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Review: PSO Pops Concert Celebrates the Women of Rock ‘n’ Roll

By YVONNE HUDSON From the opening Piece of My Heart through the final rousing Proud Mary, the Pittsburgh Symphony Pops rocked Heinz Hall this weekend with a musical journey from the 1960s through the 1980s, showcasing some of the powerhouse female… Read More ›
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Review: Kamratōn, in 8th Season, Presents ‘She Scores’ – Pittsburgh 2023 Edition
Women In New Music Ensemble Continues Signature Project By George B. Parous The Kamratōn ensemble, self-described as a genre-bending challenge to the boundaries of music performance, gave their She Scores Pittsburgh edition concert last evening at the Friends Meeting House… Read More ›
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Grammy-Award Winning Pacifica Quartet with Anthony McGill
April 24 Chamber Music Concert Explores What It Means to be American Chamber Music Pittsburgh presents the Grammy–Award-winning Pacifica Quartet with Anthony McGill, principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic. The concert, part of CMP’s 2022–23 MainStage Live season, takes place on Monday, April 24,… Read More ›
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Steel City Shakespeare Center Presents ‘The Heavy Gait of Night’ with a Workshop on March 31 and April 1
The Heavy Gait of Night is a brand-new play by SCSC Founder and Artistic Director Jeffrey Chips about grief, passion, and family, filled with humor and love and finding inspiration from those we love the most. The year is 1596. Will “Shaggy” Shakespeare… Read More ›
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New Strayhorn Musical, Nia Vardalos Play Open Pittsburgh Public’s 2023-23 Season
‘A Christmas Story’ Returns for the Holidays Pittsburgh Public Theatre has announced three shows for the 2023-24 season, opening September 19 with the world-premiere production Billy Strayhorn: Something to Live For. The musical about the jazz legend who grew up… Read More ›
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Review: New Musical ‘Shantytown’ Shines a Bright Light on a Fascinating Pittsburgher
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater opens a new chapter with the story of Father James Cox, champion of the Depression-era jobless By SHARON EBERSON New chapters are being written simultaneously in the Upper Hill District, each emerging from stories with deep Pittsburgh… Read More ›
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Off The Wall Productions Presents ‘Etty’ at Carnegie Stage
“If I should not survive, how I die will show me who I really am.” The one-woman play Etty, adapted and performed by Susan Stein and directed by Austin Pendleton, returns to Carnegie Stage as an Off the Wall presentation… Read More ›
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Review: Clever ‘Native Gardens’ Seeded With Laughs and Hot Topics
By BOB HOOVER City Theatre continues its run of topical dramas with a spirited, smart production of Karen Zacarias’s Native Gardens, a play that has the elements of a TV sitcom, but turns those elements on their heads. Imagine two… Read More ›
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Review: Bonkers ‘Pickleball’ Lands a Banger at Little Lake
May 31, 2026
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Review: Eavesdropping on Brotherhood and Bonding in ‘Coconut Cake’
May 31, 2026
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Review: The Light Without the Longing: Broadway’s ‘The Great Gatsby – A New Musical’ at the Benedum
May 27, 2026
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Review: When Ballet Makes Us Laugh: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
May 16, 2026
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Review: ‘Working’ Musical Uncovers the Lives Behind the Livelihoods
May 16, 2026
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Review: Campus Activism in 1969-70 Brims With Connections to Today in New Play
May 15, 2026
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Review: Italian ‘Jitney’ Exudes the Essence of August Wilson
May 11, 2026
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Review: Perpetual Permutation: Exhaustion in Jeanine Durning’s ‘The Play’
May 11, 2026
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Review: ‘A.I.M by Kyle Abraham’ – A Sleek Repertoire with a Profound Message
May 10, 2026
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Review: Haunted Theatre Company’s Production of ‘Wine & Spirit’s – Satire, Comedy, Farce or Horror Thriller?
May 10, 2026
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Review: Prime Stage Theatre’s ‘Speak’ Speaks Volumes About Aftershocks of Sexual Assault
May 3, 2026
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Review: Disidentifying on Stage: ‘A Conversation’ in Progress with LaTrea Derome’
May 3, 2026
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Review: PMT’s Moving ‘Evan Hansen’ Showcases Stellar Cast, Dynamic Design
May 1, 2026
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Review: Technique, Timing, and Talent: Point Park University’s Conservatory of Performing Arts’ ‘Spring Dance Concert’
April 30, 2026
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Review: Feeding Desire: On ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ and the Logic of the Pact
April 30, 2026
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Alumni Theater Company Moves ‘Once on This Island’ From O’Reilly Theater to Oakland Venue
June 5, 2026
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Pittsburgh CLO Names Casts of 2026 Summer Musicals ‘Beautiful’ & ‘Mean Girls’
June 4, 2026
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Director Griffith Digs Into the Art of ‘Working’for Front Porch
May 13, 2026
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Echoes of War: Students Face Vietnam Draft in New Play
May 12, 2026
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Pittsburgh Public Theater and Pittsburgh CLO Reveal 2026 ‘Prologue Season,’ Ahead of 2027 Merger
May 8, 2026
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Full Lineup Unveiled for Three Rivers Arts Festival at Arts Landing
May 4, 2026
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Q&A With City Theatre’s ‘Hedwig’ Star, Treasure Treasure
May 2, 2026
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Preview: Prime Stage Theatre Commissions Tammy Ryan to Give Voice to ‘Speak’
April 28, 2026
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‘Evan Hansen’s’ Anthony Marino Jr. Was Born to the Stage
April 24, 2026
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Preview: Michael McGovern on Haunted Theatre Company’s “Wine & Spirits”
April 24, 2026
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Pittsburgh Opera Wraps Its Season, and General Director Christopher Hahn’s Tenure, with Verdi’s Final Opera “Falstaff” April 28th – May 3rd
April 23, 2026
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New Impulse Festival Pairs CMU Center for New Work With Local Theater Companies and Artists
April 20, 2026
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Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Announces 2026 European Tour: 13 Concerts, 6 Countries, 9 Cities
April 15, 2026
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Pittsburgh Public Theater Concludes 51st Season, Opens Doors to Alumni Theater Company
April 13, 2026
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off the WALL Will Say a Bittersweet Goodbye With the Memory Play ‘Breadcrumbs’
April 9, 2026
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2026 Three Rivers Arts Festival Opens at Arts Landing
June 5, 2026
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A Converstation With Stephen Flaherty: Composer’s Ragtime’ Red-Carpet Ride Stops in Pittsburgh for Richard Rodgers Award
May 28, 2026
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A Brutal Week in Pittsburgh Theater Demands A Reset: Let’s Do Better
May 25, 2026
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14 Community Theaters Featured in Downtown Pittsburgh Showcase
May 20, 2026
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Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Announces Company Promotions
May 18, 2026
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August Wilson’s ‘Jitney’ Comes Home to the Hill — In Italian
May 5, 2026
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Attack Theatre, Kelly Strayhorn Theater, and PearlArts Movement & Sound Launch Equitable Access to Rehearsal Infrastructure in Pittsburgh
April 28, 2026
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Carnegie Mellon and Pittsburgh Symphony Launch Four-Year Partnership
April 22, 2026
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Arts Landing Ribbon-Cutting Showcases What’s in Store for Pittsburghers, Beyond the NFL Draft
April 17, 2026
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Interview: Maria Caruso On Her New Projects, Bodiography, the State of the Dance World, and Inspiring the Youth
April 6, 2026
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Pittsburgh Playwright Theatre Premiere Unites Local Artists in ‘Paradox of Education’
April 3, 2026
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We’re Off to See ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Costumes at Little Lake
April 2, 2026
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‘Water for Elephants’ Is Theatrical by Leaps and Bounds and Puppets
March 26, 2026
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Forging Community Is a Primary Theme of Pittsburgh Public Theater’s Season Finale
March 25, 2026
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In ’10 Out of 12,’ Quantum Will Allow Audience Into the Theater-Making Process
March 22, 2026
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2026 Juneteenth Events In the Pittsburgh Area
June 1, 2026
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Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks Celebrates the Bard’s Birthday with a Week of Will – April 20th to 24th
April 17, 2026
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Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and Orchestra Celebrate ‘America 250’
February 19, 2026
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An Interview with Timothi Williams from Pittsburgth Opera’s ‘Time to Act’
February 18, 2026
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The Pittsburgh Savoyards Present Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘Utopia, Limited,’ Opening October 10th
October 9, 2025
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An Interview with Erik Nordstrom as Schaunard in Pittsburgh Opera’s ‘La Bohème’
October 9, 2025
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Signs of Inclusivity: ‘Another Kind of Silence’ at City
September 3, 2025
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PICT’s ‘Aspirational’ 2025-2026 Season Opens With Satirical Romp ‘First Lady’
August 26, 2025
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PMT Sets Season No. 35 With Some Things Old and New, Including ‘Dear Evan Hansen’
June 18, 2025
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2025 Pittsburgh Juneteenth Event Highlights
June 12, 2025
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‘Anastasia’ opens Friday, May 2nd, at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center’s Main Stage Theater
April 28, 2025
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New 3-Play 2025 Festival Brings ‘Two Trains Running,’ ‘Fences,’ ‘Ma Rainey’ to the Hill District in August
April 26, 2025
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Pittsburgh Opera’s newest world premiere, ‘Woman With Eyes Closed,’ has three different endings!
April 19, 2025
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City Theatre Packs Next Season With Firsts: 3 World Premieres, a Revival, New Start Times, Second City, and More
April 11, 2025
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Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co.’s Leader Continues 19th-Century Journey With Pre-Emancipation ‘Art of Wise’
April 8, 2025
