Pittsburgh Public Theater will live stream the final four performances of current show Dragon Lady, through a partnership with the emerging nonprofit League of Live Stream Theater. In a first for the nearly 50-year-old Public and as a charter member… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON Willie Dixon stands as tall in forging the foundation of American popular music as a certain “ten-dollar Founding Father” did in paving the foundation of our country. But unlike that other guy, Dixon comes with a ready-made… Read More ›
“The blues is the roots, everything else is the fruits.” – Willie Dixon By SHARON EBERSON Pittsburgh actor Sam Lothard will channel blues pioneer Willie Dixon in the premiere production of Blues Is the Roots, a biomusical by actor, activist… Read More ›
The world premiere of Pittsburgh CLO’s The Perfect Mate has its cast. The futuristic rom-com musical, with book, music and lyrics by Dan Lipton and David Rossmer, was commissioned as part of PCLO’s SPARK Festival in 2018. Promising to “bring… Read More ›
Marc Masterson will retire from City Theatre at the end of the current season, leaving the Pittsburgh artistic home where he was the foundation of a groundbreaking trio of co-artistic directors, with Clare Drobot and Monteze Freeland. Masterson led City… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON A who’s who of Pittsburgh theater artists served as presenters and cheered on students who were honored at Prime Stage Theatre’s fourth annual High School Drama Awards Monday night. Awards in 16 categories were given to students… Read More ›
Prime Stage Theatre’s fourth annual High School Drama Awards ceremony is 7 p.m. Monday at the New Hazlett Theatre on the North Side. The program spotlights one-act or full-length nonmusical productions that take place in the fall. In 2024, 12… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON Jimmy Nicholas is an “and” guy, not an “or” guy. That’s how the actor explains all of the “ands” after acting jobs, including the title role in Pittsburgh CLO’s upcoming premiere musical, The Perfect Mate. A 2014… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON At the end of a decade marked by a pandemic, the opioid crisis and ideological division, we all could use a big hope-filled hug. In South Side Stories Revisited, the sequel to her extraordinary 2012 theatrical chronicle… Read More ›
South Park Theatre has gathered a mix of comedy and drama and mystery and music to fill its 2024 Mainstage schedule. The upcoming season opens on May 2 with a British comedy about infidelity and duplicity, and concludes as autumn… Read More ›
