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• Review: A Spiritual and Vulnerable Experience at Pittsburgh Opera’s ‘Curlew River’

  By ghoover on January 28, 2026 • ( 0 )

  By MINGSI MA The Traveler (Yazid Gray) and the Ferryman (Erik Nordstrom) and The Madwoman (Logan Wagner, middle). (Image Credit: David Bachman Photography) In the Director’s Notes for Pittsburgh Opera’s Curlew River, the Stage Director Dana Kinney writes that “…[Curlew River]… Read More ›

• What’s On Stage Pittsburgh: January 26th to the end of February, 2026

  By ghoover on January 25, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh stages this week and through the end of February from onStage Pittsburgh. We strive to highlight as many performances as possible, but there’s always more to discover! For full season lineups and additional… Read More ›

• onStage Pittsburgh Call Board for January 22, 2026

  By ghoover on January 22, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  onStage Pittsburgh Call Board for January 15, 2026: With news about Romero & Juliet at the Greer Cabaret, Liberty Magic, Madison Arts and Entertainment Center, PMT’s ‘Annie,’ Alumni Theatre Company, Ken Bolden, Michael Campayno and Cole Vecchio

• An Interview with, Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist Matt Soibelman,  Who Sings the Role of Abbot in ‘Curlew River’

  By ghoover on January 19, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Benjamin Britten’s Curlew River is one of Britten’s three parables for church performance and is Pittsburgh Opera’s first production of 2026. Based on the Japanese Noh play Sumidagawa River. In Curlew River, a woman driven mad by the mystery of her lost son learns her… Read More ›

• What’s On Stage Pittsburgh: January 19th to the end of February, 2026

  By ghoover on January 18, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh stages this week and through the end of February from onStage Pittsburgh. We strive to highlight as many performances as possible, but there’s always more to discover! For full season lineups and additional… Read More ›

• An Interview with William Powers, Pittsburgh Opera’s New General Director

  By ghoover on January 13, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  By GEORGE HOOVER Pittsburgh Opera has named William Powers as its next General Director, marking a homecoming for an arts administrator with deep roots in both the company and the city. Powers will assume the role on July 1, 2026,… Read More ›

• What’s On Stage Pittsburgh: January 12th to the end of February, 2026

  By ghoover on January 11, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh stages this week and through the end of February from onStage Pittsburgh. We strive to highlight as many performances as possible, but there’s always more to discover! For full season lineups and additional… Read More ›

• What’s On Stage Pittsburgh: January 5th to the end of February, 2026

  By ghoover on January 4, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh stages this week and through the end of October, brought to you by onStage Pittsburgh. We strive to highlight as many performances as possible, but there’s always more to discover! For full season… Read More ›

• onStage Pittsburgh Call Board for January 1, 2026

  By ghoover on January 1, 2026 • ( 0 )

  With news about New Hazlett Theatre CSA, Kelley Strayhorm, Ensemble Actors Studio, and City Paper HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE New Hazlett Theater Community Support Artists (CSA) Season 13 | Agnus Teaches Acting by Zanny Laird, Lucas Fedele & Treasure Treasure… Read More ›

• What Clicked in 2025: onStage Pittsburgh’s Most Read Stories of the Year

  By ghoover on December 29, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  onStage Pittsburgh presents the top 15 local theater stories that captured readers’ imaginations in 2025. Festivals and activities roundups were big draws, along with exits and entrances, legacy prospects, and bold, new experiences. A few late-in-the-year stories continue to have… Read More ›