Our 2017 Summer Musical Preview features a mixed bag of musicals from the interactive Clue, the zany Spamalot to three “serious†musicals exploring life’s purpose; Avenue Q, Pippin and Big Fish. Do you like board games? Then Clue is for… Read More ›
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Music that Matters – A Gathering of Sons, Pittsburgh Festival Opera’s World Premiere
Pittsburgh Festival Opera’s 40th season will launch with an extraordinary opener as the company presents the world premiere of its commissioned jazz opera A Gathering of Sons. The world premiere is a new social justice opera composed by Dwayne Fulton… Read More ›
A History of the American Film
There is a certain, almost ineffable, quality of striking mimesis that courses through the entirety of The Summer Company’s staging of Christopher Durang’s 1978 bizarrely (at times even baroquely) satirical piece A History of the American Film that gives the… Read More ›
Summer Preview 2016
A Letter from the Editor To our beloved readers, As most of you know, Pittsburgh in the Round has been working over two years to bring you the most comprehensive coverage of the local theater community. In that time, we… Read More ›
Much to Be Expected from Throughline This Season
Throughline Theatre returns this season at Grey Box Theater, as we eagerly await this year’s intriguing theme of Can You Trust the Government? Pittsburgh in the Round has this season’s preview of what to be expected. The season will open… Read More ›
Another Round of 10 Minute Plays!
Get out your gram’s poodle skirt and slip on the Ray-Bans for some summer lovin’ at the 10 Minute Play Fest. This DIY theater cabaret that rolls out thrice a year and it happens again on Sunday, June 26. New… Read More ›
A Quarter Century of Quantum
There’s always something brand new at Quantum Theatre. Returning audiences know that they may experience theater as some locations only once as they visit niches of Pittsburgh poised for redevelopment or discover historic spots they’ve never before visited. Again in… Read More ›
Artist Spotlight: Tracy Brigden
In her fifteen seasons as City Theatre’s Artistic Director, Tracy Brigden has witnessed an evolution in the staging of plays and playwriting. According to Brigden, the writing and style is more cinematic now, and the pace is faster in terms… Read More ›
Little Lake Theatre: Flourishing in 2016
After a financially rewarding, well attended season that was included in the Post-Gazette’s annual “Best of” roundup, in January of 2016 Little Lake Theater made a significant artistic change. Little Lake Theatre let go Roxy MtJoy, who had served one… Read More ›
The 12th Annual Theatre Festival in Black and White
This is the twelfth year of Pittsburgh Playwrights’ Theatre Festival in Black and White. It is the first year it will be at the Three Rivers Arts Fest. I had a chance to sit down with Eric A. Smith, the… Read More ›