Season Previews and Interviews.
By SHARON EBERSON Sherlock Holmes is the gift that keeps on giving to David Whalen and Andrew Paul, with another package about to be unwrapped for fans of both the timeless fictional detective and Charles Dickens’ Christmas classic. A Sherlock… Read More ›
Lindsay Anne Herring is currently a Critical Insight fellow at Pittsburgh Public Theater in partnership with American Theatre magazine. By LINDSAY ANNE HERRING During the crazed rush of performance previews and tech week for The Hobbit, now running at Pittsburgh… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON Brothers Malcolm Washington and John David Washington were in the spotlight in Pittsburgh on Monday, as they asserted how meaningful it was from them to be in the childhood hometown of August Wilson, and in the presence… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON Pittsburgh CLO’s 2025 summer just got one-production bigger with the announcement that it will present the premiere of Madame Clicquot: A Revolutionary Musical, a lead-in to the three-show subscription season. Madame Clicquot will be produced as “a… Read More ›
PearlArts, the renowned multidisciplinary arts organization, to announced its has rebrand as PearlArts Movement & Sound. This transformation unites the organization’s diverse initiatives under one umbrella. It marks the move to its new state-of-the-art studio space in Braddock, PA. Founded by… Read More ›
Step into the World of Imagination – Opening November 13, 2024 Bricolage and Enter The Imaginarium (ETI), leaders in interactive, narrative-driven entertainment, are excited to announce the grand opening of its latest escape room experience: The Mind’s Eye. This all-new adventure promises to push the… Read More ›
Commentary By SHARON EBERSON It’s 10 days to Game Day No. 24 as I write this, and I’m feeling the pressure and the pride. I come to you today as producer of Pittsburgh’s 24th musical satire/fundraiser OFF THE RECORD, as… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON Charles Gray, who served as executive director of Pittsburgh CLO from 1982 to 1996, years that included the founding of the Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater and opening of the CLO Academy,… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON Kelli O’Hara’s voice emanated from the phone Thursday morning, talking about Shirley Jones. Musical royalty gushing about royalty. Sublime. There’ll be more of that at SHIRLEY JONES: A Gala Celebration of her Life, Career, and Legacy, Saturday,… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON The easiest decision about celebrating Shirley Jones’ life, career and legacy was that it would take place in Pittsburgh. “I wouldn’t have wanted to do it anywhere else,” said her son Patrick Cassidy. On September 21 at… Read More ›
