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Coasters, Drifters, Platters headline Holiday Hop at the Palace
Three classic rock and doo-wop groups will help kick off the Christmas season at a “Holiday Hop” concert presented by Latshaw Productions on Dec. 5 at The Palace Theatre, Greensburg. Cornell Gunter’s Coasters, The Drifters and The Platters – all Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees – will perform...
Mark Milovats brings annual holiday show to the ByhamVideo
During the Christmas season, two annual events are inevitable in the Pittsburgh region: Santa Claus will visit good girls and boys – and Mark Milovats will perform his holiday spectacular. Milovats, a Trafford native and graduate of Penn-Trafford High School and the University of Pittsburgh, has done his holiday show...
Seton Hill student choreographers promise thought-provoking dances
TaMara Swank, assistant professor of dance at Seton Hill University, knows what a valuable experience it is for dance students to create an original dance piece from concept to completion. “A goal for the student choreographers is to challenge themselves to stay true to their concept or idea during the...
Tale of the March sisters comes alive in song in latest Geyer production
A favorite classic novel comes to life in a production of “Little Women the Musical” being staged Nov. 21-24 at Geyer Performing Arts Center in Scottdale. The musical directed by Jill Jassmann-Sharlock of Acme focuses on the book’s four March sisters and their mother, Marmee, living in Concord, Mass., while...
Beloved ‘Les Miserables’ comes back to PittsburghVideo
Cameron Mackintosh’s epic musical “Les Miserables” is one of those special productions that tend to draw massive crowds wherever they go. The national tour that last came through Pittsburgh in 2013 featured a remastered 25th anniversary edition with new staging — minus the traditional iconic turntable revolving stage — and...
Alumni ‘come home’ for Stage Right’s production of ‘Newsies’
Stage Right’s upcoming musical at the Palace Theatre is going to be “big news” with its cast of nearly 100 actors representing the Greensburg theater company’s current students, alums and professionals. “Disney’s Newsies,” the Broadway musical that debuted in 2012 and played for more than 1,000 performances in NYC, will...
Sha Na Na to mark 50 years of classic oldies at Palace TheatreVideo
Sha Na Na’s 50th anniversary coincides with the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, the monumental rock festival in the summer of 1969 that Rolling Stone magazine includes in its list of “50 moments that changed the history of rock and roll.” The festival was pretty monumental for the classic rock and...
Hit the mean streets with ‘A Bronx Tale’ playing in the Benedum Center
The Broadway musical “A Bronx Tale” has been compared to a “Jersey Boys” meets “West Side Story” kind of show: “Jersey Boys” for its rich musical score of doo-wop music and “West Side Story” for its drama and grittiness. It’s not a traditional love story, but it does focus on...
Jazz pianist Ariel Pocock next up in Hillman Performing Arts SeriesVideo
The Hillman Performing Arts Series at Shady Side Academy in Fox Chapel will continue its 2019-2020 season with a performance of easy-listening music by jazz pianist, vocalist and composer Ariel Pocock. The Durham, N.C.-based musician and song stylist will offer an intimate evening of acoustic piano and guitar showcasing her...
Pittsburgh Pet Expo highlights competitions, adoptions, stage shows
There’s no reason to leave your best friend at home when other members of the family attend this year’s edition of the Pittsburgh Pet Expo. Pets on leashes also are welcome at the annual three-day event Nov. 15-17 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. Billed as the largest consumer...
Get in the spirit with ‘Very Merry Pittsburgh’ at the Heinz History Center
There’s no place like Western Pennsylvania for the holidays. The region’s rich heritage and family traditions during the winter months will be celebrated in a new exhibition, “A Very Merry Pittsburgh,” opening Nov. 16 at the Senator John Heinz History Center in the city’s Strip District. Anne Madarasz, chief historian...
Riverfront Theater Company takes comedic look at sibling rivalry
Riverfront Theater Company is gearing up for its 2020 season by treating audiences to a special production of Christopher Durang’s comedy, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” for two weekends in November. The comedy, which won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Play, is being presented Nov. 7-9 and...
Pittsburgh Vegan Expo and Convention offers tasty sample of the lifestyle
Dacia Thorson recently obtained a registered trademark for legal rights to the word “Beaf.” That’s not beef, but rather Beaf, a plant-based meat alternative. Thorson and her husband Curtis are vegan and own Honest Pastures in Virginia Beach, Va., where the products they manufacture and ship throughout the U.S. include...
Get the scoop on the ‘Unexplained’ from Bigfoot, UFO experts
Event organizer Kelly Simon of Simon Event Management in Greensburg knows that her audiences are fascinated by the unknown – from UFOs and Bigfoot to ghostly spirits and paranormal activity. It’s why people will turn out in droves to hear first-hand accounts from folks who swear they’ve come face-to-face with...
Glorious holiday light displays usher in the seasonVideo
Long before visions of sugarplums dance in kids’ heads and it’s time to haul out the holly, thousands of strings of twinkling lights will be putting the “happy” in “Happy Holidays.” One of our most popular winter traditions — the annual festivals of lights — will soon brighten our region,...
Stage Right presents annual ‘Rocky Horror Show’ with a groovy twistVideo
To baby boomers, this year’s edition of Stage Right’s “The Rocky Horror Show” will be a psychedelic trip down memory lane to the days of peace signs, tie-dye shirts and the “Summer of Love.” Stage Right Artistic Director Tony Marino says it’s easy to see how “The Rocky Horror Show”...
So fetch — ‘Mean Girls’ takes over Benedum CenterVideo
It’s been 15 years since writer and comedian Tina Fey’s heartfelt and funny movie “Mean Girls” first shined a light on the mistreatment of teenage girls by their peers. The success of her Broadway musical of the same name, with music by her composer husband Jeff Richmond and lyrics by...
‘Chicago’ brings corruption, conniving and ‘All That Jazz’ to Seton Hill stage
Good things are worth the wait, especially if the “good thing” is the opportunity to bring one of the longest-running stage shows in Broadway history to Seton Hill University. It took three tries for Denise Pullen, associate professor of theater at Seton Hill, to secure the rights to produce the...
‘Jurassic World Live Tour’ to fill PPG Paints Arena with dinosaursVideo
It’s safe to say there’s never been anything quite like this at PPG Paints Arena — or in all of Pittsburgh. Not even the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, with its impressive exhibition featuring massive real dinosaur fossils, can match the thrills that fans of the “Jurassic Park” and “Jurassic...
Phipps’ annual fall flower takes ‘Japanese Inspirations’Video
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens’ fall flower show is like the season itself — a brief but welcome respite before the return of a long and cold winter in Pittsburgh. “Japanese Inspirations” is the theme of this year’s fall show, which celebrates not only the nearly 2,900 chrysanthemums that dominate...
Walk on the wild side with Greensburg Civic Theatre’s ‘Jekyll and Hyde’
Greensburg Civic Theatre will open its 68th season with a killer of a musical when it presents “Jekyll and Hyde” Oct. 17-19 at Greensburg Garden and Civic Center. “I seem to be completing a trilogy of horror shows for GCT,” says director Vince D’Angelo of Oakmont, who also directed “Dracula”...
Theatre Factory’s ‘The Fantasticks’ beautiful, clever
Like a true Pittsburgher, James Critchfield’s only complaint these days is with his commute to work. Aside from his lengthy drive to and from rehearsals — from his home in the South Hills to The Theatre Factory in Trafford — he couldn’t be happier about his current assignment directing “The...
Heinz History Center celebrates all things ‘Hometown-Homegrown’
Foodie fun at this year’s Hometown-Homegrown celebration Oct. 19 should include plenty of Heinz ketchup and Heinz pickles on the side. The Senator John Heinz History Center is mashing its annual food festival with its current “Heinztoberfest” celebration that marks the 150th anniversary of the H.J. Heinz Co., which grew...
Jump to the left for Geyer’s ‘Rocky Horror Show’
John Cunnard calls the cult classic musical “The Rocky Horror Show” “the ultimate theater experience” in which theatergoers don’t just watch the iconic stage show; they are part of it. “Many audiences come in their favorite ‘Rocky’ costumes, they get to dance with the characters in the seats and also...
Long-awaited Carrie Underwood tour rolls into PittsburghVideo
It’s been a long wait for fans of country music superstar Carrie Underwood who hurried to buy their tickets for her Oct. 12 concert at PPG Paints Arena when they first went on sale – on Aug. 18, 2018. More than a year later, it’s finally time to get ready...
