by Jane Vranish | originally posted in Dance Currents on Dec 17, 2021 The Transformation Scene in The Nutcracker, where Marie dreams that everything around her grows exponentially, is one of the highlights of any production. But there is a real transformation taking… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Show Notes 12/4/21
The Nutcracker at the Benedum, It’s a Wacky Wonderful Life at the O’Reilly, Front Porch’s Cabaret streams, Sondheim’s Into the Woods in Trafford, Chris Lattia at the Greer Cabaret The Nutcracker Opens Next Week Pittsburgh’s favorite holiday tradition returns to… Read More ›
At last: Live Theater is back in da’burgh in force!
The Symphony has reopened Heinz Hall, Eric Bergen reopened the Greer Cabaret and, Curtains reopened the Pittsburgh Playhouse. Live From the Edge played at City Theatre. Corning Works is back at the New Hazlett Theatre tonight through this weekend with… Read More ›
Show Notes 10/20/2021
Here is the today’s latest theater news compiled by onStage Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Season Premiere with the PBT Orchestra Oct 22 – Oct 24, 2021 at the Benedum Center Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre makes its triumphant return to the Benedum Center… Read More ›
Review: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre at Hartwood
by Jayne Vranish | Originally published in Dance Currents on Aug 28, 2021 It was a warm summer evening at Hartwood acres, time for Ballet Under the Stars. Maybe Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre should rename it Ballet With the Stars, because the company, under… Read More ›
The Nutcracker
I’ve attended the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s production of The Nutcracker countless times. I went as a young, aspiring dancer growing up, and in the past few years, have the renewed the tradition as an adult. This year, as any other,… Read More ›
Giselle
In spirit of the season of the autumnal harvest, the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre has conjured up a spectacular production of the 19th century ballet, Giselle. An eerily beautiful way to burst into Halloweekend, PBT has once again succeeded in a… Read More ›
Pittsburgh’s Must-See Halloween Shows
Fall has descended upon Pittsburgh with a comical quickness, and so the time has come embrace mystery, horror and the supernatural realms. This Halloween season, Pittsburgh’s theaters are bringing to the stage both new experiences, classic favorites, and the merging… Read More ›