By JESSICA NEU There’s magic in the air from the moment when young JoJo (Henry Thomas) steps on stage to begin Seussical. For the next 75 minutes, that magic comes alive in the form of classic characters, bright colors (J. Branson)… Read More ›
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Beth Malone Takes on Cat in the Hat in Pittsburgh CLO’s ‘Seussical’: ‘My Life Has Been Prep for This Part’
By CAMILLE AGIE Imagine a universe in which Dr. Seuss’s imaginative whimsical world blends with Broadway star power. Beth Malone, recognized for her powerful roles in Fun Home (Tony nominee) and Angels in America (revival), has traded her more serious… Read More ›
Pittsburgh CLO News: Beth Malone Gets ‘Seussical’ Castmates, Charles Shaughnessy Set for ‘A Musical Christmas Carol’
Pittsburgh CLO has revealed casting to finish out summer and head into the holiday season. The news includes who’s joining Beth Malone in Seussical, who’s returning as star of Who’s Holiday!, and a new Scrooge but PCLO favorite, Charles Shaughnessy,… Read More ›
Pittsburgh CLO Summer Lineup of Stars includes Beth Malone, Charles Esten and More
Pittsburgh CLO has announced the stage-and-screen stars who will lead the 2024 summer season of musicals, including Tony-nominee Beth Malone, who originated the role of Alison Bechdel in Fun Home on Broadway, and will don the Cat in the Hat’s… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Native Stephen Flaherty Will Be Feted at NYC’s Carnegie Hall
By SHARON EBERSON How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Well, practice, of course. And if you are Stephen Flaherty, you also become a hitmaker, and make your alma mater proud. The Dormont native and award-winning composer of Ragtime, Once… Read More ›
Pittsburgh CLO Adapts its 78th Summer Season to Evolving Audience Preferences
Mark Fleischer, the Executive Producer of Pittsburgh CLO (PCLO), today unveiled plans to maintain a six-show 2024 schedule from mid-May to early September. By GEORGE HOOVER In a landscape where theater companies across the United States are scaling down or… Read More ›
Stephen Flaherty Comes Home for Pittsburgh CLO’s ‘Once on This Island’
By SHARON EBERSON When composer Stephen Flaherty takes his seat at the Benedum Center Tuesday, before the first notes of his score for Once on This Island begin to play, visions of his earliest days in musical theater may be… Read More ›
Little Lake Theatre’s Fully Produced 74th Season, Seize the Play!
The 74th Season at Little Lake has a nice array of a dozen shows, carefully picked by their former Artistic Director Jena Oberg, curated to “make you laugh, cry, dance, and cheer.” (Jena resigned her position with Little Lake to… Read More ›
Seussical: The Musical!
Apple Hill Playhouse has a hit on its hands with the Orchard Performing Arts Company’s production of Seussical. Not to let the cat out of the bag, Or in this case out of the hat, Before we get through the… Read More ›