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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.

seated) likes to get insanely

Wild Trip from an Alcoholic’s Jungle to AA: ‘The White Chip’ at City Theatre

A new seriocomic play about alcoholism and recovery highlights the Pittsburgh theater scene.

as played by Edwin Booth in 1870.|Charlotte Brontë was ahead of her time.|Canadian actor Kyle Cameron plays Sean in ‘The White Chip.’|O lucky man: Nemorino (tenor Dimitri Pittas

April Theater Guide: A Deluge of Strong Shows

Pittsburgh theater companies aren’t tripping lightly into spring; they’re storming in.

L) and Morfina (Ann Talman) beg for succor

City Theatre Premieres Thomas’s ‘Citizens Market’

Pittsburgh theater fans are first to see a new play about immigrants in New York City.

Cal (Ryan G. Dunkin)

Eat at Joe’s; Great Service from Cast of ‘Waitress’

A small town girl works as a server and expresses her inner feelings through her pie baking for the diner.

The ingredients are odd but "Waitress" aces the taste test for audiences nationwide.

March Theater Guide: We Are All ‘Multicultural’

Pittsburgh live theater in March includes a bunch of shows that are multi-ethnic, multinational, multimedia, and/or genre-busting.

if any

‘Holmes and Watson’ at Kinetic: The Riddler Strikes

Kinetic Theatre brings an intriguing new Sherlock Holmes play to Pittsburgh.

Alexandra Kochis as Odette and Luca Sbrizzi as Prince Siegfried.|Principal dancers Yoshiaki Nakano (Prince Siegfried) and Amanda Cochrane (pictured here as Odile).|'Dance of the Swans.'|White and black swans dancing together in 'Swan Lake.'

‘Swan Lake’ Soars at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

A classic ballet with outstanding dancing, score, and now new sets.

fear it! Villainous Walter Brown (Cotter Smith

‘Rules of Seconds,’ at barebones, Shoots Weird and Hits the Mark

Barebones presents a new comedy that filters historical nonsense through today’s lens of weirdness.

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