Nearly 100 elementary students from Pittsburgh will have the opportunity to sing and dance on the Byham Theater stage as the result of a grant awarded to the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s education department by Disney Theatrical Group. The grant enables… Read More ›
By JESSICA NEU The 2016 musical, Dear Evan Hansen, tells the story of Evan Hansen, a teenage boy with debilitating social anxiety disorder who desperately wants to be found. Evan Hansen’s therapist instructs him to write a letter to himself each day… Read More ›
The program is presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh Dance Council and BNY Mellon For the first time since 2005, America’s beloved “cultural ambassador to the world” and one of the most popular dance companies, Alvin Ailey American Dance… Read More ›
The free featured concerts that are a highlight of the 10-day Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, June 2-11 in the Pittsburgh Cultural District, have been announced by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. The festival continues in the revamped footprint of… Read More ›
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Cultural District gem is one of the country’s only dedicated magic theaters. Liberty Magic keeps the art of conjuring alive and well in Pittsburgh with another astonishing season of mystery, magic, and wonder. This new season… Read More ›
By Jessica Neu With movie remakes, classic TV reboots, and fashion trends, nostalgic content is becoming popular and profitable across mediums. The Broadway musical industry has also capitalized on the popularity of nostalgia with musicals based on the lives of… Read More ›
While the Greer Cabaret Theater makeover is ongoing, the Trust Cabaret Series continues tonight at the O’Reilly Theater with award-winning singer Carole J. Bufford. In The New York Times, Stephen Holden wrote of vocalist Carole J. Bufford: “The real thing: you… Read More ›
By JESSICA NEU Driving down to Liberty Magic to see Noah Sonie in Trust No One, I listened to Peter Gabriel’s music as he had announced his North American tour earlier that day. In his 1977 song, “Solsbury Hill,” he… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Bee … Before “it’s showtime” in Pittsburgh, before summoning the fast-talking scoundrel from the Netherworld, let’s conjure a couple of the women who will soon be in Pittsburgh to deliver Beetlejuice, the musical based on… Read More ›
Downtown Pittsburgh’s Cultural District has come a long way since the depths of the ’70s and ’80s when it was Pittsburgh’s unofficial red-light District. From its inception in 1984, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has led the way in one of… Read More ›
