Theater

Cool Picks Sunday December 9, 2012

The Nutcracker, The Crucible, Holiday Concert: Warm by the Fire, Watch the Steelers at a Shadyside Bar.

Cool Picks Friday December 7, 2012

Carnegie Mellon Holiday Concerts, The Jazz Nutcracker, The Manchester Craftsman’s Guild Jazz, Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds<

Cool Picks Wednesday December 5, 2012

Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre, Bluegrass Jam Session, Team Trivia Contest, Rock and Bowl, City Game

Cool Picks Thursday November 29, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Shatner’s World will eclipse the Pittsburgh nightlife scene tonight. William Shatner, the man we all d as Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek series, as TV police sergeant T. J. Hoer, and as Price’s pitchman, is now touring with his one man show. The production traces his journey…

Cool Picks Tuesday November 20, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Citizen Cope (Clarence Greenwood) is in concert tonight at the Byham Theater. Citizen Cope brings his distinctive harmonic voice and couples it with great rock, soul, blues and folk influences for a rich melodic sound. Best know for songs “Bullet & A Target,”  “Son’s Gonna…

Cool Picks Sunday November 18. 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Today is the last day for War Horse, winner of five Tony awards, at the Benedum Center. The stage play, made into a movie recently, showcases the relationship between a boy and his horse during World War I.  Young Albert’s bed horse, Joey, is sold…

Cool Picks Wednesday November 14, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) South Side Stories is not a new Rick Sebak documentary or a WDVE Morning Show skit  it is writer/actor Tami Dixon’s new one-woman show which just opened at the City Theatre. Dixon spent two years gathering neighborhood stories from South Side natives about working in…

Cool Picks Tuesday November 13, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Jakob Dylan’s (Bob Dylan’s son) band, The Wallflowers are playing a concert at Carnegie Library Music Hall. Jakob Dylan’s musical sound has been influenced by his dad, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, and Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band. The Wallflowers are touring in support…

Cool Picks Sunday November 11, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) The Who’s “Quadrophenia” is a rock opera and film that chronicles the running lives and battles between two rival English groups, the “mods” versus the “rockers.” In the movie, the “mod” character (Ace-Face) is played by musician Sting.  The Quadrophenia album produced many hits for the band including “The Real…

Cool Picks Friday November 9, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Chicago just arrived in Pittsburgh last night, the musical that is. In the story, housewife and dancer Roxie Hart kills her departing on-the-side r as he threatens to end the relationship. She tries to beat the wrap by hiring a slick criminal attorney and…

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