Author Archives
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Twists in ‘The Bad Quarto’ Reveal Bard’s Early Approach to ‘Hamlet’
INTERVIEW with director JEREMY SEGHERS, who has chosen “HAMLET: THE BAD QUARTO” for his second directorial project in Pittsburgh — after his dramatization of Franz Kafka’s “The Trial.” The director has theories of about what good comes of diving into “Q1” — the earliest known version of “Hamlet” — and why it is a relevant and insightful companion to what many consider to be the greatest play in the English language.
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Bandaloop: The Sky Is Not the Limit
BANDALOOP, featured performers at the 2026 Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, are hard to pin down — literally. Earlier this week, the troupe known for its “perspective-bending dance” could be seen high above Arts Landing — as seen in the video above — perparing for their Arts Festival schedule: 5-5:30 p.m. and 7-7:30 p.m. on Friday, June 12; 1-1:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 13; and 7-7:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 14.
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Must-See Pittsburgh: Call Board Week of June 11, 2026
It’s a busy weekend, Pittsburgh!
Check out Call Board for news about: City Theatre’s record-breaking ‘Hedwig’; Pittsburgh Playwright’s ‘BURNBABYBURN’ reading; Prime Stage on WQED; PSO’s Manfred Honeck and The Clarks; 2026 Tony Awards; and more. -
Must-See Pittsburgh: Call Board for June 3rd, 2026
It’s Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival and Tony Awards weekend!
Also on the Call Board:
🎭 Pittsburgh Playwrights ‘Art of the Wise’ is headed to the International Black Theatre Festival, where 2026 honorees include local stage manager Renee B. Sorrell.
🎭 City Theatre Seeks Artistic Producer
🎵 Pittsburgh Opera names Rehearsal Hall in Honor of Christopher Hahn
🎭 New Product Company’s ‘Whistleblowers’
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2026 Juneteenth Events In the Pittsburgh Area
2026 JUNETEENTH EVENTS
In Pittsburgh and beyond:
* Live entertaiment
* Annual parade
* Family-friendly activities
* Educational opportunities
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Must-See Pittsburgh: onStage Call Board for May 28, 2026
With news about Throughline Theatre, Jimmy Awards, Throughline’s Living News Festival, CLO’s Beautiful, SQUONK at the Three Rivers Arts Festival 🎭 ICYMI THROUGHLINE THEATRE’S LIVING NEWS FESTIVAL IS BACK! Breaking news from Throughline Theatre Company: The Living News Festival returns… Read More ›
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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 ›
