In the Heights

Preview: Mandy Gonzalez Sings the Songs of Lin-Manuel Miranda With PSO Pops

By Sharon Eberson on September 8, 2026 • ( 0 )

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.

Christopher Jackson Salutes Broadway Journey in Crooning Trust Cabaret

By sharononstagepittsburghcom on February 11, 2025 • ( 0 )

By SHARON EBERSON Rise up, Pittsburgh. You can now boast, “George Washington sang here.” Hamilton Tony nominee Christopher Jackson is best known for his role as the USA’s Revolutionary War hero and the president who taught us how to say… Read More ›

‘Hamilton’s’ Christopher Jackson Set for Trust Cabaret Spotlight

By Sharon Eberson on January 31, 2025 • ( 1 )

By SHARON EBERSON Christopher Jackson was asking about place to eat and things to do in Pittsburgh, and suddenly, an idea painted a vivid picture: It was of the regal General George Washington, overlooking the Golden Triangle from Mount Washington…. Read More ›

By ghoover on January 28, 2019

By Brian Pope Pittsburgh Winter 2019 has (so far) been very unkind to residents. It’s par for the course but distressing nonetheless. Unexpectedly though, the season and the city have been very kind to one Lin-Manuel Miranda in the last… Read More ›

Musical of the Month: In the Heights

By ghoover on January 11, 2019

January is a slow month in Pittsburgh for the opening dates of musicals except for the national tour of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton at the Benedum through the end of the month. As Hamilton departs our city, Pittsburgh Musical Theatre is offering us… Read More ›

5 Musicals You Don’t Want to Miss This Winter: 2018

By ghoover on November 29, 2018

Welcome to our Winter Edition of the Top Five Musicals. The juggernaut known as Hamilton will be occupying the Benedum for the entire month of January, but there are still a few good choices out there to satisfy the most serious… Read More ›

Pittsburgh Musical Theater Has It All In 2018-19 Season

By Brian Pope on September 1, 2018

Now is the time to seize the stage! That’s literal when it comes to Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s 2018-2019 season. Each of the shows they’ve chosen for “Seize The Stage” represents eclectic musical genres and types of stories. Two of the… Read More ›

In the Heights

By ghoover on July 10, 2017

A lot has changed since the 2007 Off-Broadway premiere of In the Heights. For the career of its creator/composer/lyricist/original star Lin-Manuel Miranda. For the landscape of musical theatre—thanks to his 2015 follow up Hamilton. For the quality of life for… Read More ›

Pittsburgh’s Polished Musical Theatre Gem: The CLO

By ghoover on May 29, 2017

The Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, as the CLO is officially known, has been around for a long time. Its first performances were outdoors at Pitt Stadium in June of 1946. Back then it was a summer stock theatre company that… Read More ›