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Season Previews and Interviews.

Night of New Symphonic Experience Celebrating George A. Romero to Feature Exclusive Screening of First Film ‘Expostulations’

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NIGHT OF THE NEW SYMPHONIC WORK INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT GEORGE ROMERO’S FIRST FILM

The world premiere of George A. Romero’s A Night at the Symphony, an all-new symphonic concert experience featuring an exclusive screening of Romero’s long-lost debut film, “Expostulations,” will be presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and performed live by the Chamber Orchestra of Pittsburgh in a one-night-only performance on March 26, 2027, at the Byham Theater — previously The Fulton movie theater, where Romero premiered Night of the Living Dead in 1968.

Preview: Performance and Politics Collide in barebones’ Dark Comedy ‘Ulster American’

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“These three, it’s like a powder keg going off.” — Patrick Jordan

Starring David Whalen, Simon Bradbury and Christine Weber, a and directed by Patrick Jordan, the dark comedy “ULSTER AMERICAN” is at barebones productions’ Braddock Black Box Theater October 9-25, 2026. A collision of Hollywood, theater and The Troubles, “It’s provocative, profane, unapologetically abrasive, and very, very funny.”

Preview: OFF THE RECORD XXVI: ONE SINGLE YINZER NATION!

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OFF THE RECORD XXVI: ONE SINGLE YINZER NATION!

Shameless Plug About What We’ve Been Doing for Love for 26 Years!

Warning: This is a commentary promoting a show that onStage Pittsburgh’s Sharon Eberson has been involved with over the course of many years. Miss it at your peril of avoiding a night filled with music, fun and solidarity, all for a good cause.

Five Questions With Joseph Hall, Kelly Strayhorn Theater’s Co-Executive Director

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onStage Pittsburgh catches up with Joseph Hall, Kelly Strayhorn Theater’s co-Executive Director, as the Fall season at the East Liberty theater gets under way tonight with “AURA,” by Freshworks artist Mal MacKenzie.

“KST has always supported new performance that is in conversation with the present moment, even when the present moment is challenging, and that’s exactly what Mal is doing.”

A Conversation with Katie Brook, Quantum Theatre’s Incoming Artistic Director

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There likely will be changes ahead for Quantum Theatre, when Katie Brook takes the helm as Artistic Director, but one thing that won’t change: “It’s safe to say that we’re going to continue to work in unusual spaces,” Brook said: “That’s part of Quantum’s identity, and it’s one of genuinely the most explicit expressions of the values of nontraditional theater.”

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