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Review: & JULIET Fuses Pop and Art at Benedum Center


by Greg Kerestan - November 03, 2024

Max Martin's songs have never made more sense than they do in this jukebox confection....

Review: POTUS Brings Serious Laughs to Serious Issues at City Theatre


by Greg Kerestan - October 02, 2024

City Theatre's brand, the last decade or so, has often been less is more. Tiny casts, simple sets, show don't tell, but also don't show. The last two or three seasons have included an increased focus on immersive unit sets, but the principle still stood... not anymore, though....

Review: BANDSTAND Breaks New Ground at Front Porch Theatricals


by Greg Kerestan - August 20, 2024

Front Porch's biggest show yet is also one of its best....

Review: A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN Drops Jaws, Bombshells at Quantum Theatre


by Greg Kerestan - August 20, 2024

Swerving between low comedy and high tragedy, this outdoor O'Neill drama stuns and swelters, even on cool nights....

Review: SEUSSICAL Is Eighty Minutes of Musical Heaven at Pittsburgh CLO


by Greg Kerestan - August 01, 2024

The summer season ends with this kid-friendly spectacular....

Review: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Makes for a Monster Hit at Pittsburgh CLO


by Greg Kerestan - July 22, 2024

Sometimes, smaller, dumber and cheaper is a compliment, not a put-down, as in this miniaturized Mel Brooks classic....

Review: CHEEK TO CHEEK Is Sincerely Old-Fashioned at Saint Vincent Summer Theatre


by Greg Kerestan - July 18, 2024

Irving Berlin's songs are both timeless, and also thoroughly of their own time and place....

Review: VERY BERRY DEAD Makes a Big Impression at Big Storm Performance Company


by Greg Kerestan - July 14, 2024

José Pérez IV's new tragicomedy feels like it's always been around, but still remains refreshing and new....

Review: THE MUSIC MAN Is Still Charming at Pittsburgh CLO


by Greg Kerestan - July 11, 2024

I'll admit, I had a huge smile on my face all the way through The Music Man that had little to nothing to do with the production itself. You see, I'm a nerd and a theatre kid in my thirties, and to that demographic, there was a cultural phenomenon just as big as Monty Python and Star Trek were to Ge...

Review: UNNECESSARY FARCE Updates the Formula at Saint Vincent Summer Theatre


by Greg Kerestan - June 28, 2024

The funny thing about farce as a genre is it seems to be perpetually stuck in the past; the constant misunderstandings, cross-dressing and door-slamming seem tied to a time before the internet, before cell phones... hell, maybe even before the Pill. It's a Ken Ludwig world that seems tied to the Ken...

Past Shows

Father K
Father K
8/16 - 8/24/2019


A powerful true story based on the life of Father Adalbert Kazincy. As the priest of St. Michael Archangel Church of Braddock, Father K fervently ...

Videos


Bach Markus Passion with The Sebastians, Chatham Baroque & Joseph Marcell in Pittsburgh Bach Markus Passion with The Sebastians, Chatham Baroque & Joseph Marcell
Carnegie Music Hall (4/11 - 4/11)
Dear Evan Hansen (Non-Equity) in Pittsburgh Dear Evan Hansen (Non-Equity)
WVU Creative Arts Center (3/25 - 3/25)
Some Like It Hot in Pittsburgh Some Like It Hot
Benedum Center for the Performing Arts (4/15 - 4/20)
In the Loop with Fouts & Pauley - Popular Music Across the Centuries in Pittsburgh In the Loop with Fouts & Pauley - Popular Music Across the Centuries
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (11/16 - 11/16)
Chatham Baroque: Louis, Louis - Songs & Dances of the French Baroque in Pittsburgh Chatham Baroque: Louis, Louis - Songs & Dances of the French Baroque
Hicks Memorial Chapel, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (12/8 - 12/8)
Constellations in Pittsburgh Constellations
Riverfront Theater Company (11/14 - 11/23)
Kimberly Akimbo in Pittsburgh Kimberly Akimbo
Benedum Center for the Performing Arts (3/4 - 3/9)
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