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

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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 CLO Names Casts of 2026 Summer Musicals ‘Beautiful’ & ‘Mean Girls’

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Pittsburgh CLO has announced the casts of productions for its 2026 summer season, a mix of frequent PCLO performers, Pittsburgh-based artists, and newcomers. After 80 seasons as the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, this is the company’s final season of locally produced professional musicals under that name. A new entity that combines elements of Pittsburgh Public Theater and Pittsburgh CLO will be announced in January 2027. Also this summer, PCLO also will presents the National Tour of Suffs, July 21-16, 2026.

Winners Crowned at Pittsburgh CLO’s 2026 Gene Kelly Awards

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The 35th annual Gene Kelly Awards honoring excellence in high school musical theater in Allegheny County crowned the 2026 winners on Saturday night. Representing four budget categories, the Outstanding Musical winners, announced by Gene Kelly’s widow, Patricia Ward Kelly, were Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School’s Hadestown: Teen Edition (Budget Level 1), Central & Oakland Catholic High Schools’s The Addams Family (Level II), Elizabeth Forward High School’s The Prince of Egypt (Level III), and Pine-Richland High School’s Chicago: Teen Edition (Level IV). 

Pittsburgh Public Theater and Pittsburgh CLO Reveal 2026 ‘Prologue Season,’ Ahead of 2027 Merger

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Pittsburgh Public Theater and Pittsburgh CLO have announced a “Prologue Season” of curated programming for the remainder of 2026, as they prepare to merge into one organization in January of 2027.

In a press release on Friday, May, 8, 2026, it was also announced that the O’Reilly Theater, home of Pittsburgh Public Theater since 1999, will undergo “significant renovations this fall.”

The lineup also includes the return of the Pittsburgh CLO holiday standard, “A Musical Christmas Carol,” at the Byham Theater, and “Who’s Holiday!” at the Greer Cabaret Theater.

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