Front Porch Theatricals has announced casting for its 2024 summer musicals – A … My Name is Still Alice and Bandstand – with familiar faces taking the lead in shows making their local debuts. The musical sketch revue A …… Read More ›
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Blowin’ Into Pittsburgh: Bob Dylan Musical ‘Girl From the North Country’
Penn State Alum Aidan Wharton Goes on Tour After Broadway Debut, Plans Proud Haven Fundraiser By SHARON EBERSON Although it’s the real deal, Aidan Wharton’s Broadway debut story sounds as if it jumped out of a Hollywood script, In December… Read More ›
Busy Tomé Cousin Is Part of a Team Representing CMU at the 2023 Tony Awards, and That’s the Short of It …
Plus: How to watch this year’s unscripted ceremony honoring the best of Broadway By SHARON EBERSON Keeping up with Tomé Cousin’s schedule is a feat of endurance. We have been trying to catch up for weeks, and finally meet via… Read More ›
‘Some Like It Hot’ Musical Leads 2023 Tony Award Nominations With 13
By SHARON EBERSON It’s Tony Awards Nominations Day, and as always, there were a few surprises emanating from the celebration of the best of Broadway. Some Like It Hot scored a leading 13 nominations in the voting announced Tuesday, May… Read More ›
Queendom Comes to Pittsburgh: ‘SIX’ Ex-Wives Tell Their Her-Story
Point Park alum Jana Larell Glover is an alternate for three lucky queens in the national tour of the ‘concert spectacle’ By SHARON EBERSON Welcome to the Queendom of SIX, where history is her-story, Henry VIII is merely mentioned, and… Read More ›
Michael Cerveris Looks Forward to Happy Ending as Scrooge for Pittsburgh CLO
By Sharon Eberson It was touch and go for a while, Michael Cerveris coming home for the holidays. But filming on HBO’s The Gilded Age came to an end in the nick of time, and Pittsburgh CLO could finally announce… Read More ›
‘A Strange Loop,’ ‘Lehman Trilogy,’ ‘Company’ Are Big Winners at 75th Tony Awards
By Sharon Eberson The Tony Awards turned 75 with a celebration of youth and experience, the British influence on Broadway and a few surprises along the way. Best actor in a musical went to 22-year-old Myles Frost, who stars as… Read More ›
Mt. Lebanon’s Billy Hartung Among Honorable Mentions for the Tony’s 2022 Excellence in Theatre Education Award
By Sharon Eberson If you are a member of the Pittsburgh theater community, you know Billy Hartung as a performer; of course, He’s been to Broadway and back. As in back home, that’s back in Mt. Lebanon, where he is… Read More ›
Summer 2019’s 5 Musicals to Watch Out For
Now that the Tony Awards have been handed out, let the betting begin on which of the winning and losing shows will receive a box office boost and which will soon post a closing notice. If the prospects of… Read More ›