Shania Twain in Concert at Star Lake; CLO’s ‘Sound of Music’ Onstage at Benedum (Thurs., 7/13/23)

1) Shania Twain is the Canadian country-music legend who keeps on coming back. In 2015 she visited Pittsburgh on her supposed farewell tour. Then she returned in 2018. Now the most famous Twain since Mark is headed our way again, playing The Pavilion at Star Lake in support of her new album, Queen of Me. Over the years Twain has compiled an awesome resume. She’s one of the best-selling artists of all time; she has collected five Grammys plus 39 BMI Songwriter Awards; she is a member of at least four Halls and Walks of Fame—and, with 1997’s Come On Over, claimed the title of best-selling country album and best-selling album by a female artist. Featuring hits “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!,” “That Don’t Impress Me Much,” and “You’re Still The One,” the album was a country-pop-rock crossover juggernaut. After a long struggle with voice problems, she returned to performing with Shania: Still The One, a two-year residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas from 2012 to 2014. Currently there appears to be no stopping her, as you may notice if you catch her show. Special guest is Breland. 7:30 p.m. Sold out. 665 PA Route 18, Burgettstown. (C.M, M.V.)

2) Some Broadway musicals become so identified with their movie versions that it’s hard to even think of them as live stage shows. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music won the 1960 Tony Award for Best Musical, well before it went to the big screen in 1965. Yet the Oscar-winning film proved so popular that even today, in the minds of millions, Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer are Maria and Captain von Trapp. Either way, the story is a dramatization of true events. There really were a Maria and Captain who fled from Austria, along with the von Trapp children, after the Nazis took over in 1938. And the musical is strong on stage, where songs like “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” send a palpable thrill through the audience. See Pittsburgh CLO‘s production at Benedum Center through Sunday with Maria played by Hanley Smith and Will Ray as Captain Georg von Trapp.  7:30 p.m. 237 7th St, Cultural District. (M.V.)

The von Trapp family, Maria, and company in Pittsburgh CLO’s ‘The Sound of Music.’ (Photo: Kgtunney Photgraphy)

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