Classrooms Without Borders and Rodef Shalom Congregation present this one-person award-winning monodrama on February 12th. Based on Benny Barbash‘s Israeli bestseller by the same name, the play has toured Israel and the globe to great acclaim and rave reviews for over… Read More ›
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New Horizon Theatre Kicks Off Black History Month with ‘American Menu’
By Sharon Eberson New Horizon Theatre opens Black History Month with American Menu, the story of five women working in the kitchen of a segregated diner in a Texas town, circa May 1968. Each of the women in the play… Read More ›
Cross-Stitch Theater Company Returns to the Stage with Diana Son’s ‘Stop Kiss’
Their first performances since 2019 will be February 10th to 12th, at the Pittsburgh Savoyards Studio Theatre in Bellevue, PA. Stop Kiss is “A poignant and funny play about the ways, both sudden and slow, that lives can change irrevocably,” says Variety. … Read More ›
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Harlem’: Black and Beautiful by Design
Demeatria Boccella weaves cultural touchstones into costumes for Pittsburgh Public’s all-Black production By Sharon Eberson This enchanting moment has been 20 years in the making for Demeatria Boccella. The “producer and curator of style, culture and design,” as she is… Read More ›
2023 Pittsburgh Humanities Festival Lineup Announced
The lineup for the 2023 Pittsburgh Humanities Festival will include This American Life host Ira Glass discussing “Seven Things I’ve Learned,” women in hip-hop and other timely presentations by artists, activists, community leaders and more. A co-production of the Pittsburgh… Read More ›
The Chamber Orchestra of Pittsburgh Hosts Composer and Violinist Alyssa Wang
On February 4 and 5, 2023, the Chamber Orchestra of Pittsburgh (COP) celebrates the remarkable talents of composer, violinist, and conductor Alyssa Wang in two performances: February 4, at 7:30 pm at Rodef Shalom and February 5, at 3:00 pm at Calvary United… Read More ›
barebones’s 20th Season Opens with the Promise of a Bloody Good Time
Modern revenge myth Is God Is comes to Braddock on February 24 By Sharon Eberson Patrick Jordan’s barebones productions is back in business in Braddock, opening season No, 20 with the revenge fantasy Is God Is on February 24. The… Read More ›
Split Stage Productions Presents the Big-Hearted Musical Extravaganza Kinky Boots!
The show features a joyous, Tony-winning score by pop icon Cyndi Lauper and a hilarious, uplifting book by four-time Tony winner Harvey Fierstein. The production opens on February 3rd at the Lamp Theater in Irwin. Kinky Boots has won six Tony awards, including Best… Read More ›
Chamber Music Pittsburgh Opens 2023 with Isidore String Quartet
February 13 Program Combines Contemporary and Classic Repertoire Chamber Music Pittsburgh (CMP) is honored to host the Isidore String Quartet for its Pittsburgh debut this February. The quartet recently won the top honor in the 2022 Banff International Competition and is praised… Read More ›
Q&A: Chris Hoch, from CMU to Broadway to Aldolpho to ‘Jagged Little Pill’
Chris Hoch was joking when he said, “I tend to do a tour about every 10 years.” Since graduating from Carnegie Mellon in 1998 and jumping right into a Pittsburgh CLO ensemble role, that’s taking Gaston from Broadway to the… Read More ›