Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s 2024-25 season will include the regional premiere of Waitress, the musical “about liberation, empowerment and pie,” with songs by Grammy-winner Sara Barielles. The season kicks off in September with the return of Evil Dead the Musical under… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Public Theater has launched Public On Demand for its recent production of The Coffin Maker, a world premiere play by Mark Clayton Southers. Public On Demand provides “cinema-quality digital versions” of mainstage productions on an exclusive streaming platform. Visit… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON If you’ve ever wondered how it feels to be sitting beside someone, near enough to touch, and yet be miles apart, meet Sam and his family. They have gathered for six therapy sessions at the facility where… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON The Animal Kingdom by Ruby Thomas comes to its first production outside of London and New York through the grapevine. “I reached out to a friend who was in that [off-off-Broadway] production and I was like, ‘Hey,… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON To envision Angels in America Part 1: Millennium Approaches within the intimate confines of Carnegie Stage and bring it to fruition, as Elsewhere Pittsburgh Theatre has done, heralds the daring and creativity of that relatively new company… Read More ›
Chemistry Between Stars Sabina Collazo and Spencer LaRue Was Evident From the Start By SHARON EBERSON The choices were whittled to three Tony’s and three Maria’s, and director Baayork Lee, who knows a thing or two about auditions, heard something… Read More ›
By CAMILLE AGIE When West Side Story made its Broadway premiere in the 1950s, it was revolutionary. The legendary and immortal musical, which opens Pittsburgh CLO’s summer at the Benedum Center, reimagines the age-old story of forbidden love for the… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON Let’s get right to it, because I know you’re wondering: What the heck is Fishy Woo Woo? By the time the newly minted, uproarious comedy by Monteze Freeland reveals the answer, you’ll find that there’s nothing fishy… Read More ›
Two productions that originated on Pittsburgh stages in the past year are headed to the International Black Theatre Festival this summer. Headed to Winston-Salem, N.C., for the 18th biennial festival are Mark Clayton Southers‘ The Bluegrass Mile, which debuted at his Pittsburgh… Read More ›
The Powerful Premiere Concludes Pittsburgh Public Theater’s 2023-24 Season on a High Note By SHARON EBERSON The Coffin Maker, a riveting, provocative world-premiere work from Mark Clayton Southers, manifests what Judgement Day justice and retribution may look like, as seen… Read More ›
