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Apple Hill Playhouse returns to Sondheim’s classic ‘Funny Thing’
Apple Hill Playhouse revisits one of Stephen Sondheim’s classic Tony Award-winning musicals with its production of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” running July 25-Aug. 4. Set in ancient Rome, the musical focuses on the efforts of a slave named Pseudolus (Nathaniel Yost) to win the...
PSO to play movie score while ‘Empire Strikes Back’ screens
The force is definitely with John Williams. His scores for the “Star Wars” series of films are among the most popular music for orchestra of our time. Excerpts from Williams’ film music have figured prominently at Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra concerts for decades now. Williams himself has led the local orchestra...
Break out the dictionary for Stage Right Pittsburgh’s summer show
Stage Right Pittsburgh takes high school students back to their grade school days with its Young Artists Summer Musical production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” The Tony Award-winning comedy by Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn revisits the drama and fun of the annual competition that pits an...
‘Modern Family’ star to marry ‘Bachelorette’ star
LOS ANGELES — “Modern Family” actress Sarah Hyland and “Bachelorette” alum Wells Adams are engaged. Hyland, 28, and Adams, 35, took to Instagram on Tuesday to announce the news. Hyland posted a series of images of the couple’s special moment on a beach, including a picture of Adams down on...
Review: The Psychedelic Furs rock McKees Rocks
It was 10 p.m. Tuesday night in the beautifully restored Roxian Theatre in McKees Rocks and the Psychedelic Furs still hadn’t hit the stage. The bill, which featured opening bands of James and Dear Boy, was running behind but I had waited nearly 40 years to see these guys, so,...
‘Lion King’ Pittsburgh run includes sensory-friendly performance
A sensory-friendly performance of Disney’s “The Lion King” will be included in the Sept. 4-29 run of the blockbuster musical in Pittsburgh’s Benedum Center, as part of the 2019-2020 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh series. The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is partnering with Disney Theatrical Productions for the special performance at 2...
Mattress Factory extends Wednesday, Sunday hours
Beginning Aug. 7, the Mattress Factory museum in Pittsburgh’s North Side will offer extended hours on Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings. New hours will be 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sundays and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesdays. The museum’s MF Café also will begin extended hours that day. The café will be open...
Mountain Playhouse stages comedy ‘Things My Mother Taught Me’
Moving day doesn’t go quite as planned for newlyweds Olivia and Gabe in the new romantic comedy, “Things My Mother Taught Me,” running July 23-Aug. 4 at Mountain Playhouse in Jennerstown. Katherine DiSavino’s script has the couple driving halfway across the country to start their new life together in Chicago....
Lil Nas X, Billie Eilish closing in on historic No. 1 status, enlisting others to help outVideo
As pop music’s summer season hits its stride, the race at the top of Billboard’s Hot 100 single chart is generating heat. If Columbia Records has any say in the matter, at the end of the month Lil Nas X’s left-field smash “Old Town Road” will surpass four months at...
Murals are a testament to Nipsey Hussle’s legacy
Months after his death in March, Nipsey Hussle’s influence pulses through the city — in alleys, on the fronts and sides of buildings, along busy highways and streets, on billboards and basketball courts, in galleries and breweries. In rich, vibrant colors, his face is amplified on dozens of murals and...
Brosnahan, Chlumsky, Shalhoub reaction to their Emmy noms
LOS ANGELES — Stars react to Tuesday’s 71st Primetime Emmy Award nominations: ——— “I was watching it live on my phone. I was in a restaurant with some of my friends from high school. My manager and my mom were on the way. We were having breakfast together. … It...
The Clarks to perform at Freedom Farms summer ‘hootenanny’
The Clarks are going down on the farm. Freedom Farms in Butler County will host the popular band on July 20 to celebrate Pittsburgh’s small businesses with a “Husks and Hops Hootenanny,” an event that will feature more than 20 locally owned breweries, three local bands and food straight from...
South African musician Johnny Clegg dies at 66 after cancer
JOHANNESBURG — Johnny Clegg, a South African musician who performed in defiance of racial barriers imposed by the apartheid system decades ago and celebrated its new democracy under Nelson Mandela, died Tuesday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 66. The British-born singer sometimes called the “White Zulu” died...
Westmoreland Fair ‘the only place we have to showcase our products and educate people’Video
Pennsylvania’s top industry is still agriculture, but that’s little consolation to farmer and Westmoreland Fair President Craig Lash. “This fair is the only place we have to showcase our products and educate people about where their food comes from,” Lash said. Lash, the sixth generation of his family to go...
‘Game of Thrones’ sets record with 32 Emmy nominations
LOS ANGELES — HBO’s “Game of Thrones” slashed its way to a record-setting 32 Emmy nominations Tuesday for its eighth and final season, leading HBO back to dominance over Netflix, the streaming service that bumped it last year from atop the increasingly crowded television heap. The bloodthirsty saga’s total eclipsed...
9 Western Pa. authors to sign books at Hempfield Barnes & Noble
A group of Western Pennsylvania authors will discuss and sign their books from 1-3 p.m. July 21 at Barnes & Noble, 5155 Route 30, Hempfield. Featured writers include Scott Brown, Jennifer Delozier, Michele Dulas, Lorraine Helena, Linda Hoffman, John Jamison, Paul LaViolette, Stephen Nagy and Lisa Pellegrene. The store offers...
Catch a wave at The Westmoreland’s ‘beach party’ Summer SaturdayVideo
A “beach party” is planned for the July 20 Summer Saturday event at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg. The centerpiece for the free evening, beginning at 7 p.m., will be the screening of “The Endless Summer,” a 1966 movie following two surfers on a surfing trip around...
Ben Folds will hit Pittsburgh for concert, event for new book
Fans of Ben Folds will have two opportunities to see the singer-songwriter in the Pittsburgh area. On Aug. 5, the multi-platinum-selling musician will display another kind of writing talent, appearing at an event in support of his new memoir, “A Dream About Lightning Bugs,” from 7-9 p.m. at the First...
George Takei talks Pittsburgh, new novel, Hollywood and John Wayne
George Takei has led a most unique, extraordinary life. He spent part of his childhood years imprisoned with his family and then grew up to become a science fiction icon, activist, author and internet superstar. Best known as “Star Trek” Enterprise helmsman Hikaru Sulu, Takei just published a graphic novel,...
Meek Mill seeks new trial, judge after decade-long probation
Lawyers for Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill will ask an appeals court Tuesday to overturn a 2008 drug and gun conviction that’s kept the Philadelphia rapper on probation for a decade. The city judge who oversees the case and sent him to prison in 2017 on a parole violation has a...
Graphic suicide scene edited out of ’13 Reasons Why’ finale
Netflix has decided to remove a graphic suicide scene from the Season 1 finale of its show “13 Reasons Why” as the series prepares to launch its third season. Show creator Brian Yorkey says in a statement on Twitter the intent in portraying the suicide in such graphic detail was...
Diddy’s ‘Making the Band’ coming back to TV
Diddy’s “Making the Band” is officially coming back to TV. The music mogul announced Monday that the hit series, where he discovered groups including platinum-sellers Danity Kane, would return to MTV in 2020. “Making the Band” made its debut on ABC in 2000 when Lou Pearlman, who managed the Backstreet...
Connecticut investigating Wally Lamb’s inmate writing program
The state of Connecticut is investigating an inmate writing program run by author Wally Lamb after a lawsuit was filed this spring by participants. The lawsuit alleges the inmates have not been paid for their contributions to Lamb’s third anthology of writings designed to give female prisoners a public voice....
Barbie goes glam rock to honor David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust
Barbie has been many things over the years. Now, she’s dressed as Ziggy Stardust. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the release of David Bowie’s iconic “Space Oddity,” Barbie overseers at Mattel released a collectible version of the doll dressed as Ziggy Stardust, one of his most beloved alter...
Metallica kids book about the band coming in the fall
“Exit light / Enter night / Take my hand / We’re off to never-never land” If you’re looking for a different bedtime story book for your kids, Metallica might have something for you. The heavy metal heavy-weights announced last week that they are releasing “The ABCs of Metallica” in November...
