In PICT’s “The Smuggler,” a solo show by Ronán Noone about the underbelly of immigration, Michael Patrick Trimm’s Tim Finnegan gives off a pirate-like energy, in a fast-paced and energetic performance — Trimm won’t let you take your eyes off him for a second.
The Smuggler – a one-man thriller in rhythmic verse – is finally ready for its closeup. Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre first announced Michael Patrick Trimm in the role of bartender/smuggler/immigrant Tim Finnegan for March of last year, working with director Patrick Cannon and expected at Riley’s Pour House in Carnegie. Fate and fire intervened, and Riley’s burned to the ground in November 2024. Starting March 13, 2026, Trimm is now ready to get fully under the skin of Finnegan, with a new director (Melissa Grande) and a new venue (Carnegie Stage), after more than a year of stop-and-start preparation.
Opening this Valentine’s Day weekend, Tammy and Zachary Wyatt will be onstage, together, for the first time, reading “Love Letters,” an enduring play told entirely through correspondence. It is reminiscent of their own love story, which began with handwritten letters, before the retired CIA agent and actress met in person.
Some things are such crowd-pleasers, they bear repeating. Even within the packed realm of Christmas-time theater, that holds true for Kinetic Theatre’s finely tuned, atmospheric production of “A Sherlock Carol.” Introduced last year at the Stephen Foster Memorial, the show this season travels from Oakland to Carnegie Stage, and, if anything, gains in connectivity between cast and audience in the intimate space.
Here’s what’s on stage in Pittsburgh this week and through the end of October, gathered for you by OnStage Pittsburgh. We do our best to capture as many performances as possible, but there’s always more to discover! For a full… Read More ›
Here is onStage Pittsburgh’s list of performing arts events this week in Pittsburgh through the end of September. While we try to list as many events as possible in our weekly listings; many more events are happening in our area,… Read More ›
Here is onStage Pittsburgh’s list of performing arts events this week in Pittsburgh through the end of September. While we try to list as many events as possible in our weekly listings; many more events are happening in our area,… Read More ›
Here is onStage Pittsburgh’s list of performing arts events this week in Pittsburgh through the end of September. While we try to list as many events as possible in our weekly listings; many more events are happening in our area,… Read More ›
Martin McDonagh wrote a doozy of a role when he created “Hangmen’s” Mooney, the walking, talking plot device who enters a pub in Northern England, emanating a persona that may just as well be a neon sign that says “stranger danger.” He talks up a storm, does Mooney, and with every word becomes more of a sinister presence in the life of Harry Wade, one of the last hangmen in the UK, and proud of it. In the United States regional premiere of Hangmen by Kinetic Theatre, Mooney is played by the youthful Charlie Kennedy, a recent Point Park graduate. He embodies the cocky-creepy character – although Mooney notes that he prefers “menacing” to creepy.
Here is onStage Pittsburgh’s list of performing arts events this week in Pittsburgh through the end of September. While we try to list as many events as possible in our weekly listings; many more events are happening in our area,… Read More ›
