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Review: FAT HAM Serves Cookout Chaos Realness at City Theatre


by Greg Kerestan - March 11, 2024

James Ijames's Pulitzer-winning comedy Fat Ham is less an adaptation or reimagining of Hamlet, and more a play ABOUT Hamlet, a response to Hamlet. The characters are all too aware of how their stories and behaviors are mirroring characters from Shakespeare's tragedy: they quote it, riff on it, confi...

Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF IN CONCERT Breathes Life into an Old Favorite at Heinz Hall


by Greg Kerestan - February 26, 2024

The rediscovered orchestrations of John Williams make a beloved musical just that much better. If you were a movie or musical fan during the VHS era, you likely remember Fiddler on the Roof as one of those unwieldy three-hour films that require two different cassette tapes to watch in full, like Tit...

Review: DRAGON LADY Weaves Memory and Magic at Pittsburgh Public Theater


by Greg Kerestan - February 14, 2024

Sara Porkalob's solo show is a captivating mix of musical, monologue and alternative vibes. Solo shows are growing in popularity, both due to their artistic charms and their economic advantages post-COVID. Solo musicals, however, are still a rarity. What's the last one you can think of? ...

Review: THE PERFECT MATE Is Fantastic, and Fantastical, at Pittsburgh CLO


by Greg Kerestan - February 14, 2024

CLO's Spark program has a large-sized hit with the latest small-scale musical it commissioned. As a musical writer, let me just say: it's TOUGH to launch a new musical. The best thing you can do is have a company commission a show from you based on your pitch, otherwise you're going to have a long, ...

Review: URINETOWN Hits Below the Belt at The Lamp Theatre


by Greg Kerestan - February 05, 2024

If you asked me about important works of twentieth century literature, I'll rattle off all the obvious ones like The Great Gatsby and Death of a Salesman, but I'll also make a case for the first ten years of The Simpsons as an essential piece of American literature. Hyper-referential, joke dense, to...

Review: MY FAIR LADY Stirs Up Conversation at the Benedum Center


by Greg Kerestan - February 05, 2024

Leave it to a musical based on George Bernard Shaw to have audiences debating in the aisles after bows....

Review: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY Sings Sweet Through the Sour at Benedum Center


by Greg Kerestan - January 15, 2024

I'm still not quite sure how I feel about this show, but it sounded like heaven....

Review: A CHRISTMAS STORY Continues the Marathon at Pittsburgh Public Theater


by Greg Kerestan - December 14, 2023

It's back! Just last year I made the prediction that Philip Grecian's A Christmas Story: The Play would become a yearly staple, becoming the Christmas equivalent of Rocky Horror. To my delight, I was correct. Distinct from the more popular but more sentimentalized musical version by Pasek and Paul, ...

Review: WHO'S HOLIDAY Hits Below the Belt at Pittsburgh CLO


by Greg Kerestan - December 04, 2023

The CLO Cabaret's holiday special is delightfully raunchy, thanks to a go-for-broke performance by Lara Hayhurst....

Review: FRONT PORCH CABARET Unveils a Season of Firsts at Front Porch Theatricals


by Greg Kerestan - December 04, 2023

Pittsburgh's boutique professional musical theatre company loves taking chances, and this cabaret is full of them....

Past Shows

MAMMA MIA!
MAMMA MIA!
4/2 - 4/4/2020


MAMMA MIA! is the ultimate feel–good show that has audiences coming back again and again to relive the thrill. Now it's your turn to have ...

URINETOWN
4/5 - 4/7/2018


Winner of three Tony Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards and two Obie Awards, Urinetown is a hilarious musical satire of ...

Videos


9 to 5 The Musical in Pittsburgh 9 to 5 The Musical
The Youngstown Playhouse (6/7 - 6/16)
The Color Purple The Musical in Pittsburgh The Color Purple The Musical
Benedum Center for the Performing Arts (6/25 - 6/30)
Bandstand in Pittsburgh Bandstand
New Hazlett Theater (8/16 - 8/25)
Shrek the Musical (Non-Equity) in Pittsburgh Shrek the Musical (Non-Equity)
Capitol Theatre (5/1 - 5/1)
A...My Name is Still Alice in Pittsburgh A...My Name is Still Alice
New Hazlett Theater (5/17 - 5/26)
Betty Buckley in Pittsburgh Betty Buckley
Walker Recital Hall (4/19 - 4/19)
Gavin Creel in Pittsburgh Gavin Creel
Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center (5/1 - 5/1)
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