A $10 million grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation – “among the largest philanthropic gifts to the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust in its four-decade-history” – has helped the nonpro…| onStage Pittsburgh
The “Jaws”-inspired play “The Shark Is Broken” rides a wave of excitement into Braddock, buoyed by “Jaws” fever and three Patricks: Patrick Jordan, Patrick Canno…| onStage Pittsburgh
The just-opened barebones production of The Shark Is Broken, in the intimate Braddock black box theater, provides a fly-on-the-wall view of men not at work. It is a bitingly funny nostalgia trip, j…| onStage Pittsburgh
By MARIA SCIULLO Sit back, but don’t expect to relax. Quantum Theatre’s The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari assaults from all sides, in a dark and cautionary tale of man’s capacity for cr…| onStage Pittsburgh
By SHARON EBERSON If you’ve ever wondered how it feels to be sitting beside someone, near enough to touch, and yet be miles apart, meet Sam and his family. They have gathered for six therapy sessio…| onStage Pittsburgh
By SHARON EBERSON It took persistence to bring Andy Warhol’s Tomato home, and that, Elizabeth Elias Huffman has in abundance. The artistic director of the new PICT (Pittsburgh International Classic…| onStage Pittsburgh
By SHARON EBERSON Little Lake Theatre is ready to ring in its 77th season in 2025 with good news not often heard these days. The Washington County company that bills itself as “the region’s p…| onStage Pittsburgh
By SHARON EBERSON Christopher Jackson was asking about place to eat and things to do in Pittsburgh, and suddenly, an idea painted a vivid picture: It was of the regal General George Washington, ove…| onStage Pittsburgh
By SHARON EBERSON This year marks 20 years since the release of the Pennsylvania grand jury report on clergy abuse. It also marks 40 years since actor Jay Sefton went from carefree 13-year-old to a…| onStage Pittsburgh
By SHARON EBERSON Update on Saturday, January 18, 2025: The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust website has tickets on sale for a 7 p.m. show only. “It’s been an extraordinary experience over the last …| onStage Pittsburgh
The West Homestead native Is in Concert on June 1 at the Benedum Center By SHARON EBERSON When Jeff Goldblum talks about returning to Pittsburgh, the phrase that comes most readily to mind is, “The…| onStage Pittsburgh
By SHARON EBERSON To begin with, descending into the depths of the Stephen Foster Memorial, I was immediately transported into the combined worlds of Dickens and Doyle. With immersive staging, mood…| onStage Pittsburgh
By SHARON EBERSON Melessie Clark and Brett Mack in the Quantum Theatre production of A Moon for the Misbegotten. (Image: Jason Snyder) It’s been a bumpy road to get to the best-of list, with a…| onStage Pittsburgh
By Camille Agie “You won’t leave here as you came,” said PNC Pops conductor Bryon Stripling before the start of the concert, “Let’s Groove Tonight: Motown & The Philly Sound,” performed by the …| onStage Pittsburgh
By SHARON EBERSON It’s hard to imagine how a play with so much Pittsburgh heart and soul was met with such fondness in previous productions in Los Angeles and Chicago, and now that Andy Warhol’s To…| onStage Pittsburgh
By SHARON EBERSON Jed Harris had declared The Odyssey for Quantum Theatre as his directorial swan song … until he was lured back by a tantalizing title. The invitation to collaborate came from his …| onStage Pittsburgh
By SHARON EBERSON City Theatre has answered the question, “Where to begin?,” as it launches its 50th season this weekend, with the official opening of POTUS or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven…| onStage Pittsburgh
By SHARON EBERSON Laura Benanti never once said, “Hello, Pittsburgh!” Nor did she mention a sports team during her second show at the Greer Cabaret Monday night. Instead, the self-proclaimed “patho…| onStage Pittsburgh
By SHARON EBERSON You can see Carnegie Mellon School of Drama alumni on almost any given day there is a live performance in the region, but the university was looking for a direct way to bridge its…| onStage Pittsburgh
The trio comprises Back to the Future tour, Disney’s Frozen and Camelot By SHARON EBERSON Pittsburgh CLO’s 2025 three-show summer season, announced to subscribers on Friday, arrives as perhap…| onStage Pittsburgh
I have come here today… to talk about the ground on which I stand and all the many grounds on which I and my ancestors have toiled, and the ground of theater on which my fellow artists and I have l…| onStage Pittsburgh
Deana Muro and Joe Jackson accept the challenge of staging a beast of a musical for Front Porch By SHARON EBERSON Music director Deana Muro called the prospect of Bandstand terrifying. So she had t…| onStage Pittsburgh
By SHARON EBERSON Seated in rocking chairs and shaded from the sun, with a panoramic view of the Allegheny River, it’s easy to see how this place amid the backroads of Longue Vue Club came to be th…| onStage Pittsburgh
By SHARON EBERSON Let’s get right to it, because I know you’re wondering: What the heck is Fishy Woo Woo? By the time the newly minted, uproarious comedy by Monteze Freeland reveals the answer, you…| onStage Pittsburgh
