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City Theatre

1300 Bingham Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15203

City Theatre is a theatre in Pittsburgh.

Upcoming Shows

(this smoky city) our sunlite's grove

Dec 6 – Dec 12, 2026

Written by a.k. payne and directed by Monteze Freeland, this play is set at the edge of an old U.S. mill town where Diamond and Edi Ya work in an amusement park dripping with ghosts. The story carries memories of long summers and lost childhood as these chosen kin try to make...

Momentum Festival: New Plays at Different Stages

Dec 6 – Dec 12, 2026

A new play reading festival presented by City Theatre and Carnegie Mellon University's Center for New Work, featuring staged readings, artist conversations, and community events showcasing plays at different stages of development. The lineup includes two MFA Thesis Projects and...

Rift

Dec 6 – Dec 12, 2026

Written by Gabriel Jason Dean and directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh, this work of fiction inspired by true events follows two brothers, one a progressive novelist and the other a convicted murderer and high-ranking white supremacist prison gang member, united through traumatic...

Swallowing Beyonce

Dec 6 – Dec 12, 2026

Written by Ayibatari Owei and directed by Marco Rivera, this dark comedy follows a Black, queer friend group desperately trying to buy pit tickets to Beyoncé's Fourth of July show. When jealousy flares, a simple mission becomes a Sisyphean task, fracturing relationships along...

The Boy Who Hid Amongst The Stars and the Girl Who Looked Up

Dec 6 – Dec 12, 2026

Written by Emma Y. Lai and directed by Lauren Katz, this fantastical romantic comedy and modern folktale follows Laurie, a boy who can walk on the stars through people's dreams, and Saya, a girl whose dream he falls into. Together they journey through a flooded, blacked-out city...

The Break

Dec 6 – Dec 12, 2026

Written by Michael Kooman and Chris Dimond, directed by Daina Michelle Griffith with music direction by Rick Edinger, this brand-new rock musical is a spicy rom com with heart. Sam and Charlie have been together since freshman year of college, and as the marriage question looms...

Articles

Review: GOLDEN GIRLS: THE LAUGHS CONTINUE at Byham Theatre

Review: GOLDEN GIRLS: THE LAUGHS CONTINUE at Byham Theatre

by Brian Querry · October 5, 2026

Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue brings plenty of laughs, heart and nostalgia to Pittsburgh, with a dynamic cast that captures the spirit of the beloved original while adding a modern twist.…

Review: RENT Stays Relevant at BDE Productions

Review: RENT Stays Relevant at BDE Productions

by Greg Kerestan · October 2, 2026

It's almost a rite of passage that every theatre kid goes through a loving RENT phase and a hating RENT phase. The memes of 'Benny is a hero, the Bohemians are trash' have circulated for years, and I won't deny there are little grains of truth in there; this IS after all a show where killing rich pe…

Review: CABARET at Westmoreland Performing Arts

Review: CABARET at Westmoreland Performing Arts

by Brian Querry · September 28, 2026

There are few musicals that demand as much from a cast as Cabaret, and Westmoreland Performing Arts' production, presented Friday, September 25 and Saturday, September 26, at Live! Casino in Greensburg, PA, proved more than up to the challenge.…

Review: GREASE at 2nd Floor Theatre Company

Review: GREASE at 2nd Floor Theatre Company

by Brian Querry · August 1, 2026

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: HONKY TONK ANGELS Sing a New-Ish Song at Saint Vincent Summer Theatre

Review: HONKY TONK ANGELS Sing a New-Ish Song at Saint Vincent Summer Theatre

by Greg Kerestan · July 8, 2026

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…

Past Shows

29 total · showing 21–29

Late Nite Catechism

Late Nite Catechism

Sep 7 – Sep 17, 2017

By Maripat Donavan Featuring Kimberly Richards Sister is back in black (with wimple)! After nearly seven years, the original Late Nite Catechism returns to City Theatre for a limited engagement in the Hamburg Studio Theatre. If you’ve skipped class all these years, now’s your...

Abigail/1702

Abigail/1702

May 4 – May 26, 2013

Whatever happened to Abigail Williams? It's 1702, a decade after The Crucible's infamous seductress danced with the devil in Salem. Now, the devil returns for a visit, the blood on the gallows is dry, and Abigail hides behind a changed name in a new town. Imagining the destiny...

Little Gem

Little Gem

Mar 30 – May 5, 2013

Party girl Amber feels a rumble in her stomach. Her compulsive mother Lorraine tries her hand at salsa dancing. And her grandmother Kay "toys" with the meaning of pleasure as she looks after her ill husband. Chock full of Dublin slang and hilarity, this play depicts three...

Breath and Imagination: The Story of Roland Hayes

Breath and Imagination: The Story of Roland Hayes

Mar 9 – Mar 31, 2013

Roland Hayes journeyed from the dirt paths of Georgia to European stages, becoming the first African-American classical vocalist to be heard around the world. With bright yellow shoes given to him by his mother, his Angel Mo', Roland walked the hard road to stardom. This musical...

Seminar

Seminar

Jan 19 – Feb 10, 2013

Enter Kate's sprawling, rent-controlled apartment on the Upper West Side where four aspiring young novelists meet weekly for a private writing seminar with Leonard, a literary bigwig with a penchant for harsh criticism. Insults fly, the truth stings, and relationships are made...

South Side Stories

South Side Stories

Nov 10 – Dec 16, 2012

This vibrant one-woman show portrays the dynamism of a neighborhood. Embedded in the concrete of South Side's city steps are testimonials of teenage mischief, steel mill toil, and townie haunts. This is a neighborhood where parking chairs and bar stools mark territory, where...

Maple and Vine

Maple and Vine

Oct 13 – Nov 4, 2012

Burned out by their hectic, Manhattan lifestyles, Katha and Ryu move to Maple and Vine, a corner of the world where the milkman still makes daily deliveries and the housewives' smiles are as sweet as their homemade apple pies. This is 1955—perpetually. Reenacting the era with...

Electile Dysfunction: The Kinsey Sicks for President

Electile Dysfunction: The Kinsey Sicks for President

Sep 6 – Sep 9, 2012

The Kinsey Sicks are on a mission to be the first Dragapella Beautyshop Quartet to claim the White House! Don’t miss their boisterous campaign—complete with outrageous theatrics sung in the gals’ fabulous four-part harmony.

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