Our thoughts on the state of the performing arts in Greater Pittsburgh and nationally.
Featuring Broadway at the Overlook, Songs from the Steps – Miscast, Ballet Master Classes, and Murder on the Orient Express. Editors note: oSP will be posting Call Board each Thursday for the following week- allowing fo time to plan your… Read More ›
Featuring: David Roussève’s world premiere of Becoming Daddy AF, Pumpkin Palooza, Visual Art Gallery, and New Freshworks Residencies Kelly Strayhorn Theater (KST) has announced its Fall 2025 season, running from September through December, featuring a full calendar of KST Presents events inviting audiences into a season… Read More ›
Featuring: Confluence Ballet, Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks, Theatre Sans Serif, Mrs. Shakespeare, Pittsburgh Festival Opera and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Confluence Ballet Expands Its Voice with Live Ensemble Confluence Ballet is stepping boldly into a new era by bringing live, original… Read More ›
By GEORGE HOOVER A play about a painting, and oh so much more! When neo-impressionist artist Georges Seurat’s monumental painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte was first exhibited, people were fascinated by his technique, pointillism, and yet… Read More ›
Former schools in the Pittsburgh area are being transformed into community hubs by established arts leaders, such as Mark Clayton Southers’ Madison Arts Center (the former Madison Elementary School) in the Upper Hill District, for Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, and Colleen Doyno and Pittsburgh Musical Theater (the former… Read More ›
Clare Drobot to serve as Artistic Director and co-lead the organization in collaboration with Managing Director James McNeel. City Theatre Company, Pittsburgh’s home for contemporary plays located on Pittsburgh’s South Side, is thrilled to announce the directors for its 2025/2026… Read More ›
Local companies to produce world premieres of 14 one-act plays. The Pittsburgh New Works Festival will launch its 35th season this month, partnering with local theater companies to present world premieres of 14 one-act plays. The season runs August 21 to… Read More ›
By GUILHERME MELETTI YAZBEK A community theater production marking Bruce Zewe’s debut as a playwright, with a simple and honest script well worth seeing. Last night, I went to see Coach and Mrs. Jagoff, the new production by Iron Horse Theater Company,… Read More ›
VIDEO: onStage Pittsburgh’s Sharon Eberson chats with the directors of the 3-play August Wilson American Century Cycle Experience – Terrence Spivey, Ashley Southers and Mark Clayton Southers – on the set of ‘Two Trains Running,’ at Madison Art Center, which will also present ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ in a new cabaret space. Pittsburgh Playwrights’ annual outdoor production at the August Wilson House is the Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Fences.’
By JESSICA NEU I recently listened to an interview with Senator Fetterman’s wife, Gisel Barreto Fetterman. After immigrating to the United States from Brazil, Barreto Fetterman now calls the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Braddock her home. One of the main reasons… Read More ›
