The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Pittsburgh.
Beat the drums because Thoroughly Modern Millie is a hit! As the nightcap to Pittsburgh CLO's 2018 summer season, Millieis nothing short of a flapper girl's dream and a theatergoer's desire.
'Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme, dudes dressed up as chicks.
After a more realistic, but less interesting, live-action film, Pittsburgh CLO returns to the original- and cartoons in general- for inspiration.
A sentimental, old-fashioned musical can be corny and slow in the wrong hands, but this production is as fresh as the heather on the hill.
The success of the 'Nunsense' franchise may be a bizarre fluke, but there's no denying the charm of Gregg Brandt's production.
Before there was Magic Mike, there was The Full Monty.
There's a lot going on in Maury Yeston and Peter Stone's musical epic, but the payoff is well worth the effort.
The rhythm is gonna get you when you attend the first musical of the CLO's 72nd season.
A talented cast give their all, but Simon Levy's adaptation of the Great American Novel seems unsure of what it wants to be.
You couldn't write a play like this today, but with the right, light touch, you can still get an immensely entertaining evening out of it.
A struggling writer is all too common a motif in literature - think Midnight in Paris, Sunset Boulevard, orSomething Rotten!.
Missed your invitation to Harry and Megan's royal wedding? Fear naught, because as part of PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh, the story of Cinderella is as enchanting and regal as any British love story.
A true comedy of errors filled with couples engaged and enraged in wedding jitters, Perfect Wedding at the CLO Cabaret is the madcap comedy of the summer that will make you think twice about saying, "I do.
Is Hamlet mad or sane? Should Denmark be ruled by the melancholy Dane, or by Claudius? Ted Pappas's production bravely casts all accepted answers into uncertainty.
Addiction drama is passe, author/main character Sean says.
Alan Stanford's masterful adaptation of an often-grim Bronte novel balances melodrama with humanity, horror with levity.
The five-person, three-musician comedy is a throwback, both to the Golden Age of comic books and the absurd silliness of 1990s family comedy.
To see a show, you must rent a seat.
The Pittsburgh Public production of Simon Stephens's play is a tug of war, both between its two characters and between light comedy and weighty drama.
Even without big-name stars, 'Waitress' proves itself to be the right show at the right time.
Explosive and suspenseful, The Bodyguard, the musical, offers a modern take on the 1992 silver screen classic starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner.
Vaudeville, burlesque and television variety shows may be dead, but Ted Pappas uses the classic Sondheim musical to exhume the bodies and bring them roaring back to life.
There's a land that you've heard of, once in a lullaby.
There are some things it's hard to joke about, but the tasteful crime tragicomedy of James Lecesne's one-man show somehow holds it together.
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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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Doubt: A Parable Paragon Theatre (10/02-10/10) |
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The Dinner Detective Pittsburgh True Crime Murder Mystery Show The Dinner Detective Pittsburgh (11/21-11/21) |
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In Clay City Theatre (9/19-10/11) |
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Nunsense The Strand Theater (3/12-3/21) |
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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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Late, Late At Night (The Rick Springfield Story) The Oaks Theater, Oakmont, PA (11/19-11/19) |
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A Night at the Symphony Byham Theater (3/26-3/26) |
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Little Shop of Horrors Paragon Theatre (11/12-11/21) |
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Miracle on 34th Street the Musical The Strand Theater (11/13-11/22) |
