Mike Vargo

Beth Corning steps to her own drummer and Donald Byrd can’t do a thing about it in ‘What’s Missing?’

March Theater Guide: Choices, Choices

There’s mucho variety in March on live theater stages in Pittsburgh.

Sir Toby

‘Twelfth Night’ at The Public Sets the Silly Bar High

The current production of a very silly Shakespeare comedy earns an A for Absurdity.

' 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 .

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‘The Frick Collects’: Stories Behind the Stories Behind the Art

The current exhibit at the Frick Art Museum takes you to other worlds and tells stories within stories.

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.

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.

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.

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October Concert Guide: The 1975, Flo Rida, A Bird, Dinosaurs, and Other Animals

This month, Pittsburgh hosts the best in dance (Flo Rida), rock (The 1975), jazz (Esperanza Spalding), and singer-songwriter (Gordon Lightfoot), plus a string of other promising shows.

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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