Saturday, March 14, 2026
By YVONNE HUDSON A strong pairing of beautiful works mesmerized the Pittsburgh Symphony’s audience this weekend. On Friday evening, Heinz Hall was alternately quiet and filled with soun…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 05:58PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 21, 2025
By YVONNE HUDSON Be careful what you wish for… Remember when The Blue Fairy gave puppetmaker Gepetto his wish that Pinocchio become “a real boy”? As life teaches us, the realitie…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 07:28PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 8, 2024
The orchestra has demonstrated dedication and resilience that deserves our attendance and support. By YVONNE HUDSON The significance of this weekend’s Pittsburgh Symphony concert is mu…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 07:35PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 11, 2024
By YVONNE HUDSON Daron Hagen’s “I Hear America Singing” serves up multiple treats for audiences that love singers, intimate performances, and music with a distinctively American flav…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 05:50PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 4, 2024
Audiences for the performances at Attack Theatre Studios on Friday the 3rd and at the Silver Eye Center for Photography on Saturday the 4th each had their own unique experience with the Some…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 08:50PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 18, 2024
By YVONNE HUDSON A fresh and sassy new production of Stephen Sondheim’s iconic Company fascinated critics and audiences in New York after its development on London’s West End. Bobbie…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 09:02AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 14, 2024
By YVONNE HUBSON Where else but Heinz Hall can the top hits of George Gershwin and his brother Ira conjure such magic? With the Pittsburgh Symphony on stage–wrapped around a stellar ja…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 12:27PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 15, 2023
Last performance today, October 15th, at 2:30 p.m. The concert has it’s final performance this afternoon on the eve of Disney’s centenary date, October 16. By YVONNE HUDSON Casting a spe…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 12:01PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 1, 2023
By YVONNE HUDSON Mistress of stream-of-consciousness comedy and crossdressing, Eddie Izzard transfixed her Byham Theatre energized audience on September 28. A nearly full house of fans c…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 03:08PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 22, 2023
By YVONNE HUDSON You will be amazed and know not what to say–you will be too busy laughing! When a regional company moving into its seventh decade takes on a cunningly crafter musical sati…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 04:45PM[SHARE]Friday, May 5, 2023
Thespis Beautifully Personifies the Pittsburgh Savoyards’ Tradition of Gilbert & Sullivan By Yvonne Hudson Bringing the works of Gilbert and Sullivan to life with passion and regular…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 06:27AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 8, 2023
By Yvonne Hudson Once in a while, some audience members experience a performance from a limited number of onstage seats when PSO360 invites up to 200 to join the Pittsburgh Symphony memb…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 04:46PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 26, 2023
By YVONNE HUDSON From the opening Piece of My Heart through the final rousing Proud Mary, the Pittsburgh Symphony Pops rocked Heinz Hall this weekend with a musical journey from the 1960s t…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 12:45AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 2, 2022
By Yvonne Hudson Clyde’s is a familiar place to anyone who’s ever stopped on the road just to get a bite or take a break, that non-descript cafe that’s a truck stop and sandwich shop. …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 09:35AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 11, 2022
By Yvonne Hudson August Wilson‘s characters are people whose stories leave a mark. Their journeys, as told in plays Wilson drew from real life, are vividly relatable, multi-layered, and re…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 11:55PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 30, 2022
By Yvonne Hudson The iconic songs and characters of A Chorus Line are woven into the fabric of musical theatre. Chorus Line was a game changer from its early development through the first …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 02:24PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream will call on the powers of magic and love as Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks’ continues its 18th year. Artistic Director Jennifer Tober…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 07:36PM[SHARE]Sunday, May 8, 2022
The Garbologists tells a story of how we hold on, let go, and remember—told through things we set out on the curb. By Yvonne Hudson Lindsay Joelle‘s script is delightfully intimate, surp…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 12:04PM[SHARE]Friday, February 4, 2022
by Yvonne Hudson Nothing stops the joyful artistry of Attack Theatre. Now that the company is settled in its new Lawrenceville studio, the 27-year-old company is enjoying the independence an…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 09:41PM[SHARE]Monday, February 17, 2020
A love letter to nature and an adventure in relationships, PICT Classic Theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a stunningly bright production celebrating the actors’ power through po…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 12:52PM[SHARE]Monday, February 3, 2020
Expert puppetry, exuberant performances, and inspired scenic design drive the infectious vintage charm of Little Shop of Horrors, Pittsburgh Public Theater’s (PPT) darkly comic musical …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 10:57AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 22, 2019
A child’s eyes reflect wonder and faith sometimes blurred by adult perception. Likewise, some holiday classics deserve a new angle. Resonance Works Pittsburgh under Maria Sensi Sellner has…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 10:35AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 5, 2019
Holiday treats are often overly sweet and holiday entertainments often swerve into stereotypes but The Carols at Carnegie Stage serves up the right potpourri of story, talent, rhymes, sche…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 12:51AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 13, 2019
An intriguing journey for anyone who loves Shakespeare’s works or treasures the intimate artistry of solo theatre, Shakespeare’s Will provides a memorable dramatic portrait of a woman wh…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 11:19AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 10, 2019
Sleep much? You might sleep for at least one night with your eyes open after The Woman in Black at PICT Classic Theatre. A joyful terror, this legendary dramatized ghost story runs through N…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 10:33AM[SHARE]Saturday, October 19, 2019
It’s an operetta. It’s a ghost story. And it is a comedic romance about conditional love and legacy. Ruddigore, or the Witch’s Curse is appropriately staged by the Pittsburgh Savoya…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 04:25PM[SHARE]Sunday, September 29, 2019
Genre-defying and unforgettable, Cambodian Rock Band rocks in every respect. City Theatre’s 45th season opener is an imaginative historic ride that casts the terrors of the Khmer Rou…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 12:31PM[SHARE]Sunday, August 18, 2019
Clever and cathartic, Fun Home at Front Porch Theatricals stirs the heart and memories of growing up despite the foibles of the grown-ups around us. Full of longing and never short on irony,…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 05:34PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 10, 2019
Food for Groundlings’ Othello is a labor of love attesting to how the region’s small companies do much with a modest resources. Shakespeare is about the human journey of the characters i…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 03:38PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 8, 2019
Next to the bowling greens in Frick Park, a large tent stirs anticipation. Quantum Theatre’s audience members are invited into the peña of beloved Chilean artist-activist Violeta Parra…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 11:09AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 20, 2019
A stunning cast and handsome designs support the retelling of superbly satisfying adventure with one of the most popular detectives, Sherlock Holmes. He is quite at home on the Charity Ra…
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