Our thoughts on the state of the performing arts in Greater Pittsburgh and nationally.
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh area stages from onStage Pittsburgh. Check back frequently as shows are being added and updated regularly. Opening This Week Continuing Their Run Opening Next Week (October 26th – November 1st) Opening in… Read More ›
Welcome back, Fishy Woo Woos!
Monteze Freeland’s Fishy Woo Woo, Part 2 made its deliriously delectable debut at Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company this weekend, more than two years after the original. Back are the four core characters, with two OG actors (Mils “MJ” James as Cordero and Cheryl Bates-White as Char), in a spooky Halloween mystery and secrets galore to feast on.
The witty and wise script contains so many rapid-fire references to pop culture, queer icons, and inside jokes (one, in particular, about the Pittsburgh theater scene), that you may not catch them all. In such cases, I take Noel Coward’s advice: “Never mind, dear. We’re all made the same, though some more than others.”
By MIRANDA SOUSA On a rainy October Friday, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra presented Romantic Rachmaninoff, a BNY Classics program consisting of Sergei Prokofiev’s Sinfonia Concertante for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 125 and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s monumental Symphony n. 2 in E… Read More ›
By GUILHERME MELETTI YAZBEK The evening began before the curtain rose. In the darkened Benedum Center, only the orchestra pit was lit—and the reflected glow reached softly up to the theater’s ornate ceiling, as if the… Read More ›
By CLAIRE STEVENS Pittsburgh Playhouse’s production of The Bed Trick delivered an entertaining night of modern comedy while loosely following a Shakespeare classic. Written by Keiko Green,the play follows college roommates Harriet (Amalea Krill), Marianne (Quinn Starrett), and Lulu (Chloe… Read More ›
onSTAGE PITTSBURGH CALL BOARD:
RIP Dr. Nancy D. Washington; ‘Fishy Woo Woo, Part 2′ at PPTC’, ‘ City Theatre’s Young Playwrights Festival & ‘in Clay’ on Home Screens, Casting at Stage 62, Quantum Theatre, & Midnight Radio; Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Orchestra at the Byham.
It says something about human nature and the state of the world that howls of laughter accompanied outrage piled upon outrage in “Ulster American,” the savagely funny play at barebones productions Braddock Black Box Theater and featuring the terrific trio of David Whalen, Simon Bradbury and Christine Weber.
By GUILHERME MELETTI YAZBEK The Byham Theater opened its portion of Pittsburgh Dance Council season on Saturday night with a full house and, before the curtain rose, something relatively rare: dancers already onstage. The company of Pilobolus‘ Trips warmed up in full view of… Read More ›
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh area stages from onStage Pittsburgh. Check back frequently as shows are being added regularly. Opening This Week Continuing Their Run Opening Next Week (October 19th – 25th) Opening Later in October Opening… Read More ›
PICT’s rolling premiere of “Refugee Rhapsody” is a powerhouse production that starts with unearthing the motivations for a violent crime, and leads to explorations of the wealth gap between the USA’s haves and have-nots. The cast of Yussef El Guindi’s rolling-premiere play is led in a stunning performance by Milia Ayache.
Read Sharon Eberson’s review of the play that opens PICT’s 30th season at onStage Pittsburgh. 👇
