There likely will be changes ahead for Quantum Theatre, when Katie Brook takes the helm as Artistic Director, but one thing that won’t change: “It’s safe to say that we’re going to continue to work in unusual spaces,” Brook said: “That’s part of Quantum’s identity, and it’s one of genuinely the most explicit expressions of the values of nontraditional theater.”
With news about 2026 Pittsburgh New Works Festival, Discounted PSO Student Ticket Program, the power of Les Miz, David Toole, Breakthrough Sessions at Pittsburgh Playhouse, and more. 🎭 ICYMI: 2026 PITTSBURGH NEW WORKS FESTIVAL The 36th annual Pittsburgh New Works… Read More ›
GREAT NEWS OUT OF CARNEGIE!
Claire DeMarco has put her money where her theater dreams are, and partnered with theater artist and administrator Erika Cuenca to save Carnegie Stage, that vital black box at 25 W. Main Street in Carnegie.
“My hope,” DeMarco said, “is that it will remain a theater forever.”
By SHARON EBERSON At a time when federal funding for the arts is so precarious, I thought I’d tell you a little bit about my past few weeks of attending theater. By the numbers, starting on January 14 through Sunday,… Read More ›
Opinion by SHARON EBERSON & GEORGE HOOVER As 2024 comes to a close, here are a few thoughts for 2025. 10: Our loyal readers are cherished, and newbies are always welcome. 9: Here’s hoping the incoming Congress continues to support… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON The colorful totem outside of a Shadyside storefront signifies a convergence happening there, at Eons Fashion Antique, inspired by the man for all seasons inside. Richard Parsakian, the 2024 grand marshal of Pittsburgh Pride, perhaps best known… Read More ›
Despite risks magnified by a devastating pandemic, Pittsburgh artists continue to carve out new choices for the theater scene By CAMILLE AGIE Theater companies all over the world are still adjusting to a new reality following the 2020 pandemic that… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, with holiday-themed live performances ramping up throughout the region. It picks up this weekend with Miss Bennet’s Christmas at Pemberley at City Theatre and CLO Cabaret‘s nearly sold-out Who’s… Read More ›
Luminaries celebrating the long-anticipated grand opening of the August Wilson House on Saturday, Aug. 13, will include Denzel Washington, during a day of events that begins with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Two-time Oscar-winner Washington will join Constanza Romero Wilson, widow of… Read More ›
Alan Stanford has been removed from his job as artistic and executive director of PICT Class Theatre, following an account of alleged sexual misconduct reported in Pittsburgh City Paper. In a press release, the PICT board of directors announced that… Read More ›
