Pittsburgh Arts

Delicate Steve to Jam at Club Cafe; Buc Night at the Ball Yard (Mon., 4/10/17)

icate Steve, Pirates vs. Reds, The Balcony Big Band

Killswitch Engage and Anthrax Play Stage AE; Pittsburgh Playwrights Staging ‘Lights Out’ (Sun., 4/9/17)

Killswitch Engage and Anthrax, ‘Lights Out,’ Pirates vs. Braves

Bill Toms plays some killer lead guitar riffs (c.) while Hard Rain and the Soulville Horns jam on.

Comedian Lewis Black Brings Rants to Heinz Hall; Stage AE Hosts The Decemberists (Sat., 4/8/17)

Lewis Black, The Decemberists, Bill Toms and Hard Rain, Jesse Milnes and Emily Miller; Red Tail Ring, Pirates vs. Braves

Lisa Lampanelli Brings Insults and Laughs to Palace; Pirates vs. Braves in Home Opener (Fri., 4/7/17)

Lisa Lampanelli, Pirates vs. Braves, Unblurred: First Fridays on Penn, Shrine Circus

one of the famed odd couples in musical theater

‘The King and I’ at the Benedum; Pitt Staging Peter and the Starcatcher (Thurs., 4/6/17)

‘The King and I,’ ‘Peter and the Starcatcher,’ ‘Oedipus Rex’

Bon Jovi in Concert at PPG Paints Arena; PPT’s ‘Daddy Long Legs’ Continues (Wed., 4/5/17)

Bon Jovi, ‘Daddy Long Legs,’

Son Volt in Concert at Mr. Smalls; Chamber Music Pittsburgh Presents NAT 28 at James Gallery (Tues., 4/4/17)

Son Volt, Chamber Music Pittsburgh and the Conflict Kitchen

Bowling for Soup at Rex; Istanbul Sofra Offers Dining Park-side (Mon., 4/3/17)

Bowling for Soup, Istanbul Sofra

Prince Calaf (tenor Thiago Arancam) will not be denied in 'Turandot.'

Paul Shaffer and World’s Most Dangerous Band Play Palace; The Courtney’s at Cattivo (Sun., 4/2/17)

Paul Shaffer, The Courtneys, ‘Turandot,’ ‘The Guard’

L) and Stalin (Martin Giles) engage in spirited dialectics while Bulgakov's wife Yelena (Dana Hardy) tries to sleep it off in 'Collaborators.'|Harriet Beecher Stowe

April Theater Guide: History on Parade

Shows that are drawn from history, or tinker with it shamelessly, highlight this month’s live theater schedule in Pittsburgh.

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