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• How We Got Here, and What Comes Next: Unifying Pittsburgh Public Theater and Pittsburgh CLO

  By Sharon Eberson on June 25, 2026 • ( 3 )

  

  AN INSIDE VIEW TO THE FUTURE OF PITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER AND PITTSBURGH CLO

  When their marriage becomes legal sometime this summer, only then will the new name and details of the Pittsburgh Public Theater and Pittsburgh CLO unification be fully revealed. Until that time, they are in the engagement period of a process that will culminate in the region’s two largest professional theater companies merging into one.

• Review: Pittsburgh CLO’s ‘Beautiful, the Carole King Musical’ Is Some Kind of Wonderful

  By Sharon Eberson on June 24, 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  Pittsburgh CLO’s 80th season opener, “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” rides the unstoppable wave of musical standards by one of the 30 greatest living American songwriters, according to a recent New York Times poll, in a production as finely tuned as any National Tour, especially in its sparkling Carole.

  For Beautiful to get it right, you have to start with a Carole you believe in, and Pittsburgh CLO gets it very right with Kyra Kennedy, supported by an accomplished troupe of mostly local performers and musicians.

• Pittsburgh Musical Theater 2026-2027 Season Features ‘Miss Saigon,’ Introduces Broadway Seniors

  By sharononstagepittsburghcom on June 23, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Pittsburgh Musical Theater has announced its 2026-2027 season, with performances at the Gargaro Theater, Byham Theater, and West End Canopy.  “This season is an invitation, not just to see a show, but to experience the extraordinary power of live theater… Read More ›

• Arts Landing Events Through September 2026

  By sharononstagepittsburghcom on June 22, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has revealed Arts Landing public events through September 2026. In addition to food truck Wednesdays, free happenings throughout the week include music on the Dollar Bank Stage, movie nights, salsa dancing nights, pickleball, Family Fest Saturdays, and more. 

• Review: No Objections to Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center’s ‘Legally Blonde the Musical’

  By Jessica Neu on June 21, 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  By JESSICA NEU Oh my gosh, you guys! Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center concludes its 2025-26 season with Legally Blonde The Musical. Written by Heather Hach, with music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin, this infectious musical, directed by Justin Fortunato, is based on the Amanda Brown novel and the… Read More ›

• What’s On Stage Pittsburgh: June 22nd to the end of August, 2026

  By ghoover on June 21, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh area stages this week and through the end of August, from onStage Pittsburgh. Check back frequently as shows are being added regularly. Opening This Week Continuing Their Run Opening Next Week (June… Read More ›

• With ‘The Tempest,’ Quantum’s Karla Boos Bids Adieu to 35 Years of Theatrical Innovation, Courage and Wonder

  By sharononstagepittsburghcom on June 20, 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  By SHARON EBERSON Karla Boos’ admits her singular vision might at times seem “batshit crazy” to the rest of us. “I do things that I don’t understand, and don’t know how to do,” she would often say.   What to her… Read More ›

• Review: At Arm’s Length: Resonance Works’ ‘Roméo et Juliette’

  By Guilherme Yazbek on June 20, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  By GUILHERME MELETTI YAZBEK Upon entering the New Hazlett Theater for Resonance Works’ production of Roméo et Juliette, one is struck by how little there is to see. Four simple platforms covered in a black-and-white diamond pattern occupy the thrust stage, while the chamber… Read More ›

• Review: Rare ‘Hamlet: The Bad Quarto’ Production Is Served by Youth

  By Sharon Eberson on June 20, 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  “Hamlet: The Bad Quarto”, a script that predates the best-loved published Folio, employs some names, phrasing and layering that resemble an early draft, before the Bard really got going on eloquence and rhythms. Yet, taken for all, “The Bad Quarto” doesn’t seem so very different by comparison. Rare in presentation, it is an exhilarating treat to experience the play now onstage at the Rauh Studio Theatre in Oakland, presented by director Jeremy Seghers with a youthful cast, led by Ayden Freed.

• Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Enchants Audience with ‘Appalachian Spring’

  By Claire Stevens on June 20, 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  The BNY Classics season finale featured dancers from Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre By CLAIRE STEVENS The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra concluded its BNY Classics season with Appalachian Spring, a celebration of the works of American composers. The performance was dedicated to Richard P. “Dick”… Read More ›

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