Our thoughts on the state of the performing arts in Greater Pittsburgh and nationally.
Corningworks presents the next installment of the Glue Factory Project, the fisherman, the butterfly, eve & her lover — a parable. This is the twenty-fifth in the award-winning series of original evening-length dance theater works created on internationally & nationally critically… Read More ›
Newcomers include Mrs. Doubtfire and Girl From the North Country, plus revivals of The Wiz, Company and more By SHARON EBERSON And the answers are … For those of us who followed and solved the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s social-media hints… Read More ›
The contemporary play company also boasts a musical collaboration with Pittsburgh CLO, plus an Andy Warhol trip, the post-Pride Benets and more By SHARON EBERSON Fat Ham, the 2022 Pulitzer Prize-winner that is days away from a Broadway opening, leads… Read More ›
The new musical ‘Shantytown’ is now scheduled to open on March 17 at Madison Arts Center. The following story about the construction of the venue has been updated to reflect the postponements and new dates. By JAMES PAUL, Pittsburgh Magazine… Read More ›
Co-stars Evelyn Hernandez and Laurie Klatscher the play about feuding neighbors By SHARON EBERSON Native Gardens is a play about neighbors learning to get along, so you just know it was destined for Mister Rogers’ neighborhood. Theaters nationwide have been… Read More ›
‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ added as the season’s August Wilson play The new musical Shantytown. The Ballad of Fr. James Cox by Ray Werner marks a new era for Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company in its new home in the… Read More ›
March has come in like a lion for Pittsburgh theater-going, and the roar only builds as the month marches on. March 2nd through 4th, Thursday through Saturday last week, there was so much to choose from that I was behind… Read More ›
In the following press release issued today, Eileen Clancy, Co-President of PICT Classic Theatre, said when asked about the state of the theater, “Whereas several months back, the outlook for PICT Classic Theatre was somewhat uncertain, I can now confidently… Read More ›
The 29th annual Shakespeare Monologue and Scene Contest at Pittsburgh Public Theater reached the Showcase of Finalists on Monday, with the winners announced today. Finalists of the 2023 Shakespeare Monologue and Scene Contest at Pittsburgh Public Theater perform as an… Read More ›
True West is an American classic that explores alternatives that might spring from the demented terrain of the California landscape. Sons of a desert-dwelling alcoholic and a suburban wanderer clash over a film script. Austin, the achiever (played by Point Park… Read More ›
