: Second City: Laugh Harder, Not Smarter is at City Theatre’s Main Stage, 1300 Bingham Street, South Side, April 9 – 18, 2026. https://citytheatrecompany.org/production/101445/second-city-laugh-harder-not-smarter

‘JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR’ WITH FAMILY TIES

Westmoreland Performing Arts’ Jesus Christ Superstar, a staple of the Easter season, is a family affair. The show, April 3-4, 2026, at the Palace Theatre in Greensburg, will feature Anthony Marino (soon to star in Dear Evan Hansen for Pittsburgh Musical Theater), his parents, Tony Marino and Renata Marino (Artistic Director and Executive Director of Westmoreland Performing Arts, respectively), and sister Giavanna Marino, along with Alex Noble and his father, John Noble. The cast also includes Alex Podolinski, who recently starred as Frank-N-Furter in Pittsburgh CLO’s The Rocky Horror Show.

🎟️ TICKETS: https://westmorelandculturaltrust.org/events/wpa-jcsuperstar/

🎟️  Reminder: The discount ticket initiative Go See a Show! is ongoing, with 18 performing arts companies and Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama participating. Find tickets at https://www.goseeashowpgh.com/ and read all about via onStage Pittsburgh.

👉 Don’t forget—you can always explore the next two months of performances, organized by date or company, anytime at onStage Pittsburgh.

👉Did we miss your show? Send us your updates at info@onstagepittsburgh.com so we can share them in a future Call Board.

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