Nick: You’re all crazy: nuts.Martha: Awww, ’tis the refuge we take when the unreality of the world weighs too heavy on our tiny heads. … Relax; sink into it; you’re no better than anybody else.– Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of… Read More ›
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PSO Pops Unveil 2025-2026 Season of Era-Spanning Musical Genres, Movie Scores, Looney Tunes, Ben Folds and More
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2025–2026 Pops Season, a lineup that includes performances billed as blending “timeless favorites, thrilling new collaborations and genre-spanning artistry.” The season includes the annual Highmark Holiday Pops, a performance with Ben Folds, and… Read More ›
Review: Emotions Run High as Time Marches on in ‘Birthday Candles’
By SHARON EBERSON Birthday Candles leans into the poignancy of one woman’s journey of 100 years, punctuated by personal events that warm and break hearts, along with the inevitable family rituals that span generations. The moving City Theatre production of… Read More ›
Review: Church Choir Comes Together With Heavenly Help in Joyful ‘Sanctified’
By SHARON EBERSON Change is in the air at Easy Piney Grove Baptist Church, and for longtime parishioners, nothing good can come of it. Uncompromising, disapproving elders and rebellious youth in a dwindling congregation are among the woes weighing on… Read More ›
Javon Johnson’s ‘Sanctified’ Sings to the Heavens for Generational Unity
The Star of ‘The Oval’ Directs His Own Work for Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company By SHARON EBERSON Even with rehearsals underway, Javon Johnson is still surprised that Sanctified is making its first appearance on a Pittsburgh stage. He chalks up… Read More ›
‘Birthday Candles’ Lights the Way to Masterson’s Return to City Theatre
Marc Masterson, in announcing his retirement as City Theatre co-artistic director in June, also announced his imminent return as a director. That time has arrived, with the opening March 14, 2025, of Birthday Candles. Masterson returned to the South Side… Read More ›
Broadway’s Daniel Jenkins, Tasha Lawrence to Star in Pittsburgh Public’s ‘Virginia Woolf’
Tony nominee Daniel Jenkins and Tasha Lawrence will star and spar as George and Martha in Pittsburgh Public Theater’s production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. The veteran Broadway actors will be joined by Pittsburgh-based Dylan Marquis Meyers and Claire… Read More ›
Review: Betrayal of Trust Fuels Heartbreak in ‘Layon Gray’s Feed the Beast’
By SHARON EBERSON Knowing the destiny of the unwilling participants in the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment doesn’t ease the heartbreak stirred by the men of Feed the Beast. Writer, director and costar Layon Gray has the uncanny ability to create… Read More ›
New Horizon Theater Presents New Work About Infamous Tuskegee Experiment
New Horizon Theater returns to Layon Gray’s history plays with the regional debut of his new work about a shameful chapter from history. Layon Gray’s Feed the Beast, opening February 13, 2025, at the O’Reilly Theater, spans 40 years and… Read More ›
Review: Timely Satire Fuels Public’s Fiery ‘Trouble in Mind’
By SHARON EBERSON Actress Wiletta Mayer has been invisible in plain sight, without even realizing it. But that’s about change. After 25 years as a performer, the Black actress has earned what should be the role of a lifetime. She… Read More ›