Broadway and West End performer Darren Lee will direct and choreograph Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s production of Miss Saigon, March 4–14, 2027, at the Byham Theater. Lee, who recently starred as the King of Siam in the West End and UK… Read More ›
Show Previews
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Preview: ‘The Notebook’ Musical Gives Pittsburgh Native a Lift Toward Directing
“The hyphens are still flaring” for Asmeret Ghebremichael, a Pittsburgh native and Broadway star of “The Book of Mormon,” and associate director of “The Notebook” musical. The tour heads to the Benedum Center November 10-15, 2026.
Little Lake Theater Reveals 79th Season Titles for 2027
Little Lake Theater held a Halloween party on Friday, where the big treat was the announcement of the 2027 titles coming to two theaters: Little Lake’s lakeside home since 1949, and the new Canon Theatre in Downtown Canonsburg. (Story updated… Read More ›
Confluence Theater Will ‘Ride the Cyclone’; Musical Set for October 2027
Confluence Theater of Pittsburgh has announced its seventh show for 2027 to previous subscribers of Pittsburgh Public Theater and Pittsburgh CLO: Coming in fall of next year is the musical Ride the Cyclone. The 2009 dark comedy will play the Greer Cabaret Theater, Downtown, October 20-November 14, 2027.
Preview: Jacob Ming-Trent Finds a Lifesaver in Shakespeare
Jacob Ming-Trent’s “How Shakespeare Saved My Life,” a Prologue Season presentation from the Confluence Theater of Pittsburgh, reveals that being able to say, “I am a Shakespearean actor,” opened doors that seemed otherwise out of reach for a Black performer.
City Theatre and CMU Expand Partnership for Momentum Festival
Pittsburgh has long been a city that makes things. At City Theatre on the South Side, that tradition extends to making something less tangible but no less exciting: the next generation of American plays. That creative spirit takes center stage as… Read More ›
‘Night of the Singing Dead’ Joins the 27 Club with Two Final Performances at City Winery
After nearly three decades of raising the dearly departed for one last encore, Pittsburgh’s long-running mock-rock musical comedy, Night of the Singing Dead, is finally ready to rest in peace. Subtitled The Final Nail in the Coffin, the show brings… Read More ›
Night of New Symphonic Experience Celebrating George A. Romero to Feature Exclusive Screening of First Film ‘Expostulations’
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: Quantum Theatre Takes a Dramatic Journey to ‘radio island’
Site-specific, immersive Quantum Theatre has touched down in Rockwell Park for the premiere of “radio island,” where director Katie Brook and star Siovhan Christensen explore a new work, “Where global crisis collides with family drama.”
Preview: Performance and Politics Collide in barebones’ Dark Comedy ‘Ulster American’
“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.”