Pittsburgh theater

Arcade Comedy Theater's Sketch Lab, Vol. 2' laughologists do extensive research before finalizing their latest product offering.

Sketch Lab Report Vol. 2 Brings the Laughs at Arcade Comedy Theater (Fri., 8/22/25)

Sketch Lab Report Vol. 2

Pittsburgh Summer Restaurant Week (Sat., 8/16/25)

Summer deals on dining meals.

The large cast of Front Porch's 'Sunday in the Park with George' seen here enjoying one of Pittsburgh's beautiful parks. (Photo by Deana Muro.)

Front Porch Opens ‘Sunday in the Park with George’; Robert Jon & The Wreck at South Park; Arcade Comedy Theatre Opens Sketch Lab, Vol. 2, ‘Apocalypse Now’ Screening at Harris (Fri., 8/12/25)

‘Sunday in the Park with George,’ Robert Jon & The Wreck, Sketch Lab, Vol. 2, Apocalypse Now

They've been saving a seat for you. They are the gents and the leading lady at The Hill's favorite restaurant, circa 1969, in 'Two Trains Running'—one of a trio of August Wilson plays at Pittsburgh Playwrights.

Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company’s August Wilson Festival: Three Plays Running!

Pittsburgh Playwrights’ is showcasing several of August Wilson’s best known plays this month.

Quantum’s ‘Seagull’ Flies an Intriguing Path Through Human Space/Time

A new version of Chekhov’s tragicomedy strikes the notes that show us our true nature.

EC Summer Guide 2025 (Mid-to-Late Season): Festivals, Fairs, and Events

There’s still a lot of summer left, so get out and soak it in.

Picklesburgh Kicks Off; Rachael Sage Performs at First Unitarian; Texture Ballet Has ‘Infinite Abundance’ (Fri., 7/11/25)

Picklesburgh, Rachael Sage, ‘Infinite Abundance,’ ‘The Woman in White’

The Broadway touring production of 'Back to the Future' flies into the Benedum for a Pittsburgh CLO run. (Photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurpyMade.)

CLO Opens ‘Back to the Future’ at Benedum (Tues., 7/1/25)

‘Back to the Future’

Roy Scheider endeavors to center a dislocated Dreyfuss, asking him to fixate upon the flame from a lighter.

Barebones Lands a Big One with ‘The Shark Is Broken’

This newer, popular Broadway production is based on the making of the movie ‘Jaws.’

In barebones productions' 'The Shark is Broken' looking out from the jaws are (l. to r.) Patrick Jordan, Patrick Cannon, and Quinn Patrick Shannon. (Photo by Duane Reider.)

barebones productions Opens ‘The Shark is Broken’; Southern Avenue to Perform at Thunderbird Cafe (Fri., 5/30/25)

THE SHARK IS BROKEN by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon. barebones productions. May 30 – June 15.  1) Perhaps you never imagined that cutting-edge contemporary theater would include a crazy comedy about the filming of the movie Jaws. If so, never underestimate where playwrights are liable to get their material. The Shark Is Bren is…

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