Memorial Day is upon us and with that the official start of Summer. It is time for Pittsburgh CLO’s 72nd season which features some of the best of American Musical Theatre. With some great shows for us to enjoy, the… Read More ›
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The 2018 Gene Kelly Awards!
Unbelievably talented high school students along with glitz and glam were in abundance at this year’s Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater. The Benedum was packed to the rafters with 2,800 plus cheering students, families, and… Read More ›
Perfect Wedding
Last week’s Perfect Wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was the expected model for British royalty, but with a strong American influence. It was deliberately conservative, and it ran like clockwork. Perfect Wedding at the Pittsburgh CLO’s Cabaret Theatre… Read More ›
Pittsburgh CLO Ignites a SPARK to Pierce the Dark
What comes first: the music or the lyric? This question has been asked by people of all levels of engagement with the craft of musical theatre. One thing that has been true about musical theatre from the beginning is that… Read More ›
Spring Preview 2018
A letter from the Editor, Well gang, we made it through another Pittsburgh winter. A few tires may have been sacrificed to the Goddess of Potholes but we all made it through in one piece, right? All erratic weather aside,… Read More ›
Igniting Creativity with CLO’s SPARK Festival
Mention the CLO to most Pittsburghers’, and they think of the series of Broadway Musicals presented during the summer months at the Benedum. Some people will mention the CLO Cabaret at Theatre Square. A few folks who are in the… Read More ›
5 Musicals You Don’t Want to Miss This Spring: 2018
You can feel spring is just around the corner and the spring crop of musicals is about ready to bloom at our area theater companies. Our featured five, listed in order of opening dates, includes the classic Broadway dance and… Read More ›
Up and Away
Over the years, Superman and Spider-Man have faced many foes. Usually for the sake of a happy ending, they always prevail. But there’s one enemy that they’ve both suffered humiliating, public defeats at the hands of. I’m of course referring… Read More ›
A Musical Christmas Carol
When I walked into the Byham Theater to see Pittsburgh CLO’s A Musical Christmas Carol for the very first time, I let out an involuntary “Wow!”. The impact of D Martyn Bookwalter’s set is nothing short of breathtaking. Antique artifacts… Read More ›
Xanadu
The burning question at the heart of Xanadu is simple. What is Xanadu? Merriam-Webster defines it as “an idyllic, exotic, or luxurious placeâ€. According to Wikipedia, Xanadu is both a 1980 flop cult classic film featuring Olivia Newton-John and hit… Read More ›