Dramatic Arts

Tony-winners Kimberly Akimbo, Some Like it Scorching, Existence of Pi and MJ guide a pack that also heralds Hamilton return By SHARON EBERSON The 2024-25 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh season characteristics 10 displays, which include a few of the top rated award-winners of 2023: the musicals Kimberly Akimbo and Some Like it Scorching, and the…

The 2024 August Wilson New Voices Monologue Competitors will be offered by the Monthly bill Nunn Theatre Outreach Job tonight, April 15, with actor Brenden Peifer serving as learn of ceremonies. Peifer, who has done with many local businesses, serves as the Outreach and Engagement Coordinator for the August Wilson Archive at the University of…

author by the Where by By YVONNE HUBSON Corridor else but Heinz best can the these types of hits of George Gershwin and his brother Ira conjure phase magic? With the Pittsburgh Symphony on close to–wrapped providing a stellar jazz ensemble– method a recent overflowing with favorites, the fantastically POPS weekend is crammed entertaining and historical past with surprises. Conductor Byron…

By SHARON EBERSON Before we get to the gender-swapped, contemporized Enterprise that will arrive in Pittsburgh Tuesday, Kathryn Allison is demanded to communicate about being in a place with Stephen Sondheim. “To see him in human being was wild,” says the actress who performs Sarah, just after understudying the position on Broadway.  The 2022 Tony…

Pittsburgh Community Theater has completed the announcement of its 50th season with the musical Scotland, PA – tagline: “Macbeth with a side of fries” – that functions a e-book by Fox Chapel‘s Michael Mitnick, music by Adam Gwon and route by Tony Award nominee Lonny Rate. Mitnick’s The Recent War musical marked the post-pandemic comeback…

Suburban shuttles, childcare and family discounts are added to patron engagement programs By SHARON EBERSON Pittsburgh CLO is shaking up how it does business for year No. 78, including a summer season spread among three venues and, just announced, patron enticements targeting affordability. Launching for the 2024 are three “Remove the Barriers” initiatives that will…

Lisa Velten Smith Executes a Demanding Job With Brio for Quantum Theatre By SHARON EBERSON Talking real truth to power is hardly ever easy, but when it arrives in torrential waves, from a bawdy, belligerent, outstanding Renaissance-period girl, very well, buckle up. A bumpy and spectacular highway lies in advance.   The woman in problem, in…

Artistic director Elizabeth Elias Huffman’s endeavours to reimagine Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre and consider programming to her hometown carry on this weekend and subsequent with “a theatrical vogue present extravaganza.”  What do I Dress in? 2500 Yrs of Theatre and Fashion Gala takes spot Sunday, April 7, 2024, at The Studio at Carnegie Music Hall…