2016-17 Pittsburgh theater schedules by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Local theater companies are rolling out their schedules for next season, even as some of them are in full swing. Below are listings with ticket information that will continue to be updated a…

30th Children's Theater Festival set for Pittsburgh Cultural District in May by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The EQT Children’s Theater Festival will be held May 12-15 in the Downtown Cultural District, with offerings for everyone from babies to teens and their families. Highlights of the festiva…

2Do this week, March 6-12: Cultural events around Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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No Name Players presents SWAN Day by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

No Name Players invites audiences to “join us as we do our part to honor the power of women artists and their work” Saturday at the eighth annual SWAN — Support Women Artists Now —&#…

2Do this week, Feb. 14-20: Cultural events around Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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CMU students win national awards for costume and sound design by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Past PG Performers of the Year by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

2014 – Patrick Jordan: “A Steady Rain” and “A Streetcar Named Desire” (barebones productions). 2013 – Dana Michele Griffith: standout roles in seven plays at five different…

2016 PG Performer of the Year: James FitzGerald by Christopher Rawson and Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Theater is one place where evil really pays off, and no one had a more loathsome, villainous pair of leading roles to play on Pittsburgh stages in 2015 than James FitzGerald. His rise to the…

2Do this week, Jan. 10-16: Cultural events around Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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2do this week, Jan. 3-11: Cultural events around Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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People to meet 2016: Ten people who are making their mark in Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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New year brings about opportunity for cultural resolution by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The new year will open Friday with a blank slate and so much opportunity. Here are some New Year’s resolutions to consider from our cultural and style writers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazett…

2Do this week, Dec. 20-27: Cultural events around Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Quantum Theatre gets $10,000 by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded a $10,000 Art Works grant to Quantum Theatre.

2Do this week, Dec. 5-12: Cultural events around Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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5 Things We are Loving This Week, Nov. 28, 2015 by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Just don’t call them ‘Jofia’: Mt. Lebanon native Joe Manganiello and “Modern Family” star Sofia Vergara tied the knot last Sunday night at The Breakers resort in Palm Beach, F…

2Do this week, Nov. 22-28: Cultural events around Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Kenneth Branagh headlines 2016 PG London Theater Trip by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The 2016 Post-Gazette Critic’s Choice theater tour heads to London March 6-13, when the daffodils and magnolias will be in bloom. Among palaces, street life, museums, shops, cathedrals and…

2Do this week, Nov. 8-14: Cultural events around Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Quantum leader and documentarian awarded $15,000 arts prizes by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Quantum Theatre founder Karla Boos and multidisciplinary artist Brett Kashmere will receive this year’s Carol R. Brown Creative Achievement Awards, a recognition of excellence that comes w…

2do this week, Oct. 25-Nov. 1: Cultural events around Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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5 things we are loving this week, Oct. 24 by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Never-ending tale of “Star Wars”: Let’s go back to the future with Bill Murray as lounge singer Nick Winters on “Saturday Night Live,” circa 1978, and see how prescient he was abou…

2Do this week, Oct. 18-24: Cultural events around Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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5 Things We Love This Week, Oct. 17 by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Magnum Opus: Bill the Cat is back! As is Opus the penguin, Milo and Steve Dallas, who we’re betting still has the emotional maturity of a coat rack. After 25 years, Pulitzer Prize-winning …

Hot List for weekend of Oct. 15 by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Jay Leno books stand-up gig at Heinz Hall in March by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

No joke — busy Jay Leno is bringing his stand-up road show to Heinz Hall March 5.

'Chicago' out, 'The Drowsy Chaperone' in for Point Park's musical theater season by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Chicago” has been replaced by “The Drowsy Chaperone” in the March 18-27 slot of Point Park University Conservatory Theatre Company’s 2015-16 season. Broadway’s long-running…

2Do this week, Oct. 4-10: Cultural events around Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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India in Focus: Six weeks of cultural events by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Dance, theater, music and visual art will be showcased as part of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s India in Focus, a multidisciplinary program beginning Friday and running through Nov.…

2Do this week, Sept. 20-26: Cultural events around Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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'Flashdance' musical back on Oct. 25 by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Flashdance the Musical," which had its world premiere in Pittsburgh in January 2013 and has been touring the country ever since, returns for one day only, 3 p.m. Oct. 25, at Heinz…