Our thoughts on the state of the performing arts in Greater Pittsburgh and nationally.
By SHARON EBERSON ENTREATY: The AMC movie chain plans to play a 30-second advisory before “Wicked: Part 1,” reminding moviegoers that “silence is golden”; in other words, no singing from the audience. So please, for your own enjoyment and the… Read More ›
BY JESSICA NEU What comes to mind when you hear the name Michael Jackson? Perhaps “King of Pop,” Genius, the moonwalk, a Glove, white socks and black shoes, the Jackson 5, Bubbles the Chimp, the “Thriller” music video, media freak, the… Read More ›
BY JESSICA NEU I was a senior in High School when I was first introduced to the multi-hyphenate Broadway extraordinaire Jason Robert Brown. My friends at CAPA were doing Parade as their Spring Musical and I vividly remember my friends in the show saying how challenging… Read More ›
Plus: GPAC Funds the Arts and PICT 2025 COMMENTARY You go away for a week, you could come back humming, What’d I Miss? Or, when it comes to Pittsburgh theater, you can check out What’s On Stage and say, “What’s… Read More ›
By JESSICA NEU By definition, a constellation is a group of visible stars that form a visible pattern. This pattern, however, is based solely on one’s perception, thereby rendering infinite ways to interpret a single cluster of patterned stars. Nick Payne’s 2012… Read More ›
Mingsi Ma is currently a Critical Insight fellow at Pittsburgh Public Theater, in partnership with American Theatre magazine. This interview was conducted in Mandarin, and the quotes have been translated by the author of this article. By MINGSI MA Cloud Gate Dance Theatre… Read More ›
City Theatre has announced the second installment of its anniversary reading series, City Rewinds: 50 Years of New Plays, with Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years by Emily Mann. Based on the book Having Our Sayby Sarah L. and A. Elizabeth Delany with… Read More ›
The Family-Friendly Event Features Two of Pittsburgh’s Most Cherished Holiday Traditions Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens will partner with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School (PBT School) to present Poinsettias and Pointe Shoes, a shortened version of PBT’s beloved The Nutcracker. This annual event combines the enchantment of The… Read More ›
Riverfront Theater Company has become known for producing shows that embrace the intimate quality of their venue. For their upcoming production of Constellations by British playwright Nick Payne, they are using the unique space to take that meaning to new heights – literally. The… Read More ›
By JESSICA NEU Magic is one of those concepts that can be interpreted and defined in a myriad of ways. Magic is a personal concept that can correlate to anything from hope to the daily mundane to coincidences or a… Read More ›
