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' missionaries Kevin and Arnold have a feeling they're not in Utah any more. (The photo is from the 2013 touring production.)

February Theater Guide: A Cavalcade of Culture

The month’s live theater schedule in Pittsburgh features shows across the cultural spectrum.

L) dons his fightin' sombrero and The Fundamentalist (Nicola Slade) flexes the Mother of All Triceps

The Art of the Heel: ‘Chad Deity’ at barebones

‘The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity’ is a journey into the trumped-up world of pro wrestling … and .

meet His Highness the King. Mezzo-soprano Leah de Gruyl may not look like Richard I when out of costume

January Theater Guide: Slow Start, Exciting Finish

In Pittsburgh theater, the schedule for early January is a bit spare but later there’s plenty of good fare.

it's Bob Cratchit (Jeffrey Howell) with Tiny Tim (Marco Attilio Petrucci)! Looking on in the background

CLO’s ‘Musical Christmas Carol’ Features the Miser, the Mirth, and the Mythical

Pittsburgh CLO stages an intriguing adaptation of Dickens’ classic ‘A Christmas Carol.’

soprano Katy Williams

December Theater Guide: To the Holidays… and Beyond

Live theater this month includes Christmas shows, a sort-of-Christmas show, and lots of stuff with no jingle bells whatsoever.

man! Can young Oswaldo (Alejandro Hernandez

‘Between Riverside and Crazy’ Is a Crazy Good Walk Along The Edge

The new Stephen Adly Guirgis play at The Public takes you into a dark-comedy twilight zone.

L) and Shylock (James FitzGerald) have a business relationship. Not shown: the monkey business that unfolds around them

PICT’s ‘Merchant of Venice’ Brings out the Laughs—and the Depths—of This Classic

Want to see Shakespeare done right? Try PICT Classic Theatre’s latest production..

one of many classics on Pittsburgh stages in this year's 11th month.

November Theater Guide: From Shylock to ‘Salome,’ a Cool Month for Hot Classics

The ghosts of theater past are made present in revivals and remakes on Pittsburgh stages during November.

So simple and yet so puzzling: Jason Shavers (center) says it all with a look while Mary Elizabeth Drake and Jamen Nanthakumar expound in "The Fantasticks."

‘The Fantasticks’ is a Marvelous Musical Comedy

Two young rs and their meddling fathers, what could go wrong?

So simple and yet so puzzling: Jason Shavers (center) says it all with a look while Mary Elizabeth Drake and Jamen Nanthakumar expound in "The Fantasticks."

October Theater Guide: Dancing into Autumn, and Much More

October in Pittsburgh is so full of live theater that one may hardly know where to start, so why not start with our Guide?

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