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
45 total · showing 11–20
Frida...A Self Portrait
EXTRAORDINARY ONE-WOMAN TOUR DE FORCEMexican artist Frida Kahlos legendary life unfolds before us in this exquisite, muscular retelling of the ways she wielded her creative genius to survive a debilitating accident, to embody a magnificent parade of historical moments, and to...
Young Americans
WORLD PREMIERE BY ONE OF AMERICAS MOST EXCITING NEW VOICESJourney between two eras and two generations as celebrated playwright Lauren Yee sets the stage for us to road trip there and back in her hilarious, heartfelt new play. On parallel treks, Joe drives from D.C. to Portland...
Steel Magnolias
Before the iconic 1989 film broke box office records nationwide, Louisiana salon owner Truvy first set up shop on the stage. The colorful cast of regulars and employees that frequent her establishment include a mother-daughter duo planning a wedding, a woman whos been in a bad...
A Midsummer Night's Dream in Harlem
The course of true love never did run smooth In this heightened and hilarious retelling of the Bards most magical romantic comedy, Resident Director Justin Emeka draws upon the art and music of the Harlem Renaissance to inject Shakespeares beloved story with new life and humor...
A Christmas Story
A TIMELESS HOLIDAY STORY LIKE NONE OTHER!In this timeless holiday comedy, nine-year-old Ralphie Parker takes the audience on a hysterical, hijinks-filled avalanche of adventure filled with all the trappings of a perfect family holiday an exploding furnace, a Little Orphan Annie...
A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry was only twenty-eight years old when she became the first Black woman produced on Broadway with her groundbreaking drama about the Youngers, a tight-knit family living in a small apartment in 1950s Chicago, who receive a large life insurance payment after the...
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Hadestown 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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Golden Girls The Laughs Continue Byham Theatre (10/02-10/03) VIDEOS |
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Nunsense The Strand Theater (3/12-3/21) |
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Pittsburgh (9/12-9/12) |
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In Clay City Theatre (9/19-10/11) |
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Pittsburgh (9/19-9/19) |
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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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Man of La Mancha The Strand Theater (9/11-9/20) |
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Bruno Mars & DJ Pee.Wee Acrisure Stadium (8/29-8/29) |