By SHARON EBERSON Wanna find outWho’s naughty or niceAnd not have to askIf Santa checked twice?If you’re thinking it’s Scrooge,It could be, that’s true.But I’ll tell you right now:It’s Cindy Lou Who, that’s who!And who should be seen As the adult… Read More ›
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‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Provides a Showcase for the Talented Mr. Rob McClure
COMMENTARY By SHARON EBERSON When I see the words “Starring Rob McClure,” I think, “I’m all in.” So tonight, when he and wife Maggie Lakis take the Benedum Center stage in the musical comedy Mrs. Doubtfire, I’ll be there. I… Read More ›
Front Porch Theatricals Sings Out an Enticing New Season
All-Female ‘A … My Name is Still Alice’ and the Pittsburgh Premiere of ‘Bandstand’ Are on Tap for 2024 By SHARON EBERSON On a music-filled night representing Front Porch Theatricals’ past and future, the summertime company announced 2024’s two-show season:… Read More ›
Little Lake Theatre Reveals 10-Show 2024 Season
Plus Stage 62 Announces a four show season AND a new theater company is announced. Little Lake Theatre had doubly good news to shout about this week: Along with the run of 2023 holiday-offering White Christmas being sold out, the… Read More ›
Quantum’s 100th Illuminates Chagalls’ Epic Love Story
Passion and Hardship Follow Artist and his Lifelong Muse in ‘Flying Lovers of Vitebsk’ “In our life there is a single color, as on an artist’s palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of… Read More ›
A.I. Will Run Amok in Annual OFF THE RECORD! Musical Satire
COMMENTARY The Annual Show Is a Collaboration of Three Unions, Benefiting Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank By Sharon Eberson You can feel it all around you. It’s that time when the air is crisp, football and hockey are under way,… Read More ›
Herbie Hancock in Concert Among Highlights of August Wilson African American Cultural Center 2023-24 Season
The August Wilson African American Cultural Center has announced a 2023-24 season of events, exhibitions, performances and educational programs ‘that delve deep into the heart of African American culture and beyond.” Among the highlights is an evening with Herbie Hancock,… Read More ›
Brian Quijada Takes Audiences on His Mother’s Immigration Journey in ‘Somewhere Over the Border’
City Theatre Opens 2023-24 With a Musical Work That Began in Pittsburgh By SHARON EBERSON Brian Quijada’s Somewhere Over the Border began with “an epic conversation” between the performance artist and his mother. The Yellow Brick Road that twice has… Read More ›
Long-Awaited ‘Moulin Rouge!’ Makes Its Pittsburgh Debut With a Dashing Duke and Splashy Spectable
By SHARON EBERSON The North American tour of Moulin Rouge! The Musical was delayed twice by COVID, once when we were all on hold during the pandemic, and again for the first wave of the Omicron variant. But if this show… Read More ›
New Billy Strayhorn Biomusical Is a Pittsburgh Story From Concept to Pittsburgh Public Stage
By SHARON EBERSON Jazz legend Billy Strayhorn’s story is a Pittsburgh story, in his lifetime and even now, when he is being celebrated with a world-premiere biomusical in the heart of the city’s Cultural District. Billy Strayhorn: Something to Live… Read More ›