Mike Vargo

August is a great month for strolling the tree lined streets of Shadyside and enjoying the fine arts and crafts during the Art Festival on Walnut. (Photo: Rick Handler)

EC Summer Guide (Mid-to-Late Season) 2022

Summer in Pittsburgh can be the sweetest season.

Karla Boos

July 2022 Theater Guide: ‘The Cherry Orchard,’ ‘Kinky Boots,’ ‘Godspell,’ Tennessee Williams, and Arthur Miller

Classic plays, touring musicals, and summer stock are the main offerings this month.

shocked at the mischief bedeviling master Molière and Armande

Dead Man Walking, But He’s a Live Wire: Kinetic’s ‘Invalid’

Pittsburgh gets read the riot act in the world premiere of a wild comedy about Molière.

Melessie Clark and Brenden Peifer's characters are having an interesting conversation in this scene from Pittsburgh Public Theater's production of 'Two Trains Running.'

June ’22 Theater Guide: Pittsburgh Theater Scene Staying Strong into Summer

Several hot productions are happening this month.

in the can) has a bone to pick: a dog-bone biscuit.

Apocalypse Now, and Then What? — Beckett’s ‘Endgame’ at PICT

PICT Classic Theatre offers a Beckett blast to fit the season.

pictured here as Odile

May 2022 Theater Guide: A Merry Month of Murder, Mayhem, and Music

May brings us a diverse set of shows including murders and musicals.

you'd want a voodoo doll

Can’t Get Much Weirder—or More Real: ‘Plano’ at Quantum

A new dark comedy in Pittsburgh, by way of Texas, lights up the stage

' treatment of Black persons remains the central issue

April ’22 Theater Guide: Spring Breakthrough

It’s a really big month in Pittsburgh live theater.

'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.

'Rusalka' opens the upcoming opera season. This image is from a Minnesota Opera production; Pittsburgh Opera will have Russian soprano Ekaterina Siurina in the title role. (Photo: Dan Norman)

Pittsburgh Opera’s Next Season: 2 Big Classics, 2 Lesser-Knowns, 2 New Ones

The 2022-23 season spans a spectrum from ‘Figaro’ to ‘We Shall Not Be Moved.’

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