Pittsburgh Theatre Newsroom

Pittsburgh Oper will mount a new production of Armida this month. There will be four performances only - January 25, 28, 31, February 2, 2025. Check out photos here!

Winners have been announced for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Pittsburgh Awards! The 2024 Regional Awards honor regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT) will bring the world’s most famous and romantic love story to the Pittsburgh stage with its performance of Romeo and Juliet during Valentine’s Day weekend.

Prime Stage Theatre's 5th Annual High School Drama Awards took place Jan. 11, 2025 at Hillman Center for the Performing Arts in Fox Chapel. Learn more about the winners.

This summer, students from across the U.S. will have an opportunity to experience two-weeks of immersive training in acting, singing and dancing at Point Park University’s School of Theatre, Film and Animation. Learn how to apply!

Pittsburgh Public Theater announced that its artistic director Marya Sea Kaminski will depart her role effective July 2025 after seven years of service.

Point Park University has established a Bachelor of Science degree program in Entertainment Production Engineering, an immersive and collaborative program that blends the fundamentals of engineering.

The Public announced the full company of Trouble in Mind by legendary playwright Alice Childress, a cutting satire and backstage drama that finally premiered on Broadway to critical acclaim in 2021.

City Theatre has announced the third show of the 2024/2025 season, a coming-of-age story – the DNAWORKS production of The Real James Bond...was Dominican written and performed by Christophers Rivas, developed with and directed by Daniel Banks.

This is the last chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Pittsburgh Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

How I Learned What I Learned, the one-man play written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson, is coming to New Hazlett Theater in Pittsburgh this winter. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

This is the final week to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Pittsburgh Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

The August Wilson African American Cultural Center has announced the addition of three new members to the Board of Directors. Learn more about the new members here!

Prime Stage Theatre will present Wali Jamal performing August Wilson's How I Learned What I Learned next month. Learn more about the upcoming performance here!

Nominees were announced this week for Prime Stage Theatre's 5th Annual High School Drama Awards taking place Jan. 11, 2025 at Hillman Center for the Performing Arts in Fox Chapel.

It has long been posited that Sherlock Holmes is difficult to adapt well, because the nature of Arthur Conan Doyle's 'Sherlock Universe' is so fragmented. Most of his memorable characters apppear only once and rarely interact; even more vexing, Holmes's own behaviors vary from the misanthropic and cold to the joyful and gregarious. How, then, does one construct the ultimate Sherlock Holmes story?

 Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School will launch a national audition tour for its upcoming summer programs. Included in the tour are 27 U.S. cities, as well as a video audition option.

Voting continues for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Pittsburgh Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

CLO's seasonal favorites may not be new, but they have yet to wear out their welcome.

Don't miss your chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Pittsburgh Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Take a first look at your newest holiday tradition at Pittsburgh Public Theater as A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE PLAY opens at the O'Reilly Theater, on stage through Dec. 22. See the photos!

Irish Riviera Productions and The Beverly Hills Playhouse will present the Pittsburgh premiere of Years to the Day, written and directed by Allen Barton and starring Dihlon McManne and David Whalen.

Celebrate the holiday season in style as Northeast Ohio's acclaimed vocalist Kate DeL brings her brand-new holiday album, Cheers to Christmas, to life with a special live performance at Con Alma in Pittsburgh on December 14, 2024, at 5:30 PM.

City Theatre Company has announced that Co- Artistic Director Monteze Freeland will depart at the end of the 2024-2025 season to become Artistic Director of the Alumni Theater Company (ATC), located in Pittsburgh’s East End. City Theatre Announces Departure of Co-Artistic Director Monteze Freeland Freeland will leave at the end of the 2024-2025 season to co-lead Alumni Theater Company.

Emmy-Award winning actor Charles Shaughnessy (The Nanny, Days Of Our Lives) will star as Ebenezer Scrooge in Pittsburgh CLO's 32nd annual production of A MUSICAL CHRISTMAS CAROL. See who else is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.