onStage Pittsburgh presents the top 15 local theater stories that captured readers’ imaginations in 2025. Festivals and activities roundups were big draws, along with exits and entrances, legacy prospects, and bold, new experiences. A few late-in-the-year stories continue to have… Read More ›
By JESSICA NEU West Side Story opened on Broadway in 1957 at the height of what is known as the Golden Age of Broadway. This post-WW2 era ushered in a plethora of large-scale productions with large companies, elaborate sets, and what… Read More ›
Chemistry Between Stars Sabina Collazo and Spencer LaRue Was Evident From the Start By SHARON EBERSON The choices were whittled to three Tony’s and three Maria’s, and director Baayork Lee, who knows a thing or two about auditions, heard something… Read More ›
By CAMILLE AGIE When West Side Story made its Broadway premiere in the 1950s, it was revolutionary. The legendary and immortal musical, which opens Pittsburgh CLO’s summer at the Benedum Center, reimagines the age-old story of forbidden love for the… Read More ›
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 ›
By SHARON EBERSON Chita Rivera entered coyly onto the Greer Cabaret stage Monday night, but the audience wasn’t having any of it. Fans stood, whistled and applauded for the musical theater great who rightfully calls her nightclub act A Legendary… Read More ›
By Sharon Eberson Oklahoma! the OG 1943 version comes at you in a bright golden haze and ends in the happily ever after of two marriages – man and woman/cowboy and farmer – united for statehood. In between, there’s the… Read More ›
By Sharon Eberson Oklahoma! the OG 1943 version comes at you in a bright golden haze and ends in the happily ever after of two marriages – man and woman/cowboy and farmer – united for statehood. In between, there’s the… Read More ›
