With news about PA Arts Funding; the 2026 Jimmy Awards Local Winner; PSO Summer Soundtracks‘ Music from ‘Arcane’; Pittsburgh Youth Symphony’s New Leadership; and more.
🎭 ICYMI:
- How We Got Here, and What Comes Next: Unifying Pittsburgh Public Theater and Pittsburgh CLO
- Review: Pittsburgh CLO’s ‘Beautiful, the Carole King Musical’ Is Some Kind of Wonderful
- Pittsburgh Musical Theater 2026-2027 Season Features ‘Miss Saigon,’ Introduces Broadway Seniors
- Review: No Objections to Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center’s ‘Legally Blonde the Musical’
- Arts Landing Events Through September 2026
PA COUNCIL ON THE ARTS RESTORES ARTS FUNDING
Good news from GPAC CEO Patrick Fisher, courtesy of the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council’s newsletter: On June 4, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts/Pennsylvania Creative Industries voted to restore grant funding for small arts organizations and programs with annual budgets between $10,000 and $100,000, a tier eliminated when the PCA/PCI revised its grantmaking programs. The new program will be called Spotlight. This is a direct result of statewide advocacy. In addition to restoring this critical funding tier, the Spotlight program will also open eligibility to fiscally sponsored groups and programs, an important expansion of access for community-based organizations that operate outside the traditional nonprofit structure. Fisher added, “To everyone who sent emails, showed up to public comment, signed letters, and kept pushing, thank you. This win belongs to the field. Collective advocacy works.”
2026 JIMMY AWARDS TOP DANCER: LOREN PRISUTA
Gene Kelly Awards Best Actress winner Loren Prisuta of Pine-Richland High School was named the Best Dancer at the 2026 Jimmy Awards on Monday, June 22, at Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre. In recent years, educational scholarships have been bestowed in conjunction with the Best Dancer Award for excellence in dance and movement, along with the Jimmys for Best Actor/Actress, Finalist Scholarships, Rising Star Award, Outstanding Performance in an Ensemble, and the Spirit of the Jimmys. In 2022, Gateway High’s Kylie Edwards won the Best Dancer Award, went on to Carnegie Mellon University, and in 2023 was honored with the Pittsburgh CLO Julia Deberson Award as the season’s outstanding ensemble member. Pittsburgh CLO and Nederlander Alliances, a division of The Nederlander Organization, cofounded The National High School Musical Theatre Awards (the Jimmys) in 2009.
PSO PRESENTS ‘THE MUSIC OF ARCANE,’ FEATURING COMPOSER AND PIANIST ANDREW KIERSZENBAUM
This years’s Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Summer Soundtracks Festival marks the first time music from the Emmy Award-winning animated series Arcane will be performed in a concert hall setting. Andrew Kierszenbaum, one of the series’ composers, will lead the orchestra and perform as piano soloist while sharing insights into the creation of the score.
Based on characters from League of Legends, Arcane debuted on Netflix in 2021 and concluded its second season in 2024. The series earned eight Emmys, including Outstanding Animated Program, and has been widely praised for its visual storytelling and distinctive musical score. Audience members will also hear behind-the-scenes commentary on the development of the music and its role in shaping the stories of characters such as Jinx, Vi, Caitlyn, Viktor, and Jayce.
🎟️ Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Heinz Hall Box Office.
THE PITTSBURGH YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra (PYSO) has announced Scott Miller as its new Executive Director. Miller is an experienced teacher and administrator, most recently working as the Programs & Operations Manager for Pittsburgh Youth Concert Orchestras, managing over 200 students across eight ensembles. Scott also serves as the adjunct Director of Athletic Bands at Seton Hill University. “Scott is exceptionally qualified to lead PYSO into the future,” says PYSO Board President Timothy Slevin. “He brings a balance of music education and administration as well as experience with youth orchestras.
🎟️ 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.
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