Trust’s 2021-2022 Cabaret Season Announced by Ghoover

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has announced that the Trust Cabaret Series will resume for the 2021-2022 season. The dedicated artists from the previous season have stuck with us and are eage…

Preview: Frank and Malachy McCourt’s Irish comedy; A Couple of Blaguards, a two-man autobiographical comedy at The South Park Theatre by Ghoover

The dictionary definition of “blaguard” is a villain or scoundrel. As their mother meant it when referring to her Irish twins, Frank and Malachy McCourt were charming and lovable rogues.…

Theater Notes, August 2021: To mask or not to mask? Ask the question, be decisive by Ghoover

Recurring commentary By Sharon Eberson An informed audience is a safe audience, so here’s the latest on safety protocols for some August theater offerings in Pittsburgh. As many theaters i…

What’s on Stage in Pittsburgh for the week of 8/2/2021 by Ghoover

Opening This Week  Barefoot in the Park | Pittsburgh Public Theater | Allegheny Overlook | August 3 to 7 | https://www.ppt.org  or 412-316-1600 | SOLD OUT PERFORMANCES, also available S…

Preview- Pittsburgh Public Theater’s Barefoot in the Park- in the Park by Ghoover

After what seems like an eternity of pandemic-related streamed productions, Pittsburgh Public Theater heads outdoors for performances of Neil Simon’s much-beloved Barefoot in the Park …

Review- Pittsburgh Savoyards’ presentation of The Imaginary Invalid by Ghoover

Reviewed By Britt Haefeli After nearly two years of a world in pause, life seems to be heading to some sort of normalcy. Actors are returning to their stages, and many are back into the stre…

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Announces The Pittsburgh Dance Council’s 2021-2022 Season by Ghoover

Celebrating its 51st Anniversary of Presenting Exceptional Contemporary Dance Companies, Choreographic Works & Performers-From Around the Globe! The Dance Council at the Byham Theater w…

Preview: Pittsburgh Savoyards’ presentation of Molière’s Imaginary Invalid by Ghoover

The Pittsburgh Savoyards opened their 84th season on July 22nd with live performances of Molière’s final theatrical work, The Imaginary Invalid, on the outdoor stage at the South Park T…

Pittsburgh Cultural District comeback heralded with 3-day celebration LIGHTS ON! by Ghoover

By Sharon Eberson After 15 long months of lights out, it’s finally time for Lights On!, a three-day celebration of reopening by the arts organizations of the Pittsburgh Cultural District…

Pittsburgh Cultural District comeback heralded with 3-day celebration LIGHTS ON! by Ghoover

Editors note: This story has been updated with the latest performance schedules and times. By Sharon Eberson After 15 long months of lights out, it’s finally time for Lights On!, a three-d…

What’s on Stage in Pittsburgh for the week of 7/26/2021 by Ghoover

Opening This Week  Texture in July | Texture Contemporary Ballet | South Park Amphitheater | July 29 |  https://www.showclix.com/events/9165 Legally Blonde | Comtra Theatre | at Comtra …

What’s on Stage in Pittsburgh for the week of 7/26/2021 by Ghoover

Opening This Week Texture in July | Texture Contemporary Ballet | South Park Amphitheater | July 29 |  https://www.showclix.com/events/9165 Legally Blonde | Comtra Theatre | at Comtra Cultu…

Stars take the field for the Pittsburgh CLO 75th Anniversary Celebration by Ghoover

By Sharon Eberson When it comes to music at Heinz Field, you expect some RENEGADE between Steelers’ possessions or Kenny Chesney singing about sexy tractors. Or you may have seen the Rolli…

Actors’ Equity Opens Access to All Actors and Stage Managers by Ghoover

“We have inadvertently contributed to the systemic exclusion of people of color and people of other marginalized identities from the benefits of union membership.” by Stephi Wild  Post…

Actors’ Equity Opens Access to All Actors and Stage Managers by Ghoover

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Actors-Equity-Opens-Access-to-All-Actors-and-Stage-Managers-Who-Have-Worked-Professionally-in-the-United-States-20210721?utm_source=newsletterdaily&…

Actress Lara Hayhurst travels to Oz and back as CLO’S COVID Compliance Officer by Ghoover

By Sharon Eberson I was going to ask Laura Hayhurst just five questions about being a COVID compliance officer for Pittsburgh CLO’s summer season, but one question inevitably led to anothe…

What’s On Stage Pittsburgh for the week of 7-19-2021 by Ghoover

Opening This Week  A Broadway Musical Celebration | Pittsburgh CLO | at Heinz Field | July 21 – 23 | Editor’s Pick https://www.pittsburghclo.org/shows/broadway-musical-celebration The…

Cast and Creative Team announced for Pittsburgh CLO’s “A Broadway Musical Celebration” by Ghoover

Pittsburgh CLO announced the cast and creative team for the second installment of Summer Under the Stars, PITTSBURGH CLO’s 75th ANNIVERSARY: “A Broadway Musical Celebration”  July 21-…

What’s on Stage in Pittsburgh for the week of 7/12/2021 by Ghoover

Opening This Week  Most stages in the Greater Pittsburgh area are dark and the ghost lights are on full time this week with the exception of rehearsals. Opening Next Week A Broadway Musical…

Review: CLO’s Wizard of Oz (2021) by Ghoover

Reviewed by George Hoover The Pittsburgh CLO opened its seventy-fifth anniversary season with their production of The Wizard of Oz at Heinz Field this week. Faced with the possibility of a s…

Arts & Ideas by Ghoover

A series of reoccurring columns on theater by Sharon Eberson Black Theatre United’s New Deal is a challenge for change. Theater is on its way back and ready to greet it is a New Deal for r…

Theater News and Notes by Ghoover

A series of recurring columns on theater by Sharon Eberson Black Theatre United’s New Deal is a challenge for change. Theater is on its way back and ready to greet it is a New Deal for rac…

What’s on Stage in Pittsburgh for the week of July 5th, 2021 by Ghoover

Opening This Week  The Wizard of Oz | by Pittsburgh CLO | at Heinz Field | July 8 – 10 | https://www.pittsburghclo.org/shows/the-wizard-of-oz  EDITOR’s PICK – The opening of the …

City Theatre will (re)open with a message of collaboration, premieres, and a timely revival by Ghoover

By Sharon Eberson Marc Masterson had just delivered a show-by-show dive into City Theatre’s 2021-22 season when he was asked if putting it together posed one of the toughest challenges of …

Jimmy Fallon and Lin-Manuel Miranda salute Broadway’s Impending Return by Ghoover

Don’t Miss The Revolution by Ghoover

What’s on Stage Pittsburgh for the week of June 28th, 2021 by Ghoover

Opening This Week Gershwin and Friends | Pittsburgh Symphony | on-line only | Monday, June 28th at 7:30 | https://www.psofrontrow.org/?screen=buy-product&productID=75123 Craving for Trav…

What’s on Stage Pittsburgh | 6-28-21 by Ghoover

Opening This Week  Gershwin and Friends | Pittsburgh Symphony | on-line only | Monday, June 28th at 7:30 | https://www.psofrontrow.org/?screen=buy-product&productID=75123 Craving for Tr…

Point Park University’s Pittsburgh Playhouse Announces Their 2021 – 2022 Season by Ghoover

Like so many theaters, Point Park University’s Pittsburgh Playhouse season came to an abrupt halt last spring after the first performance and only performance of the eagerly awaited Pippin…

Pittsburgh Public hails THE CHIEF for O’Reilly homecoming in 2021-22 by Ghoover

  At the O’Reilly Theater on March 9, 2020, Pittsburgh Public Theater’s managing director Lou Castelli and artistic director Marya Sea Kaminski toast the announcement of the 2020-21 se…

In The Heights heats up the big-screen comeback and stands on its own as a joyful, heartfelt movie musical by Ghoover

By Sharon Eberson If you have seen one In the Heights, you have not seen them all The movie musical now streaming and in theaters is reimagined, based on, adapted from — let’s just say i…