Review: SUFFS Rouses and Inspires at Benedum Center
The (maybe) final show in CLO's history, this tour stop still has a lot to say.…
Barebones Black Box
1211 braddock Ave Braddock pA 15104Braddock
Review: HONKY TONK ANGELS Sing a New-Ish Song at Saint Vincent Summer Theatre
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. They're a classic summer stock company in an era when such things have been mostly forgot…
Review: BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL at Pittsburgh CLO
Just because the music speaks for itself in this jukebox musical, doesn't mean the stories aren't worth hearing.…
Review: FUN HOME Autopsies a Family at Theatre Factory
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.…
Review: WORKING Mixes Humor and Dignity at Front Porch Theatricals
This Pittsburgh-centric update of the seventies cult musical bridges the gap between the old world and the new.…
Review: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH Absolutely Rocks at City Theatre
The genderqueer indie rock cabaret staple has lost none of its bite, and found two definitive interpreters.…
Review: SHUCKED Yields a Harvest of Laughs at Benedum Center
Though the show is (intentionally) corny, there's a lot of heart and humor in this new country musical.…
Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS Runs Away with the Circus at Benedum Center
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. …
Review: CHICAGO Brings All That Jazz at Split Stage
Never underestimate the power of hiring the full orchestra…
Review: MALCOLM X AND REDD FOXX WASHING DISHES... Cooks Up Chemistry at City Theatre
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.…
Past Shows
The Animal Kingdom by Ruby Thomas
ABOUT THE ANIMAL KINGDOM by Ruby ThomasEnter the tumultuous world of Sam and his bewildered family, where understanding is as rare as a glimpse of...
American Buffalo
Three small-time hustlers want a bigger cut of theAmerican dream. David Mamet's explosive dramaexposes a timely American truth: The hustle and thecon are two sides of the same coin.In a Chicago junk shop, three small-time crooks plot torob a man of his coin collection, the showpiece ofwhich is a valuable “Buffalo nickel.” These high-mindedgrifters fancy themselves businessmen pursuinglegitimate free enterprise. But Donny, the junk shopowner, Bobby, a young junkie Donny has taken underhis wing, and “Teach,” a violently paranoid braggart, aremerely pawns caught up in their own game of last-chance, dead-end, empty pipe dreams."This production of American Buffalo, opening as the holiday season is moments away, and isn’t exactly in the spirit of merriment. However, it is a theatrical...
The Sound Inside
When Bella Baird, an isolated creative writing professor at Yale, begins to mentor a brilliant but enigmatic student named Christopher, the two form an unexpectedly...
Is God Is
Is God Is by Aleshea Harris is a modern myth about twin sisters who sojourn from the DirtySouth to the California desert to exact righteousrevenge....
The Total Immersion of Madeleine Favorini
“The Total Immersion of Madeleine Favorini” is a surreal 3-performer piece (15 roles) in which 46-year-old Madeleine Favorini journeys from dutifulness to rebellion on a...
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Miracle on 34th Street the Musical The Strand Theater (11/13-11/22) |
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Pierre & Marie Iron Horse Theatre Company (8/07-8/22) |
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Rainbow Kitten Surprise Stage AE (9/23-9/23) |
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Pittsburgh (9/19-9/19) |
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Hadestown (Non-Equity) Benedum Center for the Performing Arts (10/27-11/01) |
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Zac Brown Band PPG Paints Arena (9/13-9/13) |
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Golden Girls The Laughs Continue Byham Theatre (10/02-10/03) |
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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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John Cameron Mitchell: Hedwig 25th Anniversary Movie Tour Roxian Theatre Presented By Citizens (10/19-10/19) |