By SHARON EBERSON a.k. payne sets the stage for their new play with a voiceover about the 2019 study that revealed Black women in Pittsburgh experience poverty at rates higher than in 85% of similar U.S. cities. Then they list… Read More ›
Hope Anthony
Disney Musicals in Schools Celebrates Young Talent, Triumphant Educators, and the Love of Musical Theater
By JESSICA NEU Onn Wednesday, students, teachers, families, and friends eagerly gathered at the Benedum Center for the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Student Share Celebration of Disney Musicals in Schools. Each student, audience member, school staff member, and performer was full of… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Public Theater Reveals ‘Trouble in Mind’ Cast
Pittsburgh Public Theater has announced the cast of the backstage drama Trouble in Mind, the 1955 Alice Childress play that debuted on Broadway in 2021, and was nominated for four Tony Awards. The Pittsburgh premiere, directed by Justin Emeka (Sweat… Read More ›
“Dance Nation”
Patrick Jordan’s barebones productions hasn’t shied away from visceral drama, but it has its hands full with Dance Nation, Clare Barron’s smart, funny and insightful play about the many sides of adolescence. That stage of life when childhood slips away… Read More ›