By Brian Pope Pittsburgh Winter 2019 has (so far) been very unkind to residents. It’s par for the course but distressing nonetheless. Unexpectedly though, the season and the city have been very kind to one Lin-Manuel Miranda in the last… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Musicals
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Whether you like it or not (and I think you will), Hedwig has come to Pittsburgh. She and her band The Angry Inch are here to kick off Pittsburgh Musical Theatre’s Rockin’ West End series and to answer the timeless… Read More ›
Musical of the Month: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Once upon a time, the world at large acknowledged the fact that there are more than just two genders. Or so Aristophanes tells it in Plato’s philosophical epic Symposium. In the age of Zeus, humans moved around using eight limbs,… 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 ›
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 ›
The Little Mermaid
If you’ve seen this year’s Best Picture winner The Shape of Water, you know it tells the story of a mute woman doing everything she can to live happily ever after with an anthropomorphic fish creature. If you loved that… Read More ›
Winter Preview 2017
A letter from the Editor: Our dearest readers, Winter is only 24 days away and we’re already dashing through Christmas decorations and Cyber Monday sales as 2108 creeps up on us. 2017 has gone fast and we at Pittsburgh in… Read More ›
Million Dollar Quartet
There are two kinds of jukebox musicals in the world. In one type, the songs originally performed by an established musical act are incorporated into that person or group’s biography. Examples of these highly marketable, live docudramas include Jersey Boys… Read More ›
Artist Spotlight: Quinn Patrick Shannon
Is it weird to think that an actor has done it all at only age 31? Maybe. Still, that’s the impression I got after talking with Quinn Patrick Shannon. Over the last decade, you’ve likely seen Shannon star in regional… Read More ›
Ragtime
This musical has so much; it is so rich. It is a cascade of characters who are fully drawn, with captivating arcs. It’s a litany of singing performances, CMU’s great bastion of talent loading all of their guns at once… Read More ›