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‘Mean Girls’ opens PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh shows for 2019-20Video
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announced the 2019-20 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh season on Monday. Leading the seven touring Broadway shows, which have won more than 30 Tony Awards, is “Mean Girls,” the hit musical that included book writer Tina Fey. The others are “A Bronx Tale,” “Jesus Christ Superstar,” “Miss...
‘Hamilton’ set to return to Pittsburgh in 2020-21 season
The megahit musical “Hamilton” is coming back to Pittsburgh during the 2020-21 Broadway season, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announced Monday. The show opened to a sold-out crowd on Jan. 1 and continued its popular run through Jan. 27, performing before an estimated 88,000 theater-goers at the Benedum Center. Hamilton was...
Pgh. Society of Artists will screen new members on March 24
The Pittsburgh Society of Artists will hold new-member screenings on March 24 in the city’s Regent Square neighborhood. Drop-offs will be from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at Wilkins School Community Center, 7604 Charleston Ave. Applicants must submit three original works that were exclusively created by the artist within the past...
Prime Stage Theatre hosts special guest for ‘Butterflies’ opener
Prime Stage Theatre welcomed a special guest for the March 9 opening night of “In the Time of the Butterflies” at the New Hazlett Theater Center for the Performing Arts in Pittsburgh’s North Side. Joining the near-capacity audience was author Minou Tavárez Mirabal, daughter of one of the play’s subjects....
Pittsburgh’s Nate Walker nails audition on ‘American Idol’
Pittsburgh’s own Nate Walker is making some musical waves on “American Idol,” nailing his audition on the popular show on Sunday night. And fans are responding. I would buy tickets for a Nate Walker concert right now #AmericanIdol— Becca Brown (@BeccaBTalksTV) March 11, 2019 The 18-year-old’s performance of A Great...
Nelly, TLC and Flo Rida bring the party to KeyBank Pavilion in AugustVideo
Grammy winning singer Nelly, known for hits ranging from “Hot in Here” to “Just a Dream” and “Cruise,” along with TLC and Flo Rida,will perform on Aug. 8 at KeyBank Pavilion in Burgettstown, Washington County. All Billboard chart-topping musicians, the three performing groups will tour North America together throughout the...
Pop abstractionist’s artwork to show in Greensburg’s Headkeeper
“American Idol” veteran Aubrey Burchell will entertain during the March 16 opening of “Graveyard Shift,” a solo art exhibition by pop abstractionist Zach Sierocki, at The Headkeeper Tapas Bar in Greensburg. The event is set for 6-8 p.m. in the restaurant at 618 S. Main St. “Graveyard Shift” is a...
Gal Gadot takes on Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu
JERUSALEM — Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot has come to the rescue of a fellow Israeli celebrity in a spat with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Gadot, who typically shies away from politics, is rallying behind Rotem Sela, one of Israel’s top models and TV hosts, who drew fire from Netanyahu...
Bluegrass, country star Ricky Skaggs will play the Palace on March 31Video
He might describe himself as “just a country boy,” but from his days as a little kid playing on the Grand Ole Opry stage to fronting the Grammy-Award-winning Kentucky Thunder, Ricky Skaggs has made quite a mark on the music world. He’ll bring that lifetime of pickin’ and grinnin’ to...
Actor and comedian Kevin James to visit Pittsburgh in April
Actor and comedian Kevin James will make an appearance at the Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall on April 12. Tickets for the 8 p.m. show will go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. James produced and starred in “The King of Queens,” which ran on CBS for nine years. His...
Brie Larson surprises moviegoers at ‘Captain Marvel’ screening in New Jersey
CLIFTON, N.J. — Moviegoers in New Jersey got a surprise visit over the weekend from a super-hero. Actress Brie Larson, star of “Captain Marvel,” appeared at a movie theater Saturday night in Clifton, New Jersey, about 10 miles west of New York. The North Jersey Record reports theater patrons at...
For Western Pa. high school musicals, big crowds and big expectations
Transporting the audience with the storyline of a high school musical isn’t enough for student casts these days. It’s also got to send them to Broadway — or at least the Benedum. Like students at Belle Vernon Area High School, most of these young performers want each year’s show to...
WQED’s ‘The Great Ride’ follows cyclists on 335-mile bike trail to Point State ParkVideo
WQED’s new documentary, “The Great Ride,” will explore a destination on many bikers’ and hikers’ bucket lists — the entire 335 miles of the C&O Canal Towpath (Washington, D.C. to Cumberland, Md.) and the Great Allegheny Passage (Cumberland, Md. to Pittsburgh). The 60-minute film premieres at 8 p.m. March 14....
Freeport thinks pink with ‘Legally Blonde’Video
“Omigod! Omigod you guys.” Freeport Area High School thinks pink as it presents “Legally Blonde: The Musical” March 14-17 at the Freeport Middle School. Based on the smash comedy 2001 film starring Reese Witherspoon, it’s the story of a rich sorority girl named Elle Woods and her creative mission to...
The Academy Chamber Ensemble to perform at Central Presbyterian Church
A church is the perfect setting for this performance. Central Presbyterian Church in Tarentum presents its third concert for this season — “A Bassoon Runs Through It.” It’s set for 4 p.m. March 17 with the Academy Chamber Ensemble. The event will feature the music of Mozart, Beethoven and the...
‘Captain Marvel’ rockets to historic $153M debut
NEW YORK — “Captain Marvel,” Marvel Studios’ first female-fronted superhero movie, launched with $153 million domestically and $455 million globally, according to studio estimates Sunday, making it one of the biggest blockbusters ever led by a woman. It also sets a new worldwide mark for a film directed or co-directed...
Gwyneth Paltrow stops by ‘Saturday Night Live’ to spoof Goop, her own companyVideo
“Saturday Night Live” offered an unusual surprise during this week’s Weekend Update segment: a cameo from Gwyneth Paltrow, which found the actress mocking her lifestyle brand Goop. For the uninitiated, Goop is Paltrow’s wellness brand, which has produced such controversial products as coffee enemas and jade eggs meant to be...
Stage Right apparently sets record with ‘Children of Eden,’ awaits official word from Guinness
As the Palace Theatre house lights went down Saturday night and Tony Marino stepped into the spotlight, he sang, “I woke up from a curious dream.” How dreamlike the day must have been as Marino and his Stage Right theater company sought to break the Guinness record for the fastest...
‘Saturday Night Live’ takes on R. Kelly in cold open, giving Trump jokes a restVideo
“Saturday Night Live” threw a curveball by taking a break from hammering President Donald Trump in this week’s cold open and instead focusing on another powerful man who has been accused of wrongdoing: R. Kelly. Only hours before the show, the R&B singer had been released from Cook County (Illinois)...
Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez are engaged
LOS ANGELES — Jennifer Lopez said yes to Alex Rodriguez’s proposal, and with the rock he presented, who could say no? The couple posted an Instagram photo of their hands with a massive engagement ring on Lopez’s ring finger. The former Yankees shortstop captioned his photo with “she said yes”...
Stage Right selects ‘Children of Eden’ for record-setting attempt at the PalaceVideo
The Greensburg theater company Stage Right hopes that the controlled chaos of Saturday morning will transform into a complete production of the musical “Children of Eden” by Saturday night. If they want to break the Guinness record for the fastest staging of a musical production, they will have to cast,...
Film on Arctic refuge battle set for Pittsburgh screening
A battle by Native Americans to protect Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge takes center stage in “Welcome to Gwichyaa Zhee,” a short film that will be screened for free at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Patagonia Pittsburgh outdoor clothing store. The film focuses on the Gwich’in people, a nation of...
Community leaders to sing at Westmoreland Diversity Coalition fundraiser
Did you ever wonder if state Sen. Kim Ward can carry a tune? Or if Westmoreland County Commissioner Ted Kopas sings tenor or bass? Now you have a chance to find out. Westmoreland Diversity Coalition is hosting a “Westmoreland Has Talent” karaoke fundraiser at 5 p.m. March 2 at Ferrante’s...
Theatre Factory gets to the heart of ‘Fuddy Meers’
Most typical days in many people’s lives are uneventful and not so noteworthy. That’s not the case with Claire, one of the main characters in “Fuddy Meers,” a play being staged Feb. 22-March 3 at The Theatre Factory in Trafford. Claire has a rare form of psychogenic amnesia that erases her...
Las Vegas comes to Greensburg for Party at the Palace Theatre
What happens on Feb. 23 at The Palace Theatre stays at The Palace Theatre. Taking a page from the Sin City playbook, the Westmoreland Cultural Trust will present Party at The Palace Vegas Style that night in the Greensburg entertainment venue. From music and table games to actual weddings, the...
