Author Archives
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onStage Pittsburgh Call Board: Looking Back, and Ahead to 2026
With News from City Theatre, PMT, August Wilson Center, PSO and Pittsburgh CLO, plus Goodbyes and Gratitude. City Theatre’s final production of 2025, the rolling world premiere of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, has eclipsed box-office sales records that date… Read More ›
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Theater-Maker, Risk-Taker Karla Boos Sets Exit From Quantum Theatre
An effervescent brew of curiosity and creativity personified, Karla Boos is a risk-taker in the risky business of theater. For 35 years, the founder and artistic director of Quantum Theatre has been a driving force of originality for the region’s arts scene. Boos will be relinquishing her role at the end of 2026, after arriving in 1990 with Pedro Paramo, an anticipated one-off project, based on the short novel by Mexican author Juan Rulfo.
Oh, the places she would go, and take adventurous theaters along for the ride.
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onStage Pittsburgh Call Board: December 4, 2025
With news on August Wilson Center’s Janis Burley, Tamara Tunie, Point Park University New BFA, First Night 2026, and Tom Stoppard JANIS BURLEY HONORED ON AWAACC 15th ANNIVERSARY Janis Burley, who took over as leader of the August Wilson African… Read More ›
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Original ‘Les Misérables’ Costumes on Display in Pittsburgh Cultural District
In preparation for the visiting tour of “Les Misérables” this week, three costumes from the original production, winner of eight Tony Awards, are on display at the Trust Arts Education Center.
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Treasure Treasure Will Don ‘Hedwig’ Mantle for City Theatre and Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Treasure Treasure will star in City Theatre’s production of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” presented in 2026 at the Greer Cabaret, in partnership with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. For Light Up Night on November 22, 10 a.m. to 11:59 p.m., $40 tickets to “Hedwig,” and discounts to other events, can be found at https://culturaldistrict.org/pages/lightup.
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Pittsburgh Public Theater Unveils New Education and Workforce Initiatives
Pittsburgh Public Theater has been busy behind the scenes, launching initiatives to expand community engagement, as well as educational and workforce development. While announcing collaborations with Partner4Work, Pittsburgh Public Schools, and Commonwealth Charter Academy, The Public also revealed the Febr
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Little Lake Theatre Expands Community Reach in Programming and Partnerships for 2026 Season
Little Lake Theatre unveils its 2026 season, featuring 10 productions that “explore how people build, reshape, and rediscover home.” The announcement includes “a new chapter in the theater’s growth and outreach,” as resident and anchor theater company at the Canonsburg Educational and Cultural Institute, as well as the launch of the Little Lake Theatre Academy.
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Return of City Theatre’s Momentum Festival Will Feature Joe Grushecky Musical, CMU Collaboration
City Theatre is partnering with Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for New Work Development to bring back the Momentum Festival, a public reading series and laboratory for playwrights to workshop new scripts with directors, dramaturgs and actors.
Presentations of four works in different stages of development and a“new works slam!” celebrating local playwrights will take place December 13 and 14, 2025 at venues on City Theatre’s South Side campus and Downtown. Admission is free, but reservations are recommended.
Momentum will feature a Mainstage presentation of “East Carson Street,” a musical by Joe Grushecky, including two songs co-written with Bruce Springsteen.
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RealTime Arts Sets Finale of Live Events Featuring Ukrainian Lore and Commentary from War Vets
RealTime Arts’ Free Ourselves From Stone: Ukrainian Voices Reclaimed arrives November 13 as the final event in a trio of live performances of Ukrainian folktales and music, woven with commentary from Ukrainian war veterans.
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onStage Pittsburgh Call Board: October 30, 2025
With News on Broadway in Pittsburgh & More Maya Drake as Ali in the North American Tour of Hell’s Kitchen, the Broadway musical from Alicia Keys. (Image: Marc J. Franklin) ‘HELL’S KITCHEN’ TOUR COMES TO PITTSBURGH The North American Tour… Read More ›
