Our thoughts on the state of the performing arts in Greater Pittsburgh and nationally.
Pittsburgh Public Theater has announced the cast of the backstage drama Trouble in Mind, the 1955 Alice Childress play that debuted on Broadway in 2021, and was nominated for four Tony Awards. The Pittsburgh premiere, directed by Justin Emeka (Sweat… Read More ›
Chamber Music Pittsburgh presents Sphinx Medal of Excellence Recipients Mesa and Cann in the January 20 concert. Chamber Music Pittsburgh (CMP) presents the Pittsburgh debut of trailblazing artists Tommy Mesa and Michelle Cann in a program that reimagines the chamber music canon… Read More ›
By JESSICA NEU The second in a series by onStage’s writers looking back on the past year’s performances. In 2024, Russell Wilson became a Steeler, and we were ‘totally eclipsed,’ and Pittsburgh experienced its warmest year on record. Whether you enjoyed… Read More ›
Opinion by SHARON EBERSON & GEORGE HOOVER As 2024 comes to a close, here are a few thoughts for 2025. 10: Our loyal readers are cherished, and newbies are always welcome. 9: Here’s hoping the incoming Congress continues to support… Read More ›
Featuring: MLK Day Celebration, Visual Art Gallery, New Freshworks Residencies, Owning Our Future Symposium on BIPOC Institutional Ownership, Tribute Concert for Whitney Houston Kelly Strayhorn Theater (KST) has announced its Winter/Spring 2025 season. It offers a lineup of Youth &… Read More ›
The year is 1960. A shy, smart 6-year-old named Ruby Bridges becomes the first African American student to attend a formerly whites-only grade school in New Orleans. Escorted to class by U.S. Marshals through a hostile segregationist mob, the youngster… Read More ›
One of Pittsburgh’s Finest Actors will portray one of Pittsburgh’s Greatest Playwrights when Prime Stage Theatre Presents Wali Jamal performing August Wilson’s How I Learned What I Learned First performed by Wilson himself, two years before his death at age 60, How I Learned What I… Read More ›
Performances are at the Benedum Center and Byham Theater in Pittsburgh’s Cultural District. The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has announced the lineup for the 2025 Dentons Cohen & Grigsby Children’s Theater Series (formerly Children’s Theater Series and Bridge Theater Series) as part of… Read More ›
Nominees were announced this week for Prime Stage Theatre’s 5th Annual High School Drama Awards to be presented on Jan. 11, 2025, at the Hillman Center for the Performing Arts in Fox Chapel. The Drama Awards honors excellence in non-musical plays by… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON It’s been a bumpy road to get to the best-of list, with a forecast of potholes and promise for the foreseeable future. So fasten your seatbelts, and let’s go. If achievement were assessed solely in artistry, then… Read More ›
