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The latest curtain-risings in theater and dance

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September Theater Guide: Is It ‘Fake History’ or Is It Art? 

Plays that re-imagine history are highlights of a loaded Pittsburgh theater schedule this month.

in 'Disney's Aladdin.' (Photo: Deer van Meen)

August Theater Guide: Seasonal Variations, Strange Bedfellows

Live theater in Pittsburgh this month includes an odd assortment of shows that reflect the oncoming segue from summer to fall.

up in the sky

‘Stupid Fucking Bird’ at 12 Peers Is Obscenely Good

Sounds dirty! But ‘Bird’ is a clean, keen, mean machine that’ll take you for a bleeping good theatrical ride.

check—but what does he have under those blue jeans? We're gonna find out when Jerry (Andy Kelso

Raw Story, with Music: ‘The Full Monty’ at CLO

Pittsburgh CLO performs a musical seriocomedy that lets it all hang out.

' in a month when musicals take the spotlight.

July Theater Guide: A Midsummer Night’s Musical or Two … or Three, or Eight …

Musicals dominate the scene in Pittsburgh theater this month.

they're in character: that's Ken Bolden (quite composed as dapper Harold) listening to Dylan Marquis Meyers (Philip) explain his predicament.|Big brother Treat (Max Pavel

At 15 Bucks a Head, ‘Orphans’ Is a Steal

A new indie production of a dark-comedy chiller gives Pittsburgh knockout theater at a budget price.

there was Alfred Jarry

June Theater Guide: Into the Not-So-Empty Void

Join us as we explore the unexpectedly lush ecosystem of summer theater in Pittsburgh.

demented

American Apocalypse: Nuclear Family Goes Nuclear in ‘Hir’

Barebones productions puts on a show—literally—with Taylor Mac’s modern tragicomedy.

the court jester

Pittsburgh Public Theater’s ‘Hamlet’ a Fine Finale for Ted Pappas

The Shakespeare classic shines at The Public.

updated version in which Cinderella gets more than her prince. With the help of Fairy Godmother (L) and friends

May Theater Guide: Two of Everything?

Good things come in pairs, and there seem to be lots of them in Pittsburgh’s theater schedule this month.

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