Author Archives
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Winners Crowned at Pittsburgh CLO’s 2026 Gene Kelly Awards
The 35th annual Gene Kelly Awards honoring excellence in high school musical theater in Allegheny County crowned the 2026 winners on Saturday night. Representing four budget categories, the Outstanding Musical winners, announced by Gene Kelly’s widow, Patricia Ward Kelly, were Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School’s Hadestown: Teen Edition (Budget Level 1), Central & Oakland Catholic High Schools’s The Addams Family (Level II), Elizabeth Forward High School’s The Prince of Egypt (Level III), and Pine-Richland High School’s Chicago: Teen Edition (Level IV).
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Must-See Pittsburgh: onStage Call Board for May 21, 2026
onSTAGE PITTSBURGH CALL BOARD, May 21, 2026
With news about the O’Reilly Theater, New Horizon Theater, the Henry Mancini Awards, and Journalism Awards Season -
Pittsburgh Public Staff All Laid Off on a Dark Day for Local Professional Theater
A Dark Day for Pittsburgh Professional Theater: All Staff Members of Pittsburgh Public Theater Receive Same-Day Layoff Notices
All staff members of Pittsburgh Public Theater were laid off effective immediately, as of Tuesday, May 19, 2026, a sad day for local theater that was first reported by WTAE-TV and verified by an onStage Pittsburgh source.
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Review: City Theatre’s ‘Hedwig’ Rocks Downtown Cultural District
By SHARON EBERSON The raw and raunchy, punk-glam, title role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Pittsburgh’s Treasure Treasure are a match so obviously made for each other, sparks fly from the moment she makes her entrance in, of… Read More ›
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Full List of 2026 Henry Mancini Awards Nominees
Nominees for the The Henry Mancini Awards, celebrating outstanding student achievement in high school musical theater in Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer counties, have been announced, along with with actor and Pittsburgh native Matthew Hydzik as the guest speaker at… Read More ›
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Must-See Pittsburgh: onStage Call Board for May 7, 2026
With news about Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, the Theater Factory on the move, new show announcements by barebones and Kinetic theaters, Cre8Dance 2026, a cancellation by Pittsburgh Playwrights, and more. 🎭 ICYMI: A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM ARRIVES AT THE BENEDUM Pittsburgh Ballet… Read More ›
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Full List of 2026 Gene Kelly Award Nominees
The 2026 nominees for Pittsburgh CLO’s Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater are here! onStage Pittsburgh has the full list of 35th annual awards ceremony and showcase on Saturday, May 23, 2026, at the Benedum Center.
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August Wilson’s ‘Jitney’ Comes Home to the Hill — In Italian
Carl Kurlander led a University of Pittsburgh crew to Vincenza, Italy, in 2024, to document the first production of August Wilson’s “Jitney” in Italian. With that production arriving in Pittsburgh this coming Friday, May 8, presented by Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre and the August Wilson House, Kurlander shares his experiences chronicling the production with onStage Pittsburgh.
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Full Lineup Unveiled for Three Rivers Arts Festival at Arts Landing
The 67th annual Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, a production of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, has announced this year’s full performance lineup as it readies to make a splash in its new home, Arts Landing, June 5-7 and 11-14,… Read More ›
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Must-See Pittsburgh: onStage Call Board for April 29, 2026
onSTAGE PITTSBURGH WEEKLY CALL BOARD
Stephen Flaherty to receive the Richard Rodgers Award, presented at the Pittsburgh CLO 80th Anniversary Gala in June!MORE MUST-SEE PITTSBURGH for April 29, 2026
With news about Actor Matt DeCaro, Pittsburgh Youth Symphony, John Noble’s Night of the Stars, New Horizon Theater’s ‘Motown Extreme,” Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre reading, and more.
