The scope of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s repertoire and Gonzalez’s talents as a vivacious performer and powerhouse vocalist were on full display at Heinz Hall on Friday night, the first of three weekend concerts titled, “Everything I Know: Mandy Gonzalez Sings Lin-Manuel Miranda.”
Mandy Gonzalez, the original Nina in the Tony Award-winning In the Heights, possesses a genre-defying voice that inspired Lin-Manuel Miranda to gush that she is “one of the greatest singers on earth.” She has played some of the most memorable characters in some of the most memorable Broadway productions of the 2000s — Elphaba in Wicked and Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard among them — but it is her collaborations with the creator of In the Heights and Hamilton that brings her to Heinz Hall for Everything I Know: Mandy Gonzalez Sings Lin-Manuel Miranda, October 8-11, 2026.
By L.E. McCULLOUGH When singer Lilly Abreu and filmmaker Andrés Tapia-Urzua began contemplating how to devise a transformative multimedia music-and-film event, two core elements dominated the discussion from start to finish. “We wanted to create a unique concert experience in… Read More ›
Patti LuPone’s eyes lit up and her smile was as wide as it had been all evening while entertaining a packed Byham Theater on Tuesday night. 2026 marks the 25th year of the concert she had just performed, titled Matters of the Heart, and she had been told she was on this same spot 25 years ago. She has been back since, but this memory spark delight. Even so, she began the night by saying “Hi Pittsburgh. I’m Patti LuPone,” as if we needed an introduction. Or, perhaps, the woman shimmering from within and wearing sparkly white, was just ready to get reacquainted.
By SHARON EBERSON For as long as fans want to hear Let It Go and Defying Gravity, songs that Idina Menzel put on the map of Viral Hits, she will gladly keep singing them. Her concert coming to the Benedum… Read More ›
The gala on September 21 includes a concert with Kelli O’Hara, Sierra Boggess, Jessie Mueller, Adam Pascal and Norm Lewis Leading lady of movie musicals, Oscar winner and Smithton, PA, native Shirley Jones will be honored by Pittsburgh CLO in… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON So many versions of Jeff Goldblum were onstage Saturday night, it was hard to keep track of which Jeff was which, except when he was making music with The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, delivering joyful, jazzy tunes by… Read More ›
The West Homestead native Is in Concert on June 1 at the Benedum Center By SHARON EBERSON When Jeff Goldblum talks about returning to Pittsburgh, the phrase that comes most readily to mind is, “There’s no place like home.” In… Read More ›
Pittsburgh CLO Concert With the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra is June 1, 2024 at the Benedum Center By SHARON EBERSON Twenty years after Jeff Goldblum romped as The Music Man for Pittsburgh CLO, the native of West Homestead and one of… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Pittsburgh CLO gather dozens of performers for a production that speaks to the heart By SHARON EBERSON It takes a balancing act of faith, talent and chutzpah to create a nontraditional Fiddler on the Roof, a… Read More ›
