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Penn-Trafford drama guild goes batty with comedic spin on ‘Dracula’
Penn-Trafford High School Drama Guild is going a little batty with a humorous take on the Dracula story. “Dracula: A Comic Thriller Starring Shirley Holmes and Jennie Watson” will be staged at 3 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the high school in Harrison City. Tickets for each performance are $5...
Pitt-Greensburg actors return to live shows with rollicking British farce
After more than a year of virtual rehearsing and performing, Pitt-Greensburg Theatre Company will sprint back to the stage for the rollicking British farce, “See How They Run.” The 1944 Philip King play finds the actors galloping in and out of the four doors of an English vicarage. The madcap...
Kelly Strayhorn Theater festival showcases local dance legend Kyle Abraham
Renowned dancer and choreographer Kyle Abraham is returning to his hometown for Kelly Strayhorn Theater’s My People: A QTPOC Festival of the Arts, running Nov. 10-13. The annual multi-disciplinary festival was created in honor of the theater’s namesake, Billy Strayhorn, and showcases the work of queer and transgender artists of...
‘Rust’ film armorer says someone may have put bullet in gun
The woman in charge of weapons on the movie set where actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins said Wednesday night that she had inspected the gun Baldwin shot but doesn’t know how a live bullet ended up inside. “Who put those in there and why is the central...
Literary giants clash in Kinetic Theatre’s return to Pittsburgh stage
A meeting of two literary giants is the subject of Kinetic Theatre Company’s return to live performances, with the American premiere of Donald Steven Olson’s award-winning play, “Oscar & Walt.” Oscar Wilde encounters Walt Whitman in the production running through Nov 20 at City Theatre’s Lester Hamburg Studio Theatre, 1300...
SiriusXM holiday music channels kick off Christmas season early
Are you ready for some Christmas music? SiriusXM is officially in the holiday spirit — the streaming service launched its 2021 bevy of Christmas channels on Wednesday. This year’s 19 channels — the service’s most to date — includes two new streams along with the usual variety of holiday hits...
11 books to add to your reading list this month
While the frenzy of hot books fall has begun to subside, there are still a great many books to look forward to in November, the true start of cozy season. Most anticipated publications this coming month include an iconic Chinese artist’s political memoir; provocative thoughts on feminism from an art...
After 2-year concert hiatus, ever-surprising Bob Dylan returns to embrace his ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’
MILWAUKEE — Bob Dylan always has had his own sense of time, and timing. When the covid-19 pandemic displaced him from the road for the first extended stretch since 1986, he released his first album of original material in eight years and presented his inaugural streamed concert. Returning to the...
The Gap Band founder Ronnie Wilson dies at age 73
Ronnie Wilson, multi-instrumentalist and founder of the popular R&B and funk group The Gap Band, has died. He was 73. His wife, Linda Boulware-Wilson, posted on Facebook that her husband died on Tuesday. “Ronnie Wilson was a genius with creating, producing, and playing the flugelhorn, trumpet, keyboards, and singing music,...
Paul Newman memoir left unpublished to come out next year
NEW YORK — A memoir Paul Newman left unpublished in his lifetime will come out next fall. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced Wednesday that the book, currently untitled, will include Newman’s thoughts on “acting, directing, boyhood, family, fame, Hollywood, Broadway, love, his first marriage, his 50-year marriage to Joanne Woodward,...
TV Talk: Kelly Frey exits WTAE after 2 decades
Viewers had a hunch something was up. They’ve noticed the more frequent absence of anchor Kelly Frey on WTAE’s morning newscasts in recent weeks. This week, her absence was particularly notable given that it’s November sweeps, and usually that’s not a time news anchors take vacation. Wednesday morning, Channel 4...
Gus & Yia Yia’s cart joins Carnegie Science Center’s railroad display
November isn’t traditionally a month to think about a refreshing ice ball. That’s not stopping the Carnegie Science Center from honoring a traditional Pittsburgh favorite. It announced Wednesday that Gus & YiaYia’s Ice Ball Cart is the latest model to be added to the Miniature Railroad & Village. The familiar...
City Theatre/Pittsburgh CLO premiere invokes pop superstar Justin Timberlake
The play title invokes the name of Justin Timberlake — but will the pop superstar actually be there on stage? Playwright Matt Schatz isn’t telling. Audiences will find out as City Theatre premieres Schatz’s “An Untitled New Play by Justin Timberlake,” in a co-production with Pittsburgh CLO. The piece will...
Brad Raffensperger book details Trump’s pressure to alter Georgia electionVideo
ATLANTA — Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state, was sitting at his kitchen table with his wife when President Donald Trump called with an urgent demand: Change the election results. Details of that famous call in January are the centerpiece of Raffensperger’s book published Tuesday, “Integrity Counts.” Raffensperger refused Trump...
Latshaw Pops Orchestra to ring in holidays with concerts in Oakmont, Greensburg, Irwin, Zelienople
The Latshaw Pops Orchestra will continue its long tradition of annual Christmas concerts with a Dec. 9 performance in The Oaks Theater in Oakmont. The 22-piece orchestra will be joined by singers and dancers for the 7:30 show in the theater at 310 Allegheny River Blvd. Bruce Lauffer will conduct...
1-actor play in Pittsburgh explores iconic movie monster in ‘Karloff’
Halloween may be over, but Prime Stage Theatre aims to entertain horror fans with “Karloff: The Man and the Monster,” a one-actor play exploring the life of renowned movie monster Boris Karloff. Opening Nov. 5 in the New Hazlett Theater in Pittsburgh’s North Side, the production explores the 60-year career...
Carnegie Museum of Art holiday specials include Presepio, trees, new activities
Holiday happenings at the Carnegie Museum of Art include the return of two visitor favorites, along with activities and events presented for the first time this year. The Neapolitan Presepio, first presented in 1957, will have a new home this year in the Scaife galleries, while the Carnegie Trees, commemorating...
Jon Bon Jovi cancels Miami Beach concert after testing positive for covid-19
MIAMI — A positive test for covid-19 forced rocker Jon Bon Jovi to cancel his Miami Beach show Saturday night as crowds were already beginning to fill the South Beach venue. Audience members were told that Bon Jovi would be unable to perform, WSVN 7 News reported, and that the...
’19 Kids and Counting’ father running for Arkansas Senate
SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Jim Bob Duggar, whose large family was featured in the TLC reality show “19 Kids and Counting,” has announced he’s running for a seat in the Arkansas Senate. Duggar, who previously served in the Arkansas House, announced Friday on the family’s Facebook page that he’s running for...
In 2nd weekend, ‘Dune’ bests ‘Last Night in Soho,’ ‘Antlers’
After a record-breaking start, October’s box office closed out quietly this weekend with “Dune” repeating at number one and two prominent genre newcomers, ” Last Night in Soho ” and “Antlers,” stumbling. Whether it’s due to Halloween falling on a Sunday, too many new options or simply a lack of...
Franklin Regional Thespian Club gives patrons two plays for the price of one with ‘Nooses Off’
After a school year in which the Franklin Regional Thespian Club put on a virtual play in the fall and a spring production with a cast of only seven, director Richard Sunny said he’s nearly forgotten what it was like to rehearse with a sizable group of actors. So naturally,...
Obituary: Pittsburgh jazz musician Hill Jordan ‘made everyone feel like family’
The Pittsburgh jazz family is somber today. One of its own, Hill Jordan, 50, died Wednesday of unknown causes. Jordan, known to many as “Hilly,” was a trombonist and leader of Hill Jordan & Slide Worldwide. He regularly played clubs and festivals throughout Pittsburgh and the region. Many knew him...
Joel Murray brings family comedy legacy to ‘Whose Live?’ in Greensburg
How funny is “Whose Live Anyway?” Some of that depends on the audience in the city where the cast lands on any given night. “You do a little bit of research to find out what’s going on and get a feel for the place before you get there, but it’s...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Oct. 29-31
It’s Halloween weekend in Pittsburgh. Here are some ways to spend it. Simone Biles Olympic gymnast Simone Biles will visit PPG Paints Arena, Uptown. Biles, who is the most decorated American gymnast in history, will headline the Gold Over America Tour when it stops in Pittsburgh at 7:30 p.m. Friday....
5 things to do in Westmoreland County: Oct. 29-31
Faux Fieris Hey, dudes with the spiky silver hair, goatee, mirror sunglasses and flame shirts — now is your chance to be named the local mayor of Flavortown. Guy’s Kitchen & Bar Westmoreland at Live! Casino Pittsburgh in Hempfield is hosting a Guy Fieri look-alike contest from 9 a.m. to...
