By JADE GOODES Comtra Theatre‘s production of the Disney classic is just the thing to warm your heart on a cold fall night. While this production doesn’t always have steady footing, its missteps are overshadowed by enchanted performances and beautiful… Read More ›
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onStage’s 2022-23 Pittsburgh Performing Arts Season Show Listings (by Company)
To see the full season’s listings by company click here. Or you can click on the 22-23 SEASON BY COMPANY menu button at the top of the screen. Our listing is updated often, so please check back periodically for additions… Read More ›
Review: ‘The SpongeBob Musical’ at Comtra Theatre is F.U.N.
By Megan Grabowski “Are you ready, kids”? “Aye, aye, Captain”! Cranberry’s quaint Comtra Theatre welcomes land lovers of all ages to dive down to Bikini Bottom and watch Nickelodeon’s favorite sea sponge. SpongeBob Square Pants and friends sing and dance… Read More ›
Review: Comtra’s Legally Blonde, a celebration of musicals and coming together to create and experience them.
Reviewed by Laura Caton If you’re anything like me, the past 18 months have left you feeling tired, rundown, and listless. But luckily, if you’re anything like me, the production of Legally Blonde currently running at Comtra Theatre will go… Read More ›
Embrace the “Disaster!” at Comtra Theatre
In a land before Land Before Time, before O.J. Simpson led the LAPD on a sluggishly slow chase in a white bronco and instead ran headfirst into Towering Infernos as they burst into flame and collapsed, disaster films dominated a… Read More ›
Comtra Theatre’s Devilishly Charming “Sweeney Todd”
By Eva Phillips Maybe Sweeney Todd isn’t being egregiously hyperbolic when he says there is a place in the world full of shit called London. The plague looms heavy; perfidious law-makers and judges prey upon the innocent with impunity; cats… Read More ›
Comtra Theatre Exposes All That’s Known in “Spring Awakening”
By Eva Phillips It is unsurprising that Goethe makes an appearance, in the beautiful yet eviscerating coming-of-age musical Spring Awakening. After all, the inimitable musical, with music by Duncan Sheik and book by Steven Sater, was adapted from an 1891… Read More ›
“Next to Normal”
By Tyler Prah The National Institute of Health reports that 1 in 5 adults within the United States (over 40 million) is facing mental illness. This fails to account for the worsening trend in child and adolescent mental health as… Read More ›
American Idiot
It’s odd how a show that came out as recently as 2010 can feel like a ‘decades’ piece, but Comtra Theatre’s production of Green Day’s American Idiot feels like it was ripped straight out of the early ‘aughts. Laden with… Read More ›
Young Frankenstein
This Halloween season, The Comtra Theatre presents Young Frankenstein, a twist on the haunting classic tale of Dr. Frankenstein. Based on the film directed by Mel Brooks, audience members are brought to life like the monster as they follow the… Read More ›