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Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Sunday, October 15, 2023

Review: An opera-singing barber bartends and brokers marriage on stage in a brilliant 'Barber of Seville' by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Shenanigans ensue, set to music by Rossini that’s been burned into the public consciousness through cartoons like “Bugs Bunny.”  

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:56PM
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Thursday, October 5, 2023
Friday, September 29, 2023
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Thursday, September 7, 2023
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Sunday, August 20, 2023
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Monday, July 17, 2023

A Pittsburgh opera company is reinventing itself in the wake of poor attendance and financial turmoil by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh’s arts landscape is struggling to stabilize in the wake of the pandemic and low attendance.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 05:30AM
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
Thursday, June 15, 2023
Friday, June 9, 2023
Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Pittsburgh's symphony and ballet partner to bring Ravel's brief, maddening 'Bolero' to life by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Composer Maurice Ravel’s music was popular in his lifetime, but audiences grew came to associate him primarily with one tune: “Bolero.”

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 05:30AM
Monday, June 5, 2023

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's 1,200 students have a new dean by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre is adding a new position to allow for greater focus on the school’s pre-professional offerings.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 04:52PM
Thursday, May 25, 2023
Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Review: When a small opera company stages 'Macbeth,' the witches crackle by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Concentrating resources on the musicians rather than attempting to fully stage a production could help improve quality.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 05:30AM
Thursday, May 18, 2023
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Pittsburgh Opera's season finale explores political resonances from the 1985 MOVE bombing by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“We Shall Not Be Moved” originally premiered in 2017 is set in North Philadelphia in the abandoned headquarters of the MOVE organization.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 05:30AM
Sunday, May 7, 2023

Review: An hourlong, brilliantly meta, must-see show is live at Pittsburgh Opera by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The underbelly of the internet remains a dark place... In 2017, the Russian Duma criminalized the creation of pro-suicide groups.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 04:10PM
Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Two Russians livestreamed a standoff with police in 2016, and now it's an opera. Sort of by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“In opera, if we end up telling new stories in old ways we haven’t gotten ourselves much farther down the road.”

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 05:30AM
Thursday, April 20, 2023

4 openings, 800 young applicants: The Pittsburgh Ballet holds grueling open auditions by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

It was audition day at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, which set a recent record with the “Nutcracker,” with around 32,000 tickets sold.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:01AM
Saturday, April 15, 2023

Review: A smart new series at the symphony seeks to introduce listeners to classical music — it needs polish by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

This wasn’t a typical concert, where listeners sit in silence. It was more interactive — at times for better and at times for worse.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 10:27PM
Thursday, April 6, 2023

New play 'Perseverance' captures jeweler's memories of the Holocaust and new life in Pittsburgh by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

In the 1970s, Melvin Goldman bought a tape recorder and talked through his memories of his early life and the Holocaust...

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 05:30AM
Tuesday, April 4, 2023

A new immersive play opening in Pittsburgh throws shareholders on the devil's mercies by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The play sounds a bit like a cross between a murder mystery, an art installation and a reality TV show.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 05:30AM
Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Review: Pittsburgh Opera's latest is a must-see, on par with cult classics by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

It’s a bit like if Shakespeare drafted a mistaken identity plot and threw in some infanticide on a ghastly whim.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM
Saturday, March 18, 2023

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime