The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Pittsburgh.
Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue brings plenty of laughs, heart and nostalgia to Pittsburgh, with a dynamic cast that captures the spirit of the beloved original while adding a modern twist.
It's almost a rite of passage that every theatre kid goes through a loving RENT phase and a hating RENT phase.
There are few musicals that demand as much from a cast as Cabaret, and Westmoreland Performing Arts' production, presented Friday, September 25 and Saturday, September 26, at Live! Casino in Greensburg, PA, proved more than up to the challenge.
Split Stage delivers a high-tech, high-tension production of a musical that shouldn't feel as relevant as it does.
In a time of increased political insecurity, Sondheim and company's parable of nihilism and the American Dream still hits home.
While some have accused it of being too twee, this musical docudrama provides hope and humanity in a time when both are hard to come by.
Launching a new theater company is always a leap of faith, but 2nd Floor Theatre Company lands on solid footing with its inaugural production of Grease.
The (maybe) final show in CLO's history, this tour stop still has a lot to say.
Ever heard the joke about how you know you're old when the songs of your childhood get played in grocery stores? As a lifelong Westmoreland County resident, I've long been a fan of Saint Vincent Summer Theatre.
Just because the music speaks for itself in this jukebox musical, doesn't mean the stories aren't worth hearing.
I've always been a comics guy, ever since I was five years old and discovered my dad's shipping crate full of seventies and eighties cult titles like Howard the Duck and Doctor Strange.
This Pittsburgh-centric update of the seventies cult musical bridges the gap between the old world and the new.
The genderqueer indie rock cabaret staple has lost none of its bite, and found two definitive interpreters.
Though the show is (intentionally) corny, there's a lot of heart and humor in this new country musical.
If I told you I spent an evening last week watching a surrealist dramedy about performers in a circus run by a needy, codependent and violent ringmaster with bipolar disorder, you'd have two options to choose from.
Never underestimate the power of hiring the full orchestra
Unlike most works of historical fiction, the vibes in this new dramedy are so good, you almost don't need the biographical tie-ins at all.
The only constant is change, as anyone will tell you, and Front Porch Theatricals has always epitomized that.
Amazingly, some things never DO go out of style.
Pittsburgh CLO's The Rocky Horror Show strips the cult classic back to its 1973 origins — and the results are surprisingly moving.
Michael Frayn's legendary farce returns, in the Public's most go-for-broke physical comedy yet.
Here's a fun fact about me: I have never played one of the Four Plaids, but I have been in many, many productions of Forever Plaid.
When it comes to Stephen Sondheim, people often have very strong opinions on 'blue-book Sondheim' (the first half of his memoirs is a blue book covering his origins through Merrily) versus 'pink book Sondhiem' (the second half, a pink book, covers Sunday through Bounce).
If you saw Very Berry Dead at Big Storm last year (and I hope you did), you probably had some idea what to expect with actor/writer José Pérez IV's latest show, To Battle.
One of the biggest debates in the world of theatre is over the genre of Anton Chekhov's masterpiece of early modernism, The Seagull.
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Pittsburgh (10/31-10/31) |
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In Clay City Theatre (9/19-10/11) |
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Evil Dead The Musical Pittsburgh Musical Theater (9/25-10/25) |
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Doubt: A Parable Paragon Theatre (10/02-10/10) |
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Doubt, A Parable Paragon Theatre (10/02-10/10) |
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Nunsense The Strand Theater (3/12-3/21) |
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum The Strand Theater (4/30-5/09) |
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The Dinner Detective Pittsburgh True Crime Murder Mystery Show The Dinner Detective Pittsburgh (11/14-11/14) |
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And A Buoy New Hazlett Theater (11/30-11/30) |
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Little Shop of Horrors Paragon Theatre (11/12-11/21) |
