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.…
About the Theatre
The mission of Pittsburgh Public Theater is to provide artistically diverse theatrical experiences of the highest quality. Pittsburgh Public Theater also strives to serve, challenge, stimulate and entertain while operating in a fiscally responsible manner. The Public shares its resources with the community through education and engagement initiatives intended for a wide range of people with the goal of expanding and diversifying the audience while enriching the community.
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 21–30
Slow Food
A NEW COMEDY WITH BITE. In SLOW FOOD, Irene and Peter just want a quiet anniversary meal while on vacation in Palm Springs, but the evening heats up when a neurotic waiter wont bring their food, and everything goes deliriously wrong. This fussy server has the couple...
When We Fall
When We Fall is the winner of Pittsburgh Public Theater's Inaugural New Play contest. Submissions from the tri-state area were accepted. After multiple rounds of adjudication, When We Fall was selected as the winner of this year's contest!
Black Ballerina
Tim Rhoze (Director of Public PlayTimes Fires in the Mirror) returns to Pittsburgh Public Theater to direct this elegant story about the perseverance and principle it takes to thrive in the elite world of dance. Gliding through time, the story portrays the struggle of three...
Bard in Bloom
Saturday, May 22 2:00-3:15pm on Flagstaff Hill Flock to Flagstaff Hill for Pittsburgh Public Theaters biggest Shakespeare celebration under the sun! Reserve your seat amongst the darling buds of May to witness winners and finalists of Pittsburgh Public Theater's Annual...
ROMEO N JULIET
Pittsburgh Public Theaters Resident Director Justin Emeka (Sweat, American Son) returns to the Publics digital stage to share his robust retelling of literatures most revered romance. ROMEO N JULIET reimagines Shakespeares classic as an earnest love story amidst feuding...
A Tell-Tale Heart
The works of American writer Edgar Allan Poe have been translated into several languages ranging from French to Japanese. For the first time, Alec Silberblatt (Public PlayTimes The Mon Valley Medium) will translate Poes unique macabre voice to the signature Western PA dialect of...
Hamlet
A young man encounters the ghost of his slain father in this epic drama. Prince Hamlet feels his life spiraling out of control. His uncle, Claudius, has murdered the king, usurped the crown, and married Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother. Revenge has been ordered by the spirit of the...
Heisenberg
The boy-meets-girl story gets a facelift when a 40-something free-spirited American woman falls for an inhibited retirement-age Irishman. The play begins when Georgie randomly kisses Alex as he sits alone in a London train station. As her constant energy collides with his...
The Play
After a triumphant sold-out run at The O’Reilly this past December, Rocky Bleier returns by popular demand for nine shows only. In this inspiring one-man play, he shares the true story that took him from the football field to the battlefield and back – where he helped the...
The Humans
Brigid and Richard have moved into a shabby two-floor apartment in New York’s Chinatown just in time for Thanksgiving, and her family – mom, dad, sister and grandma – arrives from Scranton, PA to laugh, argue, and eat around the table. But also dished up are fears, real and...
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Pittsburgh (10/03-10/03) |
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In Clay City Theatre (9/19-10/11) |
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Hadestown (Non-Equity) Benedum Center for the Performing Arts (10/27-11/01) |
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Man of La Mancha The Strand Theater (9/11-9/20) |
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The Lion King Benedum Center for the Performing Arts (9/09-9/27) |
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Refugee Rhapsody Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre (10/09-10/25) |
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Hadestown Benedum Center for the Performing Arts (10/27-11/01) |
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Miracle on 34th Street the Musical The Strand Theater (11/13-11/22) |
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Pittsburgh (9/19-9/19) |
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Golden Girls The Laughs Continue Byham Theatre (10/02-10/03) VIDEOS |