I watch the Tony Awards with Pittsburgh in mind, because the pipeline of talent between here and Broadway is, hands-down, among the region’s chief exports. It also is the awards ceremony that gives and gives, showcasing live performances by the world’s top musical theater artists, especially for those who may never make it to New York. Here are a few highlights and observations from viewing the 2025 Tony Awards.
By SHARON EBERSON Pittsburgh CLO’s 34th annual Gene Kelly Awards, a celebratory ceremony of recognition for excellence in high school musical theater, has crowned the 2025 winners among 34 participating schools in Allegheny County. Top honors for best musical in… Read More ›
The Henry Mancini Awards, representing high schools in Beaver, Butler, Lawrence and Mercer counties, crowned its 2025 winners on May 18. Congrats to all!
The nominees for Pittsburgh CLO’s 34th annual Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater, recognizing 34 participating schools in Allegheny County, were announced on May 7, 2025. The ceremony on May 24 at the Benedum Center will… Read More ›
The 78th annual Tony Awards nominations were announced on Thursday, May 1, 2025, with, as is often the case, Carnegie Mellon University alums front and center. Megan Hilty earned her second Tony nod, this time as leading actress in a musical for “Death Becomes Her.” Natalie Venetia Belcon is nominated in the featured actress category for “The Buena Vista Social Club.”
The 31st annual Shakespeare Monologue and Scene Contest Showcase of Finalists was presented by Pittsburgh Public Theater on Monday, February 24, 2025, at the O’Reilly Theater. Along with the competition among grades 4-12 in two divisions – lower division (grades… Read More ›
Prime Stage Theatre’s 5th annual High School Drama Awards, honoring excellence in nonmusical plays by student theater-makers, proved to be a big night for Pine-Richland High School. At the gala event Saturday at the Hillman Center for the Performing Arts… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON Playwright August Wilson will be honored posthumously with the 2,799th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 2:30 p.m. EST. Denzel Washington and the cast and filmmakers of The Piano Lesson movie will attend the… Read More ›
The inaugural Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Icon Awards will be presented to Carol R. Brown, the Trust’s first president and CEO, philanthropist Teresa Heinz and sculptor Thaddeus Mosley, at The Big 40 Gala on Saturday, September 7, at the Benedum Center…. 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 ›
