A $10 million grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation – “among the largest philanthropic gifts to the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust in its four-decade-history” – has helped the nonprofit arts organization to complete funding to cover construction costs of Arts Landing. Additionally, the grant will support ongoing operations, programming, maintenance, and security for the 4-acre civic space once it opens to the public in 2026.
The just-opened barebones production of The Shark Is Broken, in the intimate Braddock black box theater, provides a fly-on-the-wall view of men not at work. It is a bitingly funny nostalgia trip, just right for the 50th anniversary of Jaws, and an emotional feast for three local actors to sink their teeth into.
The Scottish play has awakened passions since Shakespeare’s day, inspiring countless interpretations and re-imaginings along the way. Enter Mac Beth by Erica Schmidt, “equally giggly and grisly,” according to Time Out New York, finding its way to Washington’s Landing May 30-June 15.
The “Jaws”-inspired play “The Shark Is Broken” rides a wave of excitement into Braddock, buoyed by “Jaws” fever and three Patricks: Patrick Jordan, Patrick Cannon and Quinn Patrick Shannon.
“Twelve Angry Men” was written in 1954 by Reginald Rose as a teleplay, then adapted into a stage play in 1955, and an Oscar-nominated film in 1957. The play opened on May 2, 2025, at the New Hazlett Theater, in a Prime Stage production that sears with the tension of individuals, representing a dozen backgrounds and perspectives, having to come to a unanimous verdict or declare a hung jury.
Three Rivers Arts Festival, June 5-8, moves to Strip District for 2025, while future Pittsburgh Cultural District home Arts Landing is under construction.
City Theatre heads into the 2025-2026 season with an expansive five-show subscription lineup that features three world premieres, a Pittsburgh premiere, a revival in the heart of the Pittsburgh Cultural District, plus a visit from the improv troupe Second City, making its South Side debut.
NEW 3-PLAY SUMMER FESTIVAL WILL HONOR AUGUST WILSON A newly minted three-play festival, titled the August Wilson American Century Cycle Experience, will run for six weeks this summer, said Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company’s Mark Clayton Southers, offering a sneak peek… Read More ›
By MARIA SCIULLO Now you see her, now you don’t. And here she is, again. What a treat. Liberty Magic, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust‘s top-notch series of prestidigitations, returns June 5, 2025 with a second helping of panache from Lucy… Read More ›
By MARIA SCIULLO Now you see her, now you don’t. And here she is, again. What a treat. Liberty Magic, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust‘s top-notch series of prestidigitations, returns June 5, 2025 with a second helping of panache from Lucy… Read More ›
