Mike Vargo

L) takes a job as personal assistant to super-wealthy Michaela (Kimberly Parker Green)

‘Elemeno Pea’ Digs Into Life’s Elementary Perplexities

City Theatre’s new comedy ‘Elemeno Pea’ offers a take on how both halves live.

Channeling August Wilson is Eugene Lee in The Public's 'How I Learned.'

March Theater Preview: Time Marches On

Pittsburgh’s live-theater forecast for the month includes the ghosts of the past and the wave of the new.

Even a friendly hijra gets snarly sometimes. This is Brahman cursing "the asshole" who invented pronouns.

In ‘Brahman/i,’ the Comic Is a Real Stand-Up Guy… and Girl

Quantum Theatre’s ‘Brahman/i’ is about a nightclub comedian who’s of a man and a woman than many of us can hope to be.

while Katie Travis (as Christine Daaé) won last year’s prestigious Lotte Lenya Competition for singing AND acting talent.

February Theater Preview: Put Down the Clicker

February is peak season for live theater in Pittsburgh, with a vast up of shows that invite you to put down the remote and come on out.

Sasha Allen (arms spread) is the Leading Player in the hooped-up new production of "Pippin."

January Theater Preview: Themes of Identity and Creation

Live theater in Pittsburgh opens the new year with several plays and musicals about people finding—or creating—new identities.

or double-agent William Scott (Ethan Hova) would be done for.|In off the WALL's "Or

‘Or,’ What? In the Dizzying New Play at off the WALL, That’s the Question

“Or,” a wild play about a remarkable woman, blends screwball comedy with feminist history.

" young Pip (Dylan Marquis Meyers

December Theater Preview: Plays for All Seasons

Pittsburgh live theater in December features lots of Charles Dickens, some all-new holiday plays, and a couple of (extremely) wild cards.

Victor Hugo

‘L’Hotel’: Inside the Lifestyles of the Dead and Famous

Six deceased superstars haunt Paris’ ‘L’Hotel’ in a world premiere at Pittsburgh Public Theater

you can take the boy out of McKeesport

Duane Michals: Adventures in Black and White Magic

The strange photography of McKeesport native Duane Michals, long renowned in the art world, is on display in a major show at Carnegie Museum of Art.

Broadway company of "Newsies." Photo: Deen van Meer.

Theater in November: World Premieres, Post-Punk Dance, and Pre-Holiday Musicals

November theater in Pittsburgh includes the all-new “L’Hotel” and “Smart Blonde,” plus re-adapted and revived classics … and a couple of wild cards.

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