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THE GARBOLOGISTS Closes Out The 47th Season at City Theatre
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2022
City Theatre has announced the final production of its 2021/2022 season, Lindsay Joelle's The Garbologists, directed by Monteze Freeland. A co-world premiere with Philadelphia Theatre Company, The Garbologists runs from April 30 to May 22 on the City Theatre Main Stage.
Full Cast Announced for PICT's THE BOYS IN THE BAND
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2022
“The Most Anticipated Production of 2022” (BroadwayWorld Readers’ Poll, 2021) just announced their cast. The Boys in the Band, Mart Crowley’s American classic, will begin previews June 16 at the historic Fred Rogers Studio at WQED in an exciting new production by PICT Classic Theatre.
Buzzy Photography And Minding The Gap Collaborate On A Book Of Photography Highlighting Pittsburgh Dancers
by BWW News Desk - April 08, 2022
After more than two years in the making, “Waiting in the Wings – Pittsburgh Dancers Experiencing the Pandemic” featuring the photography of Anita Buzzy Prentiss is available for purchase.
Photos: PMT's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Takes The Stage In Pittsburgh's West End
by BWW News Desk - April 08, 2022
Get a first look at photos from JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, presented by Pittsburgh Musical Theater, opened at the Gargaro Theater in the West End!
IMAGINING RACHEL Solo Show Runs at Unmuted Participants Online Festival
by BWW News Desk - April 07, 2022
Writer/actor/director Elise Robertson unravels her own coming-of-age in an attempt to get to the truth about environmental icon and fellow Pittsburgher Rachel Carson’s nature in her digital solo show Imagining Rachel. 
2022-2023 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh Season Announced
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2022
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announced the 2022-2023 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh Series. The touring Broadway shows coming to Pittsburgh this season include Frozen, Hadestown, Hairspray, Jagged Little Pill, Beetlejuice, Six, and Tina – The Tina Turner Musical. Find out when each show is placing and how to get tickets!
BNY Mellon Presents JazzLive, Greer Cabaret Theater, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
by BWW News Desk - April 04, 2022
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces the BNY Mellon Presents JazzLive will showcase local, regional, and national jazz musicians each Tuesday this April at the Greer Cabaret Theater in Pittsburgh's Cultural District. 
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Premieres Artistic Director Susan Jaffe's SWAN LAKE with the PBT Orchestra
by BWW News Desk - April 04, 2022
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre invites audiences to fall under the spell of the enduring love story Swan Lake, running May 6 – 15 at the Benedum Center. With new staging by Artistic Director Susan Jaffe and an iconic Tchaikovsky score performed by the PBT Orchestra, audiences will be enchanted by this timeless tale of love and betrayal. 
PCT Announces Spring Gallery Crawl In The Cultural District
by BWW News Desk - April 01, 2022
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces the return of the annual Spring Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District on Friday, April 22, 2022, from 5:30 p.m. to Midnight featuring over 20 free events at 14 Crawl Stops located in Pittsburgh Cultural Trust galleries, and other various outdoor and indoor locations and public spaces. This Crawl includes the return of the popular Crawl After Dark event: Silent Disco, taking place at SPACE Gallery between 10:00 p.m. and midnight.
Resonance Works Announces THE PHENOMENAL WOMEN and RIGOLETTO To Close Ninth Season
by BWW News Desk - April 01, 2022
On April 30 at the Mellon Institute Auditorium in Oakland, international superstar soprano Takesha Meshé Kizart-Thomas gives a moving solo recital dedicated to women artists who shaped the 20th century. On May 20 and 22 at the Carnegie Music Hall in Carnegie, Resonance Works presents a reimagined version of Giuseppe Verdi's heartbreaking opera masterpiece Rigoletto set in 1930s Hollywood.
Theater Company Unearths And Updates 1730s Baroque Manuscript For Modern Audiences
by BWW News Desk - March 30, 2022
Quantum Theatre, in collaboration with Chatham Baroque and supported by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, will present Idaspe by Riccardo Broschi at the Byham Theater October 7–15, 2022 in its first full production since 1730.
Pittsburg Community Theatre Presents OLIVER! in April
by BWW News Desk - March 30, 2022
“Consider Yourself” at home with the Pittsburg Community Theatre as they return to the El Campanil Theatre in Antioch with the ever-popular family Musical Oliver!
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE... Will Be Performed By Pittsburgh Shakespeare In The Parks
by BWW News Desk - March 28, 2022
It's no holds Bard when PITTSBURGH SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS produces its first indoor spring show to open its 18th season. Featuring all 37 plays in Will's canon in just 97 minutes through the hilarious rapid-fire THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE-ABRIDGED is slated to brew laughter from March 30 through April 9 at Threadbare Cider & Meadery, 1291 Spring Garden Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212.
Pittsburgh CLO Now Accepting Applications For 2022 Internship Program
by BWW News Desk - March 25, 2022
Applications are now being accepted for the 2022 Pittsburgh CLO Summer Internship Program. The Summer Internship Program runs approximately 10-13 weeks beginning in May through mid-August, depending upon the internship being applied for, and affords students 18 years of age and older the opportunity to work one-on-one with musical theater industry professionals.
Pittsburgh Public Theater Announces 2022-2023 Season
by BWW News Desk - March 24, 2022
Pittsburgh Public Theater has announced the company's 2022-2023 season, IT'S A NEW DAY, will kick off in October 2022 and run through June 2023.
EQT Children's Theater Festival Returns To The Cultural District
by BWW News Desk - March 23, 2022
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has announced that the EQT Children's Theater Festival will be live and in-person again in 2022. The last in-person Festival took place in 2019, with multiple iterations of the event taking place online to help children connect with the arts throughout the pandemic.
​​​​​​​Quantum Theatre Unearths and Updates 1730s Baroque Manuscript For Modern Audiences
by BWW News Desk - March 23, 2022
Quantum Theatre, in collaboration with Chatham Baroque and supported by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, will present Idaspe by Riccardo Broschi at the Byham Theater October 7–15, 2022 in its first full production since 1730.
Bailey Lee Celebrates Grandfather and Asian American Heritage in New Play PAPA At New Hazlett Theater
by BWW News Desk - March 21, 2022
The New Hazlett Theater is thrilled to present Bailey Lee's new work, Papa, as the conclusion to the 9th Season of Community Supported Art (CSA). Premiering live onstage April 7-8, Papa is an original play created and performed by Bailey Lee that celebrates Asian American heritage.
Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival Moves Out of Point State Park
by BWW News Desk - March 15, 2022
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announced a shift in the footprint for the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival. Due to new usage rules & regulations issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for Point State Park, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is no longer able to utilize the site for its celebration of the arts.
City Theatre Announces 2022-2023 Season
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2022
City Theatre Company, Pittsburgh’s home for contemporary plays, has announced the details of the theatre’s 48th season of bold, new works, beginning in September 2022. City Theatre’s second season post-pandemic shutdown will feature five plays with first-time and returning artists, plus special events.  
Photos: First Look at the Cast of PMT's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2022
Pittsburgh Musical Theater is presenting Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar April 7 – May 1 at the Gargaro Theater in the West End. View photos of the cast.
Pittsburgh Public Theater Announces Casting For MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2022
Pittsburgh Public Theater will welcome audiences back to live theater with the highly anticipated production of Agatha Christie’s MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS at the O’Reilly Theater, April 13 – May 1, 2022.
Chatham Baroque Brings East of the River To Pittsburgh For A Program Of Medieval Sephardic Music and More
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2022
This April, Chatham Baroque presents New York-based ensemble East of the River for the program Hamsa, featuring music from the geographic regions of Andalusia, North Africa, the Ottoman Empire, and the Sephardic diaspora.
Pittsburgh Public Theater to Present AGATHA CHRISTIE'S MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2022
Pittsburgh Public Theater will welcome audiences back to live theater with the highly anticipated production of Agatha Christie's MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS at the O'Reilly Theater, April 13 - May 1, 2022.
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's HERE + NOW Runs This Month
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2022
Cutting-edge voices in dance will take center stage at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center March 24 – 27 at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's (PBT) Here + Now. Featuring a lineup of internationally acclaimed — and all female — choreographers, this evocative mixed repertory production showcases the beauty and innovation of contemporary ballet.

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