Our thoughts on the state of the performing arts in Greater Pittsburgh and nationally.
The Bach Choir opens its 2024-25 Season Collectables with The Choir in Stereo, a choral production of antiphonal singing, performed a capella, in which parts of the choir sing to each other and the audience simultaneously from different locations of the performance venue. Antiphonal… Read More ›
City Theatre is getting decked out for the holidays with the second installment of the Jane Austen-inspired Pemberley trilogy, produced in association with the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama. The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley, by Lauren Gunderson and Margot… Read More ›
Ébène and Belcea Quartets perform Octets by Mendelssohn and Enescu on November 12th Chamber Music Pittsburgh (CMP) unites two of Europe’s leading string quartets for a joyful evening of octets at the newly remodeled Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland. Rarely presented in… Read More ›
Vigilance Theater Group‘s next journey into unchartered theatrical territory will be an immersive retelling of Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis, completed not long before the English playwright took her own life in 1999, at age 28. In his review of the 2004… Read More ›
Little Lake Theatre, a fixture of the Pittsburgh community theater scene, has announced its 2025 season, titled Adventure Awaits, along with the launch of The Lakepass, a new ticketing program designed to provide flexibility, value, and convenience for theater lovers. Discover… Read More ›
Image control and message focus are vital to winning U.S. Presidential elections. A new play by L.E. McCullough suggests that the men who occupied the White House got there because of their mom. The stories of 15 remarkable women are told in First… Read More ›
By JESSICA NEU Any performance by the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater is guaranteed to be a masterclass in technique, poise, elegance, and intricate choreography. PBT opens its 55th Emerald Anniversary Season with the Pittsburgh premiere of Trey McIntyre‘s Peter Pan, which… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON Corey Mach was on a balcony in Charlotte, N.C., last week, looking out at a cloudless sky and talking about coming to Pittsburgh as William Shakespeare in the hit musical & Juliet. Mach is on tour with… Read More ›
By JESSICA NEU “To be or not to be” a Shakespeare historian… “that is the question.” Regardless of your Shakespeare knowledge, you can conjure up a general synopsis of Romeo and Juliet. Star-crossed teens from rival gangs meet and nearly instantly… Read More ›
Large Assemblage Applauds an Almost Exclusively George Friederic Handel Program By GEORGE B. PAROUS We have said before that Chatham Baroque consistently offers attractive programs, whether they are performing, or, like yesterday afternoon, presenting guest artists. Either way, early and… Read More ›
