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May Theater Preview: Bases Loaded, You Make the Call

Pittsburgh live theater is loaded with variety this month, so let your gut choose—and we’ll help.

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CMU’s ‘The Plague in Venice’ Wakes Weird Echoes—Then Amplifies Them

Carnegie Mellon actors take an old classic over the top and ‘round the bend.

but not clearly: Solness isn't wearing his reality specs.|The photographer has shot Hilda and Solness dreaming in black and white

The Joy of Hex: Quantum’s ‘The Master Builder’ Offers Fascinating Field Trip to Hell

When Ibsen meets Quantum Theatre, it’s an eye-opener and a hair-raiser.

inflamed papa Knut Brovik (John Reilly

April Theater Preview: Updated Classics and Big Prizewinners

What’s new in Pittsburgh live theater this month? Big stuff—and lots of classical old stuff, newly re-imagined.

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‘Disgraced’ Starts Slow, Then Ignites One Heck of a Conversation

The Pulitzer-winning ‘Disgraced’ at Pittsburgh Public Theater builds gradually, then blows the lid off.

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March Theater Preview: Controversy and Conflict

Worlds collide and passions flare in Pittsburgh live theater this month.

woman-as-parade-float style that will soon become as obsolete as the horse-drawn carriage receding in the distance.|The state-of-the-art gentleman stays high and dry: Lartigue's brother Maurice

Life on the Edge, in Flashback: Lartigue’s Photos at The Frick

The Jacques Henri Lartigue show at Pittsburgh’s Frick Art Museum has pictures of a world evolving from steampunk to sleek.

left) and Wernher von Braun (David Whalen) see the light. Do they see the tunnel?|Ah

Morality Play: In ‘Some Brighter Distance,’ Who Is Not Guilty?

City Theatre mounts a new play about tough choices and people who find ways around them.

the past speaks to Ciara (Mary Rawson) and Ciara talks back.

February Theater Preview: Dark Side Rising, Sunny Days Ahead

Sometimes you want a walk on the dark side, and Pittsburgh’s upcoming theater schedule has the goods.

there's plenty of that scheduled for Pittsburgh stages too.|Corrie Stallings is Jo in "Little Women" and she plays it big.|This was the Apollo 11 moon shot lifting off. "Some Brighter Distance

Theater Preview For the New Year: Resolve to See More—in January and Beyond

Why is live theater a hot ticket in Pittsburgh? We’ve got three and a half reasons, plus advance peeks at new shows on tap.

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