Our thoughts on the state of the performing arts in Greater Pittsburgh and nationally.
By SHARON EBERSON As In Clay readies its Pittsburgh debut at City Theatre, its London-based creators mused about it finding a fandom in China, before being introduced in the USA. “It’s so bizarre,” admitted Jack Miles, whose music was the… Read More ›
There likely will be changes ahead for Quantum Theatre, when Katie Brook takes the helm as Artistic Director, but one thing that won’t change: “It’s safe to say that we’re going to continue to work in unusual spaces,” Brook said: “That’s part of Quantum’s identity, and it’s one of genuinely the most explicit expressions of the values of nontraditional theater.”
Quantum Theatre will movie into the future with director, producer, and educator Katie Brook as its new Artistic Director, beginning January 1, 2027. Brook succeeds founder and Artistic Director Karla Boos, who has led Quantum for 36 years.
By Hannah Wing-Bonica Pittsburgh has a history of welcoming magicians, including the famous Harry Houdini, who performed his infamous straight-jack escape trick above Wood Street and Liberty Avenue in 1916. Fast forward to 2026, and this tradition of the Steel… Read More ›
Mandy Gonzalez, the original Nina in the Tony Award-winning In the Heights, possesses a genre-defying voice that inspired Lin-Manuel Miranda to gush that she is “one of the greatest singers on earth.” She has played some of the most memorable characters in some of the most memorable Broadway productions of the 2000s — Elphaba in Wicked and Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard among them — but it is her collaborations with the creator of In the Heights and Hamilton that brings her to Heinz Hall for Everything I Know: Mandy Gonzalez Sings Lin-Manuel Miranda, October 8-11, 2026.
After three decades in Trafford, The Theatre Factory is embarking on a new chapter with a move to its new home at the Aluminum City Arts campus in New Kensington. The Theatre Factory’s 31st season will bring five distinctly different… Read More ›
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh area stages this week and through the end of October, from onStage Pittsburgh. Check back frequently as shows are being added regularly. Opening This Week Continuing Their Run Opening Next Week (September… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON Nicholas Perez-Hoop‘s tenure as Artistic Producer of City Theatre had only just begun as he was quizzed about what comes next — the overall theme of the season, and a theme for his own adventures as a… Read More ›
“RENT,” the smash hit rock musical that launched Sewickley native PETER MATTHEW SMITH to Broadway, brings him home later this month, to direct the show for the second time in his hometown. When BDE Productions’ Michael Greer and Vince Tresco (directed by Smith for PMT in 2010) asked him to direct “Rent” in its 30th anniversary year, Smith’s answer was a resounding, “Yes!”
Call Board for the first week in September 2026 includes news about the New Hazlett Theater’s 20th anniversary celebration, Daniel G. and Carole L. Kamin $1.375 million gift to help Pittsburgh Festival Opera train the next generation; and the 16th annual Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival.
