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Pittsburgh Playhouse’s 2019-20 season includes world-premiere musical
The stage is set for the Pittsburgh Playhouse’s Conservatory Theatre Company’s next season. The 2019-20 lineup at the Point Park University theater features a mix of new and classic works, including the Tony Award-winning musical “Parade” directed by Tony Award-winning alumnus Rob Ashford. Other shows include: the world premiere musical...
‘Rent’ co-stars reunite for evening of music at the Reilly TheaterVideo
Anyone lucky enough to have a “forever friend” — a best buddy they might not see for weeks or months, but whenever they get back together, it’s like old times — can identify with the relationship between Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp. The two performers met in 1996 when they...
Palace Theatre comes alive with the ‘Sound of Music’
There will never be too many versions of “The Sound of Music,” the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical spectacular with a score packed with lovely music and a cast filled with just-as-lovely kids. Following the original 1959 Broadway show and the 1965 film adaptation starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, the...
5 CMU grads earn Tony Award nominations
For 11 years in a row, at least one Carnegie Mellon University graduate has received a Tony Award nomination, according to spokeswoman Julie Mattera. Five School of Drama alumni are nominated for 11 nominations for their Broadway behind-the-scenes work, Mattera says. The Tony Award nominations were announced Tuesday morning. Leading...
Cabaret Theatre production explores life of Emily Dickinson
The life of poet Emily Dickinson will be portrayed in the Cabaret Theatre production of “The Belle of Amherst,” with opening night at 7:30 p.m. May 1 in Olde Main Theater, 350 Main St., Latrobe. The 1976 play by William Luce will run for eight performances through May 11, with...
‘Tootsie,’ ‘Beetlejuice’ land Tony Award nomination for best musical
NEW YORK — “Hadestown,” singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’s Broadway debut, earned a leading 14 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, followed by the jukebox musical “Ain’t Too Proud,” built around songs by the Temptations, which received a dozen nominations. The musical “Hadestown,” which intertwines the myths of Orpheus and Eurydice and Hades and...
Daniel Radcliffe to return to London stage in Beckett play
LONDON — Daniel Radcliffe is returning to the London stage in a Samuel Beckett double bill. The Old Vic Theatre says the former “Harry Potter” star will appear alongside Alan Cumming in a production of Beckett’s bleak comedy “Endgame” that opens in February. It will be performed along with Beckett’s...
Home-schoolers bring ‘Annie’ to Lamp stage
They’re a group of home-schoolers — but they haven’t been at home much lately. As members of Stage Right’s Arts in Education classes, the cyber school students and home-schoolers ages 6 to 19 have been busy preparing for their end-of-the-school-year musical production at the theater company’s School for the Performing...
Prime Stage presents ‘Twelfth Night’ as season-ending production
Prime Stage Theatre will complete its 23rd consecutive season on a humorous note with William Shakespeare’s beloved comedy, “Twelfth Night.” The show runs May 4-12 in the New Hazlett Theater Center for the Performing Arts on Pittsburgh’s North Side. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m....
Pittsburgh Musical Theater presents ‘Disney’s Newsies’
Pittsburgh Musical Theater will present its final Seize the Stage season show, “Disney’s Newsies,” at the Byham Theater, 101 6th St., Pittsburgh. Performances are set for 7:30 p.m. May 2-4 and 10-11 and at 2 p.m. May 5 and 12. Tickets start at $18 for adults and $9 for children....
Pittsburgh Opera gives classic ‘Don Pasquale’ a fresh take
Classic Italian romantic comedy will be enlivened with more recent comic techniques and a fresh updating of its story in the final production of Pittsburgh Opera’s 2018-19 season Pittsburgh Opera will present four performances of Gaetano Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” April 27 to May 5 at Pittsburgh’s Benedum Center. Donizetti wrote...
Greensburg Civic Theatre makes change to ‘Songs for a New World’
With a rallying call that “the show must go on” — even if it’s not the same show — Greensburg Civic Theatre announced a change to its May production and will close its 67 th season with a musical that has a fitting message to “never lose hope.” GCT said...
John Noble to take final bow with ‘Night of the Stars’
Greensburg attorney and champion of high school musicals John Noble is a pretty humble guy when it comes to taking credit for the success of his “Westmoreland Night of the Stars.” The event held at The Palace Theatre in Greensburg has grown to a two-night celebration of local students representing...
Celebrate Shakespeare’s 455th birthday with Pittsburgh troupeVideo
Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks is celebrating the 455th anniversary of the renowned playwright’s birth with a week-long schedule of special events throughout the city. The Bard’s Birthday Bash includes: • April 23: Shakespeare statue salute, 12:15-1:30 p.m. in front of the Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland. Actor Yvonne Hudson,...
Greensburg Central Catholic tells the tale of the ‘Children of Eden’Video
As Greensburg Central Catholic Junior-Senior High School students rehearse for their spring musical, “Children of Eden,” performing arts teacher and musical producer/director Joette Salandro is on the lookout for any needed changes in lighting, sound and actor positions. It’s her 29th year directing school musicals, her third time at the...
‘Dance Spectrum 2019’ showcases Seton Hill students
Dance students at Seton Hill University have spent the current semester perfecting their skills and techniques in tap, contemporary and ballet – and now’s their time to shine in “Dance Spectrum 2019.” The program April 26-28 at Seton Hill Performing Arts Center in Greensburg will feature original choreography by Seton...
Review: New Broadway play about Clintons’ marriage is fascinating — and sad
NEW YORK — Nevertheless, they’ve persisted. And how? And why? These thoughts and questions form the thematic basis of “Hillary and Clinton,” Lucas Hnath’s riveting portrait of a couple of days in one of Hillary Clinton’s failed quests to be president — and more fascinatingly, of an enduring, turbulent marriage...
Discounted ticket lottery for ‘Book of Mormon’ at Heinz Hall
Want to see the “Book of Mormon” this weekend but don’t have your tickets yet? Producers of the show are offering low-priced lottery seats for every city on the national tour, including Pittsburgh’s performances at Heinz Hall, Downtown. The show, a winner of nine Tony awards, including best musical, is...
Franklin Regional Thespians Club prepares for ‘Pride and Prejudice’Video
Lauren Thompson thought she was pretty good at speaking English. But she’s not used to pronouncing it this way. “I’ve never had to speak such ‘proper’ English before, so that’s exciting,” said Thompson, 17, a Franklin Regional senior and one of the leads in the FR Thespian Club’s spring production...
Pitt ‘geek theater’ production travels to downtown Pittsburgh
How do you get to know someone after she’s died? In Qui Nguyen’s play, “She Kills Monsters,” the quest is accomplished through a game of Dungeons & Dragons. The University of Pittsburgh Department of Theatre Arts will present the award-winning play at 8 p.m. April 18 in the August Wilson...
The Flying Karamazov Brothers dazzle with wild theatricsVideo
Anyone that knows a person – or may themselves be – so uncoordinated they “can’t chew gum and walk at the same time” can appreciate the talents of The Flying Karamazov Brothers, who are just the opposite. The entertainers that started out as street performers in Santa Cruz, Calif., have...
Musical message of ‘Godspell’ especially meaningful now
The message of the musical is appropriate any time of the year, but “Godspell” is especially meaningful during the Easter season. “It is the perfect time of year for this show,” says Kaleb Oswald of Connellsville, who portrays both John the Baptist and Judas in the Actors and Artists of...
Pittsburgh Festival Opera recognized for ‘A Gathering of Sons’
The Pittsburgh Festival Opera was awarded the bronze world medal for excellence in a production dealing with society and societal issues at the New York Festivals International TV & Film Awards on Tuesday. The honor was for “A Gathering of Sons,” an original work commissioned by the opera, and was...
‘The Book of Mormon’ makes Pittsburgh stop to spread the messageVideo
In the Broadway musical “The Book of Mormon,” Elder Kevin Price is a young devout missionary that believes if he prays hard enough, he will be sent to spread the Lord’s word where he’s needed most — in Orlando, Fla. Instead, he and fellow Elder Arnold Cunningham are recruited for...
Derek Hough brings solo show to Benedum CenterVideo
The last time professional dancer Derek Hough went out on the road with a live show two years ago, he shared the stage with his sister Julianne Hough as part of their 48-city “Move – Beyond – Live on Tour.” This time around, it’s all Derek. The six-time “Dancing with...
