IN MEMORAM: GEORGE B. PAROUS, OUR OPERA AND CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEWER George B. Parous, onStage Pittsburgh’s cherished contributor and reviewer of opera and classical music, passed away unexpectedly last week. A Pittsburgh native, George first studied music and cello in… Read More ›
New Horizon Theater returns to Layon Gray’s history plays with the regional debut of his new work about a shameful chapter from history. Layon Gray’s Feed the Beast, opening February 13, 2025, at the O’Reilly Theater, spans 40 years and… Read More ›
The Powerful Premiere Concludes Pittsburgh Public Theater’s 2023-24 Season on a High Note By SHARON EBERSON The Coffin Maker, a riveting, provocative world-premiere work from Mark Clayton Southers, manifests what Judgement Day justice and retribution may look like, as seen… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON Jazz legend Billy Strayhorn’s story is a Pittsburgh story, in his lifetime and even now, when he is being celebrated with a world-premiere biomusical in the heart of the city’s Cultural District. Billy Strayhorn: Something to Live… Read More ›
On September 20th and 21st, 2023, Little Amal, the internationally celebrated 12-foot-tall puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl, will be arriving in Pittsburgh as part of her epic 6,000-mile journey across the United States this fall. Throughout the two-month trek, which… Read More ›
Lauren Yee’s latest arrives at Pittsburgh Public Theater in a collaboration with Portland Theater By SHARON EBERSON The bittersweet road-trip comedy Young Americans has, itself, traveled about 2,500 miles to Pittsburgh Public Theater as it makes its way into the… Read More ›
The inviting title, with an all-female cast, is directed by Marya Sea Kaminski By SHARON EBERSON Which came first, the movie or the play? In the case of Steel Magnolias, if you said “play,” give yourself a hand. It’s the… Read More ›
Expert puppetry, exuberant performances, and inspired scenic design drive the infectious vintage charm of Little Shop of Horrors, Pittsburgh Public Theater’s (PPT) darkly comic musical offering that runs through February 23 at the O’Reilly Theatre. A quirky plant bent… Read More ›
The Pittsburgh Public Theater announced their 2018/19 season at a member’s reception on Tuesday night. Board Chair Michael H. Ginsberg officially passed the baton from Ted Pappas, the retiring Producing Artistic Director, to the new team of Artistic Director Marya… Read More ›
