By JESSICA NEU When our kids are young, parents often make a silent decree to their child and themselves that they will remember what it felt like to be a child and not to repeat their own parents’ mistakes. Fast… Read More ›
Arts and Ideas
Our thoughts on the state of the performing arts in Greater Pittsburgh and nationally.
Call Board: CLO’s New-Era ‘Rocky Horror’; New Horizon’s ‘Sistas’; Ensemble 10/10 Festival; and More
Pittsburgh CLO’s Kara Cabaret series returns to the Greer Cabaret Theater with The Rocky Horror Show, plus wrap-around events that include a RHS Drag Brunch and Late Night Costume Contests. The company calls the production “an important milestone as the… Read More ›
There’s Nothing Taboo About Rejoicing at the 30th Anniversary of ‘To Wong Foo’
The Host of Pittsburgh’s Match Gayme Wishes We Could Return to a Time When Acceptance Was a Sparkling Ideal OPINION: By SHARON EBERSON Joe King was having a back to the future moment, and he wanted to talk about it…. Read More ›
Kathleen Marshall, Tom Viola, Kenny Leon and Paul Tazewell Among 2025 American Theater Hall of Fame Inductees
Kathleen Marshall, the three-time Tony Award-winning director/choreographer who grew up in Pittsburgh, is now an inductee into the Theater Hall of Fame. Her name will be inscribed on the walls of Broadway’s Gershwin Theatre, along with 2025 fellow inductees including award-winning costume designer Paul Tazewell and former Broadway Cares Executive Director and Western Pennsylvania native Tom Viola. Other 2025 inductees are Anne Bogart, Rocco Landesman, Richard Thomas, Kenny Leon, and, posthumously, Rebecca Luker.
Capturing the Magic of Live Theater in a ‘Frozen’ Moment
I know how it’s done, and I have seen it done numerous times, and every time, it’s still like magic. If you’ve seen Disney’s Frozen onstage, you know what I mean. It’s that split second when, mid-”Let It Go,” a transformation occurs that inspires spontaneous gasps and applause.
“For the First Time in Forever,” Pittsburgh’s CLO Welcomes ‘Disney’s Frozen: the Broadway Musical’
By JESSICA NEU The windows are open, and so are the doors, as the Benedum Center welcomes Disney’s Frozen: the Broadway Musical, based on the Disney film that shifted the cultural zeitgeist, and concludes Pittsburgh CLO‘s 2025 summer season. Yesterday evening, dozens… Read More ›
PICT Readings Kick Off Showcases for Local Theater Artists
Theater’s Summer of Series has far-reaching benefits that were fully on display in the third annual Bards From the Burgh, readings of full-length plays presented by Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre. The four works by local playwrights were well-attended at the 90+-seat Carnegie Stage, a boost to efforts by PICT artistic director Elizabeth Elias Huffman to garner support for the possible next stage for each play.
Chatham Baroque Announces 2025–2026 Concert Season
The concert series highlights diverse voices and musical storytelling across centuries. Chatham Baroque, Pittsburgh’s premier Baroque music ensemble, announces its 2025/2026 concert season: a tapestry of early music that traverses time, place, and culture. From iconic works by Beethoven and… Read More ›
onStage Pittsburgh Call Board 7/7/25
HERE IS THE LATEST OFF-STAGE BUZZ All Aboard Riverlife’s ‘Shore Thing’ Public Space A new public space on the North Shore has opened for food and drink, for activities and just chilling, with the bonus of enjoying a Downtown vista… Read More ›
Chamber Music Pittsburgh (CMP) Announces its 65th Annual MainStage Live Season
This upcoming season explores Chamber Music in America, marking the country’s 250th anniversary. Chamber Music Pittsburgh (CMP) announces its 65th annual MainStage Live season, featuring six wide-ranging programs that celebrate all that chamber music can be in America. This season, Voices in Time,… Read More ›