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'We Don't Need Another Hero' unless it's PNC Broadway's 'Tina - The Tina Turner Musical.' (photo courtesy of the production and Pittsburgh Cultural Trust)

April 2023 Theater Guide: April Showers Our Stages with Diversity and Drama

Honor diversity. Discover the difference with these dramatic picks.

Manrico (Jonathan Burton) wages war with Counte di Luna (Lester Lynch) for the heart of Leonora ((Alexandra Loutsion.)

Pittsburgh Opera’s ‘Il Trovatore’: A Smashing Success, Let the Anvils Ring 

Love. If you can’t live with it, die for it.

Led by David Toole (as Guy) on the guitar and Kate Queen (Girl) on the piano, a rousing orchestra of ten strums, stomps, and stuns. (Photo: Matt Polk)

Irish Love and Music Story, ‘Once,’ Continues at PMT (Wed., 3/29/23)

‘Once’

‘Steel Magnolias’ Onstage at The Public (Tues., 3/28/23)

‘Steel Magnolias’

Pittsburgh Opera's 'Il Trovatore' has plenty of action, including singing and swordfights. Shown here is singing swordsman Conte di Luna (Lester Lynch). Credit: David Bachman Photography for Pittsburgh Opera.

‘Il Trovatore’ Opens at Pittsburgh Opera (Sat., 3/22/23)

‘Il Trovatore’

A play with music, Once is a love story in which romance reverberates through song, not sex. Kate Queen and David Toole barely touch, but their chemistry is alive and alluring. (Photo: Matt Polk)

For the Love of the Irish, Look No More than PMT’s ‘Once’

When Irish eyes are smilin’—or blue—’Once’ is a musical that highlights both emotions with story and song.

Junction City

St. Patrick’s Day Festivities; ‘Shantytown: The Ballad of Fr. James Cox’ Opens at Pgh Playwrights New Theater; Texture Contemporary Ballet has ‘Rediscover’ ( Fri., 3/17/23)

St. Patrick’s Day, ‘Shantytown: The Ballad of Fr. James Cox,’ ‘Rediscover’

‘Shout! The Mod Musical’ Opens at Lincoln Park (Thurs., 3/16/23)

‘Shout! The Mod Musical’

‘Men on Boats’ Lands at Pittsburgh Playhouse (Wed., 3/15/22)

‘Men on Boats’

Being in a marriage can be difficult at times, no more so than the six wives of Henry VIII. 'Six' the musical celebrates them as strong, independent women. (Photo: Joan Marcus)

PNC Broadway’s ‘SIX’ Opens at Benedum (Tues., 3/14/23)

‘SIX’

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