Carnegie Mellon School of Drama

'Carmen' was considered too hot to touch

March Theater Guide: Mostly Modern 

Pittsburgh theater goes modern-and-contemporary this month, with plenty of shows by or about women.

L) meets rough and ready Walt Whitman (Sam Tsoutsouvas) In Kinetic's 'Oscar & Walt.'|Boris Karloff contemplates an elixir in Prime Stage's 'Karloff: The Man and the Monster.' The actor is David Nackman. (photo: Laura Slovesko)|The lineup for 'An Untitled New Play by Justin Timberlake

November Theater Guide: Fantasy vs. Reality

A classic world-building fantasy combines with shows adapted from true events on Pittsburgh stages this month.

New York's Universes ensemble roars into Pittsburgh to kick off the 2021-22 season at City Theatre.

October Theater Guide: They’re Back

It’s a nearly normal live theater season in Pittsburgh, with plenty of local and touring companies in action.

‘Everybody’ Opens Streaming at CMU Drama (Tues., 3/16/21)

“Everybody”

Alpha males: John Wesley Powell (R), some years after his 1869 expedition, with Taú-gu, Great Chief of the Southern Paiutes. (photo: John K. Hillers, early 1870s)

‘Men on Boats’ Opens Streaming at CMU (Sat., 3/13/21)

“Men on Boats”

some years after his 1869 expedition

March Theater Guide: Thoroughly Modern Masters

It’s the month of the living playwrights in Pittsburgh on theater. Everything is contemporary.

Lara Hayhurst plays Maria in PMT's 'The Sound of Music.' (photo courtesy of the company)|The Mormon missionary (Jerreme Rodriguez) and Broadway diva Ethel (Christine Laitta) have their signals crossed in CLO's 'Book of Merman

March Theater Guide: Power Plays

Live theater in Pittsburgh this month features shows packed with emotional, social, and artistic power.

and strange

October Theater Guide: Music, Spook Shows, and Drag

From the haunting ballet ‘Giselle’ to shows about the horrors of motherhood and artificial intelligence, it’s quite a month in Pittsburgh theater.

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.

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre is presenting 'Swan Lake.' Pictured here is Amanda Cochrane in the dual role of Odette and Odile. Photo by Duane Reider.

February Theater Guide: Full Slate, Cue the Music

Pittsburgh live theater this month includes musicals than you could shake a stick at—or would want to—plus intriguing non-musical plays.

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