By Jessica Neu Adapted and directed by Robert Hockenberry, the Pittsburgh Savoyards celebrate their 85th season with the beloved holiday classic Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol. Seeing this production is akin to listening to a wonderful acoustic version of your favorite album…. Read More ›
All of us at onStage Pittsburgh are thankful for the Pittsburgh performing artists who entertain us year-round with cultural choices. Profound, provocative or just plain fun, we are here for it all. Most of all, we are thankful for our… Read More ›
Performances are over three weekends: November 25, 26, 27, December 2, 3, 4, December 9, 10. This beloved Christmas ghost story by Charles Dickens is a holiday favorite sure to put you in the right mood for the season! Ebenezer Scrooge, a… Read More ›
Steel City Shakespeare Center opened their holiday offering, Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol with the first of four presentations, this at the Trinity Lutheran Church on the Northside. I’m going to make the assumption here that everyone reading this post knows… Read More ›
Just when you think no one can do anything new with A Christmas Carol, off the WALL Productions is here to surprise you with Mark Coffin’s one-man rendition of Charles Dickens’ 19th-century classic. Throughout 90 minutes, Coffin plays a host… Read More ›
When you meet Jeffrey Chips, artistic director for the Steel City Shakespeare Center, you’re immediately struck by his indisputable kindness and genuineness. The mission of the Steel City Shakespeare Center is to use classical theater to engage and inspire audiences…. Read More ›
Everything about The Steel City Shakespeare Center’s (SCSC) production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol surprised me. This was my first SCSC performance and I have to admit, I kind of want to go back today and watch the show again. For weeks I… Read More ›
2016, it has been said, has been a pretty garbage year. The division between Americans is greater than ever in living memory, the incoming president’s speeches resemble a series of Cards Against Humanity jokes strung together, intolerance is at the… Read More ›
December has crept up on us faster than the Grinch stole every last present in Whoville. Luckily for us, the holiday season in Pittsburgh means some of the best, festive shows around. We’ve rounded up a few of our favorite… Read More ›
After a financially rewarding, well attended season that was included in the Post-Gazette’s annual “Best of” roundup, in January of 2016 Little Lake Theater made a significant artistic change. Little Lake Theatre let go Roxy MtJoy, who had served one… Read More ›