‘BOOK OF MORMON’ BROADWAY STAR KIM EXUM MAKES PITTSBURGH DEBUT AS THE GODDESS OF LOVE IN ‘ONCE ON THIS ISLAND’
Exum joins her childhood friend Monteze Freeland in the Alumni Theater Company production.
Once on this Island
Must-See Pittsburgh: Call Board for July 16, 2026
With news about … Casting for Front Porch Theatricals’ Come From Away and Alumni Theater’s Once on This Island, The Theatre Factory’s farewell to Trafford, and Go See a Show goes on. 🎭 ICYMI ‘BOOK OF MORMON’ ACTRESS TO STAR… Read More ›
Alumni Theater Company Moves ‘Once on This Island’ From O’Reilly Theater to Oakland Venue
Alumni Theater Company has announced a venue change for its summer production of Once on This Island. Originally scheduled to be presented at the O’Reilly Theater, the production will now take place at the University of Pittsburgh’s Charity Randall Theatre.
A Converstation With Stephen Flaherty: Composer’s Ragtime’ Red-Carpet Ride Stops in Pittsburgh for Richard Rodgers Award
A CONVERSATION WITH “RAGTIME” COMPOSER AND DORMONT NATIVE STEPHEN FLAHERTY
Coming home to accept the Richard Rodgers Award is “a big, beautiful arc,” Stephen Flaherty was saying just the other day. Catching up with Flaherty was no easy task – he and his songwriting partner, lyricist Lynn Ahrens, have been on a seemingly endless red-carpet ride with the acclaimed revival of “Ragtime” ahead of the 2026 Tony Awards on June 7. Flaherty will then head home to the Pittsburgh CLO Gala on June 12, when he will become receive the award that has been bestowed on an impressive list of luminaries, starting with Mary Martin in 1988.
Pittsburgh Public Theater Concludes 51st Season, Opens Doors to Alumni Theater Company
Pittsburgh Public Theater, following the finale of its 51st season, has announced that Homewood-based Alumni Theater Company will present “Once on This Island” at the Public’s Downtown home, the O’Reilly Theater, with dates and tickets sales TBA. “This production is everything The Public stands for,” said Managing Director Shaunda McDill.
Pittsburgh Native Stephen Flaherty Will Be Feted at NYC’s Carnegie Hall
By SHARON EBERSON How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Well, practice, of course. And if you are Stephen Flaherty, you also become a hitmaker, and make your alma mater proud. The Dormont native and award-winning composer of Ragtime, Once… Read More ›
Review: Pittsburgh CLO Cast Sparkles in Vibrant ‘Once on This Island’
By MARIA SCIULLO When gods make bets, the real losers are never the gods. Such are the stories that pass from generation to generation, and such is the dilemma for Ti Moune, a passionate young woman at the heart of… Read More ›
Stephen Flaherty Comes Home for Pittsburgh CLO’s ‘Once on This Island’
By SHARON EBERSON When composer Stephen Flaherty takes his seat at the Benedum Center Tuesday, before the first notes of his score for Once on This Island begin to play, visions of his earliest days in musical theater may be… Read More ›
Pittsburgh CLO Adds Marquee Names to 2023 Summer Lineup
Broadway’s Elizabeth Stanley, Lesli Margherita Join Hometown Stars Names familiar from the Golden Triangle to Broadway to Disney+ and beyond are aglow in Pittsburgh CLO’s 2023 summer season lineup. A second casting announcement on Wednesday follows a partial lineup named… Read More ›
Pittsburgh CLO Reveals Partial Summer Lineup of Artists
Broadway Names and Pittsburgh Ties Include ‘Into the Woods’ Castmates Patti Murin, Manu Narayan and Joe Serafini By SHARON EBERSON Pittsburgh CLO put on a show today to announce artists who will populate their 77th summer season of musicals, with… Read More ›