Theater

one way to prepare for New Year's Eve is to lie on a bed of nails while a friend with a sledgehammer breaks a concrete block over your stomach

Harlem Globetrotters at PPG Paints Arena; ‘The Illusionists: Magic of the Holidays’ at Heinz Hall (Thurs., 12/26/19)

Harlem Globetrotters, ‘The Illusionists: Magic of the Holidays,’ Bill Deasy Bo Day Show

Pittsburgh Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’ Continues at Benedum; Jergel’s Has Velveeta (Sat., 12/21/19)

‘The Nutcracker,’ Velveeta, NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship

as Mr. Fezziwig

‘A Musical Christmas Carol’ Onstage at Pittsburgh CLO; Band Together Christmas Party & Fundraiser at Moondogs (Fri., 12/20/19)

‘A Musical Christmas Carol,’ Band Together Christmas Party and Fundraiser, The Affordable Floors

Scoops owner Mike Collins gets the ice cream order from two customers.

Scoops Pittsburgh Features 40 Ice Cream Flavors, Cakes and Cookies; ‘The Nutcracker’s; ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Radio Play (Sundae, 12/15/19)

Scoops Pittsburgh Ice Cream, ‘The Nutcrackers,’ ‘It’s a Wonderful Life Radio Play,’

hard times have a happy ending

The Public Staging ‘Yinzer Yuletide: Pittsburgh Lights and Legends’; ‘The Carols’ Continues at Off the Wall Productions (Fri., 12/13/19)

‘Yinzer Yuletide: Pittsburgh Lights and Legends,’ ‘The Carols’

hard times have a happy ending

PMT’s ‘A Lyrical Christmas Carol’ at New Hazlett; Highly Suspect and The Unlikely Candidates Play The X’s Xmas Concert (Thurs., 12/12/19)

‘A Lyrical Christmas Carol,’ Highly Suspect and The Unlikely Candidates

‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ Radio Play at McKeesport Little Theater; Kelly Strayhorn Has Pillow Project’s ‘Now: Playing’ (Sun. 12/8/19)

‘It’s A Wonderful Life Radio Play,’ ‘Now: Playing’

Bricolage Productions' 'Yinzer Scrooged' brings a Pittsburgh touch to the Christmas classic. (photos: by Handerson Gomes)

‘Yinzer Scrooged’ Opens at Bricolage Productions; City Theatre Staging ‘The Santaland Diaries’ (Thurs., 12/5/19)

‘Yinzer Scrooged,’ ‘The Santaland Diaries’

' Shakespeare is dead but Anne Hathaway (Sheila McKenna) takes arms against a sea of troubles. (Photo by Jason Snyder; image treatment by BOOM Creative)

Last Day for Quantum’s ‘Shakespeare’s Will’ and City Theatre’s ‘One Night in Miami’ (Sun., 12/1/19)

‘Shakespeare’s Will,’ ‘One Night in Miami’

Elizabeth Boyke

‘The Carols’ Opens at Off the Wall Productions; Jim Donovan & Sun King Warriors Play Club Cafe (Fri., 11/29/19)

‘The Carols,’ Jim Donovan & Sun King Warriors

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