Review: CHICAGO Brings All That Jazz at Split Stage
by Greg Kerestan - February 10, 2026
Never underestimate the power of hiring the full orchestra...
Review: MALCOLM X AND REDD FOXX WASHING DISHES... Cooks Up Chemistry at City Theatre
by Greg Kerestan - January 29, 2026
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....
Review: FRONT PORCH CABARET Announces its Biggest Get Yet at Front Porch Theatricals
by Greg Kerestan - December 03, 2025
The only constant is change, as anyone will tell you, and Front Porch Theatricals has always epitomized that. Other than knowing their shows are going to be good, you could go in knowing everything or nothing (more often nothing) about their curated picks and walk out satisfied. ...
Past Shows
Dinah: A Musical Revue
Apr 5 – Apr 28, 2024
Dinah: A Musical Revue opens 2024 season of Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater Company FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (March 23, 2024) Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater Company opens its 21st season...
August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean
Aug 22 – Sep 23, 2019
GEM OF THE OCEAN by August WilsonDirected by Andrea Frye(Opens Saturday) August 24th through Sept. 22nd, 2019Presented outdoors at 1839 Wylie Ave. in Pittsburghs Hill...
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Sep 14 – Oct 1, 2018
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater Company alongside the August Wilson Center-African American Cultural Center will produce August Wilson’s classic, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom for the first annual...
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