Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Demeatria Boccella weaves cultural touchstones into costumes for Pittsburgh Public’s all-Black production By Sharon Eberson This enchanting moment has been 20 years in the making for Demea…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 03:53PM[SHARE]Monday, January 30, 2023
The lineup for the 2023 Pittsburgh Humanities Festival will include This American Life host Ira Glass discussing “Seven Things I’ve Learned,” women in hip-hop and other timely presenta…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 04:14PM[SHARE]Sunday, January 29, 2023
City Theatre production introduces What the Constitution Means to Me to Pittsburgh By Sharon Eberson Humorous and harrowing are descriptions that don’t usually go hand in hand, but that…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 11:11PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 25, 2023
By Sharon Eberson It was never going to be nice and easy, if that’s what you are looking for in a musical. It had to be rough and raw for the theatrical world built around Alanis Morisse…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 01:01PM[SHARE]Modern revenge myth Is God Is comes to Braddock on February 24 By Sharon Eberson Patrick Jordan’s barebones productions is back in business in Braddock, opening season No, 20 with the reve…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 10:13AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 19, 2023
Chris Hoch was joking when he said, “I tend to do a tour about every 10 years.” Since graduating from Carnegie Mellon in 1998 and jumping right into a Pittsburgh CLO ensemble role, tha…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 07:37PM[SHARE]The nonbinary actor.plays a nonbinary character in the tour of the Alanis Morissette jukebox musical By Sharon Eberson When Jagged Little Pill was in its early days, the role Jade McLeod had…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 07:29PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 17, 2023
The award-winning play by Heidi Schreck makes its Pittsburgh debut at City Theatre By Sharon Eberson Tami Dixon wasn’t looking for a big bear of a role when What the Constitution Means to …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 02:49PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 12, 2023
At a time of year when we officially pay tribute to the life and times of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., it is fitting that we in Pittsburgh also can join in a celebration of another civil righ…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 05:52PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 10, 2023
By Sharon Eberson Sting is at Heinz Hall this week to get personal with Pittsburgh audiences. He is here not only to sing his greatest hits, but to tell the stories behind his storied lyrics…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 11:24AM[SHARE]Saturday, January 7, 2023
By Sharon Eberson Tricia Paoluccio has had Dolly Parton’s voice twanging around in her head for as long as she can remember. And now she’s letting her inner Dolly out for all to hear –…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 12:18PM[SHARE]Sunday, January 1, 2023
By Sharon Eberson Carter Redwood, star of the CBS TV series FBI:International, received a surprise gift while home for the holidays — a Pittsburgh theater will soon bear his name. Last wee…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 11:27AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 29, 2022
Baldwin High alum and Point Park’s Annie Gagen join Nina West in touring show By Sharon Eberson There are cast albums that you turn to when you need a lift, and if you’re like me, Hairsp…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 10:37PM[SHARE]Monday, December 26, 2022
By Sharon Eberson Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company plans to inaugurate the company’s new Hill District venue with a five-play 2023 season, founder and producing artistic director Mar…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 05:13PM[SHARE]Saturday, December 10, 2022
Michael Cerveris provides star power as Scrooge in 31st year of a Pittsburgh tradition By Sharon Eberson It’s that time of year when Nutcrackers and Christmas Carols abound, and in the Pit…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 11:08PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 6, 2022
By Sharon Eberson If you triple-dog-dared me to write a one-word review of Pittsburgh Public Theater’s A Christmas Story, The Play, I would be required to leave you with: “Delightful.…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 11:37AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 4, 2022
By Sharon Eberson The Wanderers takes a hard look at the eternal conundrum of being a part of something bigger than oneself – a couple, a culture, a community – while holding on to one…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 1, 2022
It was officially Billy Porter Day in Hollywood on December 1 on Thursday, but it is always Billy Porter Day in his hometown of Pittsburgh. Porter, the Emmy-, Tony- and Grammy-winning favori…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 06:58PM[SHARE]By Sharon Eberson Michael Berresse, the director, choreographer and Tony-nominated performer, will have a Christmas story of his own to tell now that he finds himself in Pittsburgh, a stone…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 01:53PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 29, 2022
By Sharon Eberson The 2023 season just announced by Front Porch Theatricals is further evidence that the company that bills itself as “Pittsburgh’s boutique musical theater company” ha…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 09:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 23, 2022
All of us at onStage Pittsburgh are thankful for the Pittsburgh performing artists who entertain us year-round with cultural choices. Profound, provocative or just plain fun, we are here for…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 10:50AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Pittsburgh Musical Theater will present the 31st annual edition of Ken Gargaro’s A Lyrical Christmas Carol, with young artists joining professional guest artists Rob Jessup as the Narrator…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 12:19PM[SHARE]Saturday, November 19, 2022
By Sharon Eberson Willie Lynch may have existed. And if he did, he may have addressed Virginia plantation owners in 1712 about his blueprint for managing enslaved Africans. His method, he vo…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 04:21PM[SHARE]Friday, November 18, 2022
By Sharon Eberson Hayden Tee was a bit surprised to discover that he missed Javert, that single-named relentless pursuer of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables. Tee played the role from his nativ…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 02:10PM[SHARE]A mostly veteran cast is back for Pittsburgh CLO’s A Musical Christmas Carol, complementing first-time Ebenezer Scrooge Michael Cerveris in the 31st edition of the holiday tradition. Two-t…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 07:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 15, 2022
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…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 01:17PM[SHARE]Monday, November 7, 2022
By Sharon Eberson Pittsburgh’s introduction to the world of Hadestown is coming soon, so I wanted to know – how does the national tour differ from the Broadway experience? In Hadestown, …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 02:10PM[SHARE]Friday, November 4, 2022
The stage & screen star comes home for the holidays to headline annual A Musical Christmas Carol By Sharon Eberson Two-time Tony Award-winner Michael Cerveris will become part of a three…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 03:25PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 2, 2022
"I really truly own so much to Duquesne. If I had been at a different university in a small town that did not have the arts and culture that Pittsburgh had, I don't know if I would've gone i…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 10:17AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Miserable Creatures, at South Park Theatre through Nov. 5, is the latest from James Michael Shoberg, who for more than 20 years has been reimagining well-known fantastical stories for mature…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 01:46PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 28, 2022
By Sharon Eberson If your eyes glaze over when you see the title “production supervisor” in your theater program, here’s something that might make you wide-eyed instead: It is a prod…
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