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Preview: Award-Winning Playwright a.k. payne Journeys Through Time With ‘BURNBABYBURN!’

The world premiere of the award-winning playwright a.k. payne’s “BURNBABYBURN! the american dream” is a co-production of Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company and the August Wilson House. In the play, generations of women confront truths about motherhood, love, loss, and Pittsburgh — “a city that both holds and haunts their dreams” — as they ask questions across time.
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Review: Pittsburgh Ballet Theater’s “Ballet Under the Stars” is the Perfect End-of-Summer Family Event
By JESSICA NEU Although Taylor Swift declared that August “slips away like a bottle of wine,” the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater proved that there is still much enjoyment to be had before the sun sets on another summer season. The Pittsburgh… Read More ›
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Must-See Pittsburgh: Call Board for August 20, 2026
With news about 2026 Pittsburgh New Works Festival, Discounted PSO Student Ticket Program, the power of Les Miz, David Toole, Breakthrough Sessions at Pittsburgh Playhouse, and more. 🎭 ICYMI: 2026 PITTSBURGH NEW WORKS FESTIVAL The 36th annual Pittsburgh New Works… Read More ›
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Michael Misko’s Mesmerizing Magic at Liberty Magic
September 9, 2026
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Review: In a.k. payne’s ‘BURNBABYBURN!’, Generations of Black Women Hope and Dream, and Rage Against Injustice
August 31, 2026
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Becoming Arts’ 10-Minute Play Festival Returns on Packed Weekend for Pittsburgh Theater
August 29, 2026
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Review: Pittsburgh Ballet Theater’s “Ballet Under the Stars” is the Perfect End-of-Summer Family Event
August 24, 2026
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Review: Attention Deserves to Be Paid to Killer Cast of ‘Assassins’
August 21, 2026
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Review: ‘Come From Away’ Pulsates With Neighborly Heart and Soul
August 16, 2026
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Review: South Park Theatre’s ‘Boeing Boeing’ Delivers an Entertaining Evening of Comedy
August 16, 2026
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Review: Five Bodies, One Staircase: Jonathan González’s ‘The Strikebreakers’ at Carnegie Museum of Art
August 15, 2026
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Review: This is No Elementary Play: ‘Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B’ Keeps Audiences Laughing and Guessing Till the Very End
August 14, 2026
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Review: Revel in the Delights of Kinetic’s ‘The Murder of Roger Ackroyd’
August 8, 2026
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The Theater Kids Are All Right: Alumni’s ‘Once on This Island’; CMU’s ‘Midsummer’ Showcase Youthful Talent
August 3, 2026
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Review: Paragon Theater’s ‘Something Rotten!’ Is Anything But
August 1, 2026
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Chantal Joseph Brings ‘Stars @ Riverview’ to Exciting Close
July 26, 2026
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Review: ‘SUFFS’ Marches Into the Benedum with Strength, Fortitude and Conviction
July 22, 2026
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Review: There’s Magic in the Air for ‘The Tempest,’ Karla Boos’ Quantum Swan Song
July 20, 2026
Show Previews ›
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Preview: One-Woman Musical ‘In Clay’ Opens City Theatre’s 52nd Season
September 9, 2026
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Preview: Mandy Gonzalez Sings the Songs of Lin-Manuel Miranda With PSO Pops
September 8, 2026
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30 Years On, ‘Rent’ Continues to Have a Hold on Peter Matthew Smith
September 4, 2026
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An Interview with Zama Magudulela, Who Plays Rafiki in Disney’s ‘The Lion King’
August 31, 2026
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Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks Reimagines ‘Merry Wives of Windsor’ for Fall 2026
August 27, 2026
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Preview: Award-Winning Playwright a.k. payne Journeys Through Time With ‘BURNBABYBURN!’
August 24, 2026
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Preview: Disney’s ‘The Lion King’: Keeping the Legacy Alive on Stage
August 24, 2026
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Preview: Bridges and Stages 10-Minute Play Festival Is Back and on the Move to the North Side
August 21, 2026
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Locally Produced ‘Rent’ at Greer Cabaret Brings Peter Matthew Smith Back to Pittsburgh
August 17, 2026
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Preview: New Pittsburgh Company With Familiar Faces Brings ‘Assassins’ Musical to Greer Cabaret
August 17, 2026
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Preview: ‘Come From Away’ Arrives With Stories of ‘Relentless Decency’
August 8, 2026
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Kinetic Theatre Starting Five: Agatha Christie’s ‘The Murder of Roger Ackroyd’
August 5, 2026
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Preview: ‘Book of Mormon’ Star Kim Exum Joins Alumni Theater for ‘Once on This Island’
July 27, 2026
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Preview: Stage 62 Returns to Welcoming Downtown Venue With ‘Company’
July 16, 2026
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Kinetic’s Rarely Done ‘Henry Johnson’ Boasts David Butler’s Return to Pittsburgh Stage
July 9, 2026
Feature Stories ›
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A Conversation with Katie Brook, Quantum Theatre’s Incoming Artistic Director
September 9, 2026
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The Theatre Factory Announces Their 2026 /2027 Season and a New Home
September 7, 2026
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Meet City Theatre’s New Artistic Producer, Nicholas Perez-Hoop
September 5, 2026
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Kiesha Lalama Envisions Pittsburgh Playhouse and Point Park COPA on the Global Stage
August 26, 2026
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Mark Fleischer Exits Along With Pittsburgh CLO: ‘It’s Been an Honor to Work Here’
July 31, 2026
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Ode to a Grecian Earn: ‘Hadestown’ Screen Splash Is a Sign for U.S. to Pick Up Pro Shot Pace
July 28, 2026
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New Hazlett Launches ForgeWorks, Names First Artistic Director
July 23, 2026
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‘SUFFS’ Tony-Nominated Director Leigh Silverman
July 22, 2026
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How We Got Here, and What Comes Next: Unifying Pittsburgh Public Theater and Pittsburgh CLO
June 25, 2026
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1971 Was One Fine Year for Pittsburgh CLO and Carole King
June 18, 2026
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Manfred Honeck Set to Become Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Longest-Serving Music Director
June 10, 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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2026 Juneteenth Events In the Pittsburgh Area
June 1, 2026
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Preview: Prime Stage Theatre Commissions Tammy Ryan to Give Voice to ‘Speak’
April 28, 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 Symphony Orchestra Announces 2026 European Tour: 13 Concerts, 6 Countries, 9 Cities
April 15, 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
