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Q&A With City Theatre’s ‘Hedwig’ Star, Treasure Treasure

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“I’ve always been drawn to characters that take up a lot of space and refuse to leave the stage. I was born to play Hedwig.” — Treasure Treasure, who stars for City Theatre in a first-time revival of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH.

The production at the Greer Cabaret, in partnership with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, was visited by Hedwig creator and recent “Oh, Mary!” star John Cameron Mitchell during rehearsals, saying of the Broadway role “It’s going well. Easier than Hedwig!”

As she takes the stage this week as Hedwig, Treasure answers questions for onStage Pittsburgh.

Preview: Prime Stage Theatre Commissions Tammy Ryan to Give Voice to ‘Speak’

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Prime Stage Theatre’s season of premieres continues this weekend with a commissioned work by playwright Tammy Ryan, who has adapted the National Book Award finalist “Speak” for the stage. The YA novel about consent, trauma, and healing has frequently been near the top of the ALA’s banned books list since its 1999 publication.  “Some people are afraid to let teenagers, as Laurie would say, be exposed to the realities of the world,” Ryan said, quoting “Speak” novelist Laurie Halse Anderson.

New Impulse Festival Pairs CMU Center for New Work With Local Theater Companies and Artists

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The Impulse Festival, new this spring from Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for New Work, includes among its in-development offerings a musical collaboration with Pittsburgh CLO, and a new TJ Young play, with Pittsburgh Public Theater. In partnership with City Theatre, the festival also boasts a “local artist-focused” New Work Slam, with “scenes, songs, and monologues from some of Pittsburgh’s up and coming playwrights.” The Impulse Festival runs April 30-May 3, 2026 at various Pittsburgh Cultural Trust venues.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Announces 2026 European  Tour: 13 Concerts, 6 Countries, 9 Cities 

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Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, led by Music Director Manfred Honeck, will embark on a three-week 2026 European Tour, performing 13 concerts across six countries and nine cities, including two performances at the Lucerne Festival; Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg; the Chopin and His Europe Festival in Warsaw; and as the only American orchestra at the prestigious Salzburg Festival. In early July, the orchestra will release an album featuring two works included on the tour, Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 and Carlos Simon’s Four Black American Dances on the Reference  Recordings label. 

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