The latest theatre news from Pittsburgh — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Prime Stage Theatre's fall fundraiser An Evening of Poe Pourri will pay tribute to a most singular guest of honor: best-selling 19th-century crime and horror author Edgar Allan Poe.
Stripped-down production values but a game cast make the Pythonesque musical fly.
The award-winning Pittsburgh Playhouse at Point Park University has announced its fall 2025 programming, launching the 2025–2026 season with a mix of jazz, theater, dance, festivals, and community conversations.
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If any company in the area can be said to have a formula for its seasons, that is a fair assessment of Saint Vincent Summer Theatre's usual years: a farce, a revue of pre-rock songs from stage and screen, and then a Roger Bean style nostalgic jukebox musical.
BroadwayWorld, the leading source for theatre news and entertainment, has officially launched the BroadwayWorld Games Center, a brand-new destination for interactive Broadway-themed games designed for theatre fans of all ages.
If you don't know the capsule plot of Back to the Future yet, close this review and go pull it up for streaming, or check TBS (Back to the Future is almost always running on TBS these days).
Pittsburgh Public Theater has announced that single tickets are now on sale for all productions in its 2025–2026 season, titled Now More Than Ever.
City Theatre in Pittsburgh has announced the five winning plays of the 2025 Young Playwrights Contest, selected from over 320 submissions by students in grades 7–12 across the region.
Marya Sea Kaminski ends her tenure at the Public with her most ambitious and open-hearted production yet
Presented by Ensemble Actors Studio, this fast-paced, collaborative festival features ten original 10-minute plays by ten Pittsburgh-area playwrights - each inspired by quintessentially Pittsburgh prompts like inclines, pierogies, and jagoffs (yinz get the drift).
Chatham Baroque, Pittsburgh's premier Baroque music ensemble, has revealed its 2025/2026 concert season.
The School of Theatre, Film and Animation has announced the appointment of Juan Rivera Lebron as Chair of Theatre and Artistic Director of the Conservatory Theatre Company.
Pittsburgh Musical Theater has revealed their exciting 2025/2026 season, featuring six productions.
The Fulton Theatre has released a preview video of their new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS.
TheaterWorksUSA's Dog Man: The Musical will embark on a 30-week national tour starting this September.
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre announced the appointment of Nicolas Gaudreau as its new director of development.
Ann Morrison will lead the National Tour of Kimberly Akimbo, in the title role, beginning next month.
It's an oldie but a goodie, and Saint Vincent knows farce like nobody else.
Pittsburgh CLO has announced the cast of Disney's FROZEN as this enchanting summer spectacle comes to the Benedum Center next month.
Born from the ashes of the Lavender Scare, an era of persecution that queer resilience turned into a spark of revolution, this year's theme Lavender Wave rises with unstoppable pride.
I'm a millennial, and a nerd.
The legacy of legendary entertainer Dean Martin takes center stage once again as his hometown of Steubenville hosts the 2025 Dean Martin Hometown Festival from Thursday, June 12 through Saturday, June 14.
If you've ever wanted to spend a few minutes with a 1905 supermodel and chat about her leading role in America's first Crime of the Century, stop by Allegheny Cemetery on the afternoon of June 21 and meet Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, the fabled 'Girl on the Red Velvet Swing'.
This new musical makes a case both for its own mainstream success and for its heroine as an under-appreciated icon.
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The Lion King Benedum Center for the Performing Arts (9/09-9/27) |
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Bruno Mars & DJ Pee.Wee Acrisure Stadium (8/29-8/29) |
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Hadestown (Non-Equity) Benedum Center for the Performing Arts (10/27-11/01) |
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Pittsburgh (8/15-8/15) |
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Pittsburgh (9/19-9/19) |
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Weird Al Yankovic Giant Center (7/31-7/31) |
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Pierre & Marie Iron Horse Theatre Company (8/07-8/22) |
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Hadestown Benedum Center for the Performing Arts (10/27-11/01) |
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Pittsburgh (9/12-9/12) |
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Man of La Mancha The Strand Theater (9/11-9/20) |
