Review: COME FROM AWAY Humanizes Tragedy at Front Porch Theatricals
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.…
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Review: GREASE at 2nd Floor Theatre Company
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.…
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.…
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. …
Past Shows
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FeaturedMean Girls
MEAN GIRLS is a fiercely funny and witty musical that brings the iconic 2004 film to the stage. From book writer Tina Fey (30 Rock), this smash-hit musical features a contemporary and catchy score, including songs like "World Burn" and "I'd Rather Be Me." MEAN GIRLS delivers big...
FeaturedBEAUTIFUL: The Carole King Musical
Pittsburgh CLO brings you an all-new production of BEAUTIFUL: The Carole King Musical, the inspiring story of a girl from Brooklyn who became one of the most successful singer-songwriters in music history. With unforgettable hits like "It’s Too Late," "You’ve Got a Friend," "So...
The Great Gatsby: A New Musical
The party's roaring on Broadway! THE GREAT GATSBY is a “great, big Broadway extravaganza that explodes with life and energy” (Entertainment Weekly). Directed by Marc Bruni (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), this story of extravagance and longing features choreography by...
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre presents the Pittsburgh premiere of Ben Stevenson's A Midsummer Night's Dream, the season finale of PBT's 2025-26 Dream Season, performed with live music from the PBT Orchestra and the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh. Based on Shakespeare's comedy, the...
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre: The Nutcracker
That time of year is approaching – it’s Nutcracker season at the Benedum Center! Featuring staging and choreography by Terrence S. Orr, set to Tchaikovsky’s enduring score, The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s production of the Nutcracker has been a long-standing holiday tradition...
Meredith Willson's The Music Man
THE MUSIC MAN JULY 9-14, 2024 Benedum Center THE MUSIC MAN follows fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band that he vows to organize – this, despite the fact that he doesn’t...
The Color Purple The Musical
THE COLOR PURPLE JUNE 25-30, 2024 Benedum Center This musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel (and the popular 1985 Steven Spielberg film) spotlights Celie, a downtrodden young woman whose personal awakening over the course of 40 years forms the arc of...
West Side Story
WEST SIDE STORY JUNE 11-16, 2024 Benedum Center Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is transported to modern-day New York City as two young, idealistic lovers find themselves caught between warring street gangs, the American Jets and the Puerto Rican Sharks. Their struggle to survive...
Peter And The Starcatcher
A wildly theatrical, hilarious and innovative retelling of how a miserable orphan came to be The Boy Who Never Grew Up, upends the century-old legend of Peter Pan. A dozen brilliant actors play more than 100 unforgettable characters using their enormous talent, ingenious...
Orphée
Based on Jean Cocteau's 1950 retelling of the Orpheus myth, Orphée is a parable on the life of an artist in which the poets Orphée and Cégeste, Eurydice, and a mysterious Princess interact within the worlds of the living and the dead. Love eventually triumphs, but The Princess...
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Pittsburgh (9/12-9/12) |
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Golden Girls The Laughs Continue Byham Theatre (10/02-10/03) VIDEOS |
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Hadestown (Non-Equity) Benedum Center for the Performing Arts (10/27-11/01) |
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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 Lion King Benedum Center for the Performing Arts (9/09-9/27) |
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John Cameron Mitchell: Hedwig 25th Anniversary Movie Tour Roxian Theatre Presented By Citizens (10/19-10/19) |
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Nunsense The Strand Theater (3/12-3/21) |
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Evil Dead The Musical Pittsburgh Musical Theater (9/25-10/25) |
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Zac Brown Band PPG Paints Arena (9/13-9/13) |
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Broadway at the Overlook Pittsburgh Musical Theater (8/27-8/30) |