On Stage for the week of 5/3/21 by Ghoover

Checkout some of what’s happening in the greater Pittsburgh theatre scene this week. Want your company’s shows to be listed here, drop us the info and pictures at info@pghintheround.com …

Comtra Theater presents Batavia’s Lion King Junior by Ghoover

Reviewed  by Jessica Neu This past weekend, Cranberry’s Comtra Theater hosted their first musical in over a year. Batavia Musical Theater, located in Mars, PA, performed the Lion King Jr.…

CMU’s Actor Showcase streams starting May 3rd by Ghoover

Treading Water – ATC’s First Livestream! by Ghoover

By Hallie Donner (ATC provided press release) Something big is happening at Alumni Theatre Company  on Saturday, May 8th! A cast of ATC Young Artists will fearlessly take the stage and perf…

Sunsum is Spirit opens virtually at the New Hazlett on Thursday, 4/29 by Ghoover

Sunsum is Spirit is an immersive experience that combines original music with traditional and contemporary African dance, movement and storytelling. This surrealist performance captures a li…

SEVENTH ANNUAL WEEK OF WILL CELEBRATES BARD’S 457TH BIRTHDAY WITH VIRTUAL EVENTS by Ghoover

        Happy Birthday, Will! Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks presents a whole lot of Will for the 457th celebration! It’s WEEK OF WILL: IN THE WORKS. Read on for the season ann…

Pittsburgh Symphony’s Carmen & Beethoven New Visions for Beloved Classics Premiers Saturday Night! by Ghoover

Photo: Music Director Manfred Honeck leads the PSO in “Carmen & Beethoven,” an inventive program of stellar works. Photo credit: Julie Goetz This concert was recorded live at Heinz H…

Benedum Center and Byham Theater Receive GBAC STAR™ Facility Accreditation by Ghoover

As Pittsburgh begins to gear up for the reopening of our beloved theaters and safely welcome guests back, the Pittsburg Cultural Trust has announced the first theaters or performing arts v…

Pittsburgh CLO Announces it’s 75th anniversary season “Summer Under the Stars” by Ghoover

Pittsburgh CLO today announced it will bring Broadway back to the ‘Burgh this summer at Heinz Field in a first-ever partnership with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The two-show “Summer Under t…

“The Outsiders” by Ghoover

  When you’re a Greaser, you’re a Greaser all the way. It may not have the same ring to it as the iconic lyric I’m repurposing here, but it’s no doubt the credo for the characters i…

The Poignant Trials of Motherhood in City Theatre’s “Cry It Out” by Ghoover

Reviewed by Ralph Leary As every new parent knows, babies don’t come with an owner’s manual.  Books stores are filled with shelves of advice and guidance, and thousands of sites are jus…

A Cache of Visceral Feeling in “Hoard” by Ghoover

By Eva Phillips Obsession and compulsion are curious things. Often, there is an ascetic sterility that’s assumed—fastidiously organizing all the marginalia of one’s existence so nothin…

Necessary Battles in Theatre Factory’s “She Kills Monsters” by Ghoover

By Eva Phillips Dungeons and Dragons (D&D, colloquially) has achieved and maintained a level of popularity, notoriety and infamy since its creation in 1974 that is just as grandiose as t…

Ultimate Girl Power at Point Park’s “The Wolves” by Ghoover

By Cayleigh Boniger With the resounding success of the U.S. Women’s soccer team and their dramatic win of the World Cup, Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan have become household names.  But wh…

“Appropriate” by Ghoover

By Brian Pope Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. The patriarch of a white (usually Southern) family dies. This tragic inevitability sets his family (primarily his adult children) on …

On the Field with “The Wolves” Director Rachel M. Stevens by Ghoover

  I don’t believe there was a more viscerally tempestuous and discombobulated time in my young life than when I was fully immersed in team sports. Questionably coordinated and ravaged by …

Conductor Glenn Lewis on Pittsburgh Opera’s “The Last American Hammer” by Ghoover

Pittsburgh Opera’s “Second Stage Production,” always a sure sign that spring is around the corner, and this year Peter Hilliard and Matt Boresi’s The Last American Hammer, will have …

Shammen McCune: On a Roll with Shakespeare Roles by Ghoover

Once more, Shammen McCune is immersed in an iconic Shakespearean role. In 2017, McCune portrayed Lady Capulet in PICT Classic Theater’s Romeo and Juliet. In 2019, she inhabited Caliba…

Stellar Performances Abound in Split Stage’s “Next to Normal” by Ghoover

By Eva Phillips Selling audiences on a musical that delves into the excruciating morass a woman traverses as she faces grief, mental illness, a stymied marriage, and a romance, of sort, with…

Pittsburgh Opera Announces Next Season’s Productions by Ghoover

As is customary once its current season is at the midway point, Pittsburgh Opera has made public details on the works to be presented during the next season – the company’s 82nd.  The l…

English Language Premiere of “The Mother of Fishes” to Benefit Pittsburgh Community Food Bank by Ghoover

  On exceptionally rare occasions Pittsburgh hears the premiere of an opera. Operas in English translations are more common. But it’s a safe bet that the English language premiere of The …

Pittsburgh Musical Theater Flaunts Their Long, Beautiful “HAIR” by Ghoover

By Eva Phillips Let’s not beat around the bush here (yes, that’s a hair pun right off the bat, but I think it’s the apropos mood for the show)—HAIR is fundamentally chaotic. Which is…

Antony Walker to Conduct Pittsburgh Opera’s “Alcina” by Ghoover

Next up at Pittsburgh Opera is George Frideric Handel’s Alcina – a baroque work that, while centuries old, is anything but “time honored.” The opera (“Alcheenah” to American spea…

2019 Round-Up!! by Ghoover

2019 was a preponderance of things: chaotic, joyous, concerning, impeaching, meteorologically unpredictable, mournful, hilarious, and so on. But in the sea of adjectives, expletives, and oth…

The Hilariously Dark Side of Christmas in “Santaland Diaries” by Ghoover

By Eva Phillips There’s an inescapable dread and ennui that comes with the holiday season. If the despotic demands to buy the best gifts, prepare the best meals, and have the best life-cha…

Storm the Barricades for “Les Miserables” by Ghoover

By Eva Phill;ipsWe exist in a remarkable sort of renaissance for musical theater. Indeed, the past 10 to 15 years has been characterized by an abundance of shows that successfully marry the …

Pittsburgh CLO’s “Forever Plaid” by Ghoover

By Eva Phillips It is surprising how a horrific accident or cruel twist of fate can catapult a career. Just ask Buddy Holly, or Lynyrd Skynyrd, or Otis Redding. Or ask the strapping young la…

“Endeavor Mind” by Ghoover

By Eva Phillips Transcendentalism undergoes many changes as humans evolve. Whether this transcendentalism manifests the thirst to conquer the elements by mastering a flying apparatus, or dev…

“A Bronx Tale” by Ghoover

By Brian Pope The timeless compositions of Alan Menken have been the heartbeat of many memorable musical tales dealing with the themes of duty, love, and morality. Should Ariel abandon her f…

Pittsburgh Public Theatre Produces a Hilarious, Powerful “School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play” by Ghoover

By Eva Phillips The ways girls behave and the things they do to one another within the overwhelming hives of school, their social structures, and their own minds is the source of great, and …

Cross-Stitch Theatre Company Brings Claudia Rankine’s “The White Card” to Life by Ghoover

By Eva Phillips In remarks discussing the nature of violent and racist language, Claudia Rankine cited the post-structural linguistic semiotics of fellow intellectual Judith Butler, stating,…