Author Archives
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Pittsburgh Playhouse 2025-2026 Season Includes ‘The Chief’ and Return of ‘Ascend’
The Chief is coming to the Pittsburgh Playhouse for the 2025-2026 Playhouse Presents season. The popular solo play about Steelers founder Art Rooney Sr. returns Downtown to kick off 2026 at the Point Park University performance center. Also next year, the… Read More ›
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Richard King Mellon Foundation Provides $10 Million Grant to Fund and Sustain Arts Landing
A $10 million grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation – “among the largest philanthropic gifts to the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust in its four-decade-history” – has helped the nonprofit arts organization to complete funding to cover construction costs of Arts Landing. Additionally, the grant will support ongoing operations, programming, maintenance, and security for the 4-acre civic space once it opens to the public in 2026.
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‘Jaws’ Fans Jump at ‘Shark’ Bait Plus Patricks Trifecta
The “Jaws”-inspired play “The Shark Is Broken” rides a wave of excitement into Braddock, buoyed by “Jaws” fever and three Patricks: Patrick Jordan, Patrick Cannon and Quinn Patrick Shannon.
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What to Expect When Expecting ‘Baby,’ the Musical
Co-stars Becki Toth and Allan Snyder Dish on Front Porch Theatricals’ First Production of 2025 By SHARON EBERSON When the musical Baby opened on Broadway in 1983, Frank Rich of The New York Times said it belonged in the rare… Read More ›
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2025 Gene Kelly Award Nominees
The nominees for Pittsburgh CLO’s 34th annual Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater, recognizing 34 participating schools in Allegheny County, were announced on May 7, 2025. The ceremony on May 24 at the Benedum Center will… Read More ›
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Review: Patina Miller’s Trust Cabaret: ‘Fabulous, Baby!’
Speaking of fabulous … when Patina Miller graced the stage with “Fabulous, Baby!” from “Sister Act,” there wasn’t a doubter in the Greer Cabaret Theater audience that they were in for a fantabulous night.
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Pittsburgh Region Is Bursting at the Seams With an Array of Performing Arts Choices
Springtime for performing arts in the Pittsburgh region has come in like a lion and continues to roar as April gives away to May, with theaters either getting ready to close up shop for the summer, or just getting started. Pittsburgh Musical Theater is serving up the regional premiere of “Waitress,” and there’s a whole lot more for the very merry month of May.
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3 Rivers Arts Festival Lineup Announced for One-Time Move to the Strip District
Three Rivers Arts Festival, June 5-8, moves to Strip District for 2025, while future Pittsburgh Cultural District home Arts Landing is under construction.
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Review: ‘Art of Wise’ Delivers Message of Hope Amid the Ravages of Slavery
By SHARON EBERSON The new play Art of Wise opens with a heart-stopping scenario, then turns back the clock for a lyrical, gripping buildup to a fateful faceoff, during an enslaved man’s desperate flight for freedom. The “art” of Art… Read More ›
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Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co.’s Leader Continues 19th-Century Journey With Pre-Emancipation ‘Art of Wise’
NEW 3-PLAY SUMMER FESTIVAL WILL HONOR AUGUST WILSON A newly minted three-play festival, titled the August Wilson American Century Cycle Experience, will run for six weeks this summer, said Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company’s Mark Clayton Southers, offering a sneak peek… Read More ›
