By SHARON EBERSON Award-winning director, author and educator Mel Shapiro, who headed the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama and began his professional directing career at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, has died at age 89. Playbill.com first reported Mr. Shapiro’s passing, on… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON Amid a sea of 2024 A Christmas Carol adaptations on Pittsburgh area stages, for the comfort and joy of my own traditions, I chose a couple that began on Friday the 13th: First, Pittsburgh CLO’s A Musical… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON It’s A Musical Christmas Carol for the hat trick, in Charles Shaughnessy’s 21-year journey with Pittsburgh CLO. The UK-born 5th Baron Shaughnessy, who most TV audiences discovered via the soap Days of our Lives and primetime’s The… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON Brothers Malcolm Washington and John David Washington were in the spotlight in Pittsburgh on Monday, as they asserted how meaningful it was from them to be in the childhood hometown of August Wilson, and in the presence… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON Laura Benanti never once said, “Hello, Pittsburgh!” Nor did she mention a sports team during her second show at the Greer Cabaret Monday night. Instead, the self-proclaimed “pathological people pleaser” determined to make a personal connection with… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON Charles Gray, who served as executive director of Pittsburgh CLO from 1982 to 1996, years that included the founding of the Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater and opening of the CLO Academy,… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON Kelli O’Hara’s voice emanated from the phone Thursday morning, talking about Shirley Jones. Musical royalty gushing about royalty. Sublime. There’ll be more of that at SHIRLEY JONES: A Gala Celebration of her Life, Career, and Legacy, Saturday,… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON The easiest decision about celebrating Shirley Jones’ life, career and legacy was that it would take place in Pittsburgh. “I wouldn’t have wanted to do it anywhere else,” said her son Patrick Cassidy. On September 21 at… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON The colorful totem outside of a Shadyside storefront signifies a convergence happening there, at Eons Fashion Antique, inspired by the man for all seasons inside. Richard Parsakian, the 2024 grand marshal of Pittsburgh Pride, perhaps best known… Read More ›
By CAMILLE AGIE A-listers such as Tom Cruise and Denzel Washington and the dozens of cast and crew members of the “Hamilton” tour have something in common when they work in Pittsburgh. They require a place to call home. Some… Read More ›
