In the year that was, the future of three companies takes center stage, Saige Smith hits a series of high notes, “The Shark Is Broken” goes swimmingly for barebones, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company delivers August Wilson triple play, Karla Boos announces Quantum exit, Arts Landing is readied for its closeup, and much, much more.
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 a glimpse of some of the live theater of the Pittsburgh holiday season, and the 2025 Holiday Market that has moved into the Pittsburgh Cultural District.
An adaptation of “Bartleby, The Scrivener,” written and performed by Sam Tsoutsouvas and directed by Andrew Paul for Kinetic Theatre, delivers a pitch-perfect solo retelling as Melville told it, from the perspective of the unnamed Narrator – a Wall Street lawyer who likes his lot in life just fine, until Bartleby walks through his doors.
IN MEMORAM: GEORGE B. PAROUS, OUR OPERA AND CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEWER George B. Parous, onStage Pittsburgh’s cherished contributor and reviewer of opera and classical music, passed away unexpectedly last week. A Pittsburgh native, George first studied music and cello in… Read More ›
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.
