Michael McKelvey’s return to Pittsburgh includes producing and directing musicals with Pittsburgh theater artists, starting with “Assassins,” the Sondheim-Weidman show with Carnegie Mellon roots.
Arts and Ideas
Our thoughts on the state of the performing arts in Greater Pittsburgh and nationally.
What’s On Stage Pittsburgh: August 17th to the end of September, 2026
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh area stages this week and through the end of September, from onStage Pittsburgh. Check back frequently as shows are being added regularly. Opening This Week Continuing Their Run Opening Next Week (August… Read More ›
Review: South Park Theatre’s ‘Boeing Boeing’ Delivers an Entertaining Evening of Comedy
By CLAIRE STEVENS South Park Theatre’s production of Boeing Boeing by Marc Camoletti delivered a humorous evening with memorable characters and amusing theatrics. Directed by Jeanie Cygrymus, the play follows Bernard (Johnny Terreri), who is engaged to three different flight attendants with conflicting schedules. When flight… Read More ›
Review: Five Bodies, One Staircase: Jonathan González’s ‘The Strikebreakers’ at Carnegie Museum of Art
By Guilherme Meletti Yazbek (Note: This post has been updated with new images from the performance.) Ten minutes before eleven, I was already sitting on my folding stool, in the place where I was told the performance would begin. At… Read More ›
Review: This is No Elementary Play: ‘Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B’ Keeps Audiences Laughing and Guessing Till the Very End
By JESSICA NEU When maybe-a-doctor, but definitely not a Mrs. Joan Watson (Erin Berger), arrives at 221B Baker Street to inquire about an open room, she quickly realizes that she will be sharing a space with an eccentric, sometimes erratic, Russian symphony-loving… Read More ›
What’s On Stage Pittsburgh: August 10th to the end of September, 2026
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh area stages this week and through the end of September, from onStage Pittsburgh. Check back frequently as shows are being added regularly. Opening This Week Continuing Their Run Opening Next Week (August… Read More ›
Review: Alumni’s ‘Once on This Island’ Showcases Pittsburgh Talent
By HANNAH WING-BONICA Stories are passed down from generation to generation–both through word of mouth and in writing. Through these different forms, stories shape who we are. Rosa Guy, who was born in Trinidad and emigrated to the United States,… Read More ›
The Theater Kids Are All Right: Alumni’s ‘Once on This Island’; CMU’s ‘Midsummer’ Showcase Youthful Talent
July went out like a lion in local theater, including two showcases of Pittsburgh’s top-of-the-line education and training at work. Limited runs of Alumni Theater Company’s “Once on This Island” and the premiere/preview of “Midsummer,” a collaboration of The CMU Center for New Work and Play on Shakespeare, showcased the hotbed of youthful talent and creativity at work on our stages.
Chamber Music Pittsburgh 66th Main Stage Live Presents “Revolutions: A Radical Returning”
Chamber Music Pittsburgh’s 66th MainStage Live celebrates four remarkable centuries of chamber music and the often radical and uncompromising voices behind its enduring legacy and continuing evolution. “Revolutions: A Radical Returning” takes its inspiration from Beethoven and celebrates the boundary-breakers… Read More ›
What’s On Stage Pittsburgh: August 3rd to the end of September, 2026
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh area stages this week and through the end of September, from onStage Pittsburgh. Check back frequently as shows are being added regularly. Opening This Week Continuing Their Run Opening Next Week (August… Read More ›