theater in pittsburgh

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

City Theatre’s New Season Features Spoken Word, McLuhan on Media, Justin Timberlake, and More

Expect a wide sampling of modern theater at City in 2021-22

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March Theater Guide: Thoroughly Modern Masters

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

' which Pittsburgh Opera has reset in a World War I munitions plant—where people really did wear masks to avoid spreading the Spanish Flu. (photo: David Bachman Photography)

Pittsburgh Opera Goes Live and In Person with ‘Così fan tutte’

Though not exactly a masked ball, this masked comic opera is a Pittsburgh first.

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‘Hoard’ Brings the Heat at off the WALL

The new play by Lissa Brennan does an intriguing take on a hoarder and a fixer-upper.

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January Theater Guide: Midwinter Musicals Set the Tone

Intriguing musicals and music-infused shows highlight Pittsburgh’s theater schedule at the start of 2020.

Red and black! sings Enjorlas (Matt Shingledecker) in the new touring production of 'Les Miz.' (photo: Joan Marcus)

November Theater Guide: Get ‘Em While They’re Hot

Before the holidays arrive, there’s a wide assortment of interesting shows on Pittsburgh stages this month.

as in last year's 'The Tempest' at Pittsburgh Public Theater

‘Cambodian Rock Band’ Strikes Many Chords at City Theatre

This new play in Pittsburgh, about a decades-old catastrophe in Cambodia, is riveting and relevant in multiple ways.

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July Theater Guide: The Midsummer Twist

Live theater in Pittsburgh enters a cosmic distortion field, with new twists on old shows and strange twists in new shows.

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June Theater Guide: Old Faves and New Raves

In Pittsburgh theater this month, will you choose tried-and-true classics or potential new classics-to-be?

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Awesome Twosome: Quantum’s ‘King Lear’ + Carrie Furnaces

Quantum Theatre takes Shakespeare’s ‘Lear’ to Pittsburgh’s premiere industrial ruins.

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