Pittsburgh Musical Theater turns 35 with a six-show 2025-2026 season, starting with the popular gorefest “Evil Dead the Musical,” and ending with the premiere regional production of Tony Award-winner “Dear Evan Hansen.”
Newsies
Point Park University’s Pittsburgh Playhouse Cancels Remaining Performances of ‘Newsies’
Playhouse cites “technical difficulties” Reports on social media indicated that a large piece of scenery hanging above the stage suddenly fell near the end of the show, only a few feet from one of the lead actors. Water poured onto… Read More ›
Review: ‘Newsies’ at McKeesport Little Theater
By Jade Goodes Open the gates and seize the day with McKeesport Little Theater in their latest production of Disney’s Newsies. Based on the 1992 film of the same name, the stage adaptation brings the memorable scenes from the movie to… Read More ›
Little Lake Theatre’s Fully Produced 74th Season, Seize the Play!
The 74th Season at Little Lake has a nice array of a dozen shows, carefully picked by their former Artistic Director Jena Oberg, curated to “make you laugh, cry, dance, and cheer.” (Jena resigned her position with Little Lake to… Read More ›
Extra, Extra, Read All About It… “Newsies!”
Pittsburgh Musical Theater (PMT) Byham Series debuted Disney’s Newsies, May 2, 2019. Newsies has a pretty interesting history, beginning in 1992 as a Disney musical film starring Christian Bale, Bill Pullman and Robert Duvall. It was a box office flop…. Read More ›
Five Must See Musicals for Spring 2019 (Plus Two)
Meteorological spring may still be a few weeks away, but the spring theatre season and it ’s crop of Tony Award-winning musicals is about to burst into full bloom. Our five picks are generally upbeat, for the season of rebirth… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Musical Theater Has It All In 2018-19 Season
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 ›
Newsies
Believe it or not, times used to be harder for those with a career in the journalism industry. No clear victor has emerged in this war between modern journalists and their cantankerous subjects who cry “Fake news!” in the… Read More ›
Pittsburgh’s Polished Musical Theatre Gem: The CLO
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 ›