Author Archives
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New Horizon Theater Presents New Work About Infamous Tuskegee Experiment
New Horizon Theater returns to Layon Gray’s history plays with the regional debut of his new work about a shameful chapter from history. Layon Gray’s Feed the Beast, opening February 13, 2025, at the O’Reilly Theater, spans 40 years and… Read More ›
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Christopher Jackson Salutes Broadway Journey in Crooning Trust Cabaret
By SHARON EBERSON Rise up, Pittsburgh. You can now boast, “George Washington sang here.” Hamilton Tony nominee Christopher Jackson is best known for his role as the USA’s Revolutionary War hero and the president who taught us how to say… Read More ›
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Front Porch Theatricals Names Casts for Summer 2025
Current weather aside, Front Porch Theatricals is ready to swing into summer, with the announcement of the casts of its two-show season. First up is Baby, May 16-25, 2025, at the New Hazlett Theater. With music and lyrics by Richard… Read More ›
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‘Years to the Day’ Looks at Old Friends in a New Light
By SHARON EBERSON When actor Dihlon McManne reconnected with a friend over coffee and conversation, he was reminded of a play he had seen more than a decade ago. In its debut at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, where McManne had… Read More ›
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Pittsburgh’s Hiawatha Project Bids Farewell After 15-Year Run
Anya Martin has announced the end of the 15-year-old Hiawatha Project, as the company’s founder exits to pursue her burgeoning playwriting career beyond Pittsburgh. Martin is the founding artistic director, lead writer, director and producer of the company, whose mission… Read More ›
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Pittsburgh to Broadway and Back: Everything Theater, Everywhere, All at Once
By SHARON EBERSON At a time when federal funding for the arts is so precarious, I thought I’d tell you a little bit about my past few weeks of attending theater. By the numbers, starting on January 14 through Sunday,… Read More ›
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Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council Bestows Grants Through PA’s Creative Sector Flex Fund
The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council has awarded 36 Southwestern Pennsylvania organization a total of $180,000 to support arts and culture work and programming as part of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts’ Creative Sector Flex Fund grant program. The grant… Read More ›
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Pine-Richland Wins Big at Prime Stage’s High School Drama Awards
Prime Stage Theatre’s 5th annual High School Drama Awards, honoring excellence in nonmusical plays by student theater-makers, proved to be a big night for Pine-Richland High School. At the gala event Saturday at the Hillman Center for the Performing Arts… Read More ›
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Pittsburgh Public Theater Reveals ‘Trouble in Mind’ Cast
Pittsburgh Public Theater has announced the cast of the backstage drama Trouble in Mind, the 1955 Alice Childress play that debuted on Broadway in 2021, and was nominated for four Tony Awards. The Pittsburgh premiere, directed by Justin Emeka (Sweat… Read More ›
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Review: Come in From the Cold to the Charm and Glow of ‘Funny Girl’
By SHARON EBERSON The actress playing Fanny Brice, Leah Platt at Tuesday’s opening-night performance of Funny Girl, opens the show with, “Hello, gorgeous.” That’s really not fair, to conjure Barbra Streisand from the get-go. The real-life entertainer at the center… Read More ›
