Theater & Dance

Kennywood Park in West Mifflin will celebrate the 90th anniversary of The Racer on Saturday.

Pittsburgh things to do this weekend, July 20-23

Raekwon from the Wu Tang Clang hits town, the Symphony hosts Johnny Mathis and Kennywood celebrates the 90th anniversary of The Racer.

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Janis Burley Wilson new CEO and president of the August Wilson Center on Thursday.

Cultural Trust vice president tapped to head August Wilson Center

Janis Burley Wilson, longtime events programmer for the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, takes the helm of the troubled center.

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DanceAfrica will perform at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty on Friday and Saturday.

DanceAfrica Pittsburgh pays tribute to master teacher Charles 'Baba Chuck' Davis

The four-day festival celebrating African dance and culture will pay tribute to its founder Charles “Baba Chuck” Davis, who died in May.

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To celebrate the legacy of the late playwright August Wilson, Pittsburgh muralist, puppeteer and street performer Tarish Pipkins -- also known as Jeghetto -- created a community mural in black and white that allowed more than 200 people to come to the August Wilson Center Saturday and paint in the colors. The panels are on display at the center through Sept. 8.

Mural pays tribute to August Wilson as the center that bears his name readies for 'next phase'

Artist Tarish Pipkins created an outline with a portrait of the playwright, and 200 community members finished it with bright, bold colors.

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Joey Barriero as Jack and Daniel Quadrino as Crutchie in Pittsburgh CLO's new production of Disney's "Newsies."

Stage review: Pittsburgh CLO delivers a new 'Newsies' that pulses with energy

The spirited production of the Disney musical now at the Benedum Center takes full advantage of an athletic dance ensemble.

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10,000 and counting find they way to 'Imaginarium' escape rooms

Businesses, camps and schools seeking exercises in teamwork are among the patrons for Bricolage Productions’ ongoing venture in Harmar.

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Tami Dixon, seated, playing Miss Julie, and Chrystal Bates, playing Clarissa, rehearse a scene from the Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater Company production of "Miss Julie, Clarissa and John."

Bricolage's Tami Dixon immerses herself in acting for 'Miss Julie' tour

The Pittsburgh Playwrights’ play “Miss Julie, Clarissa and John” heads to festivals in North Carolina and Scotland with its original cast.

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Erika Strasburg as Clarice and Sarah Silk as Lucrece in Kinetic Theatre's "The Liar."

Linguistic gymnastics propel the farcical plot in Kinetic Theatre's 'The Liar'

This production of Pierre Corneille’s play stars Ethan Saks, Patrick Halley, Erika Strasburg and Sarah Silk.

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Preview: Texture Contemporary Ballet pays tribute to music in 'Resounding Sound'

Texture Contemporary Ballet shows off its love for diverse music in its latest show, which opens Thursday at the New Hazlett Theater.

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Jason Slayden as Baron Lummer, Ryan Milstead as Robert Storch and Meghan DeWald as Christine Storch star in Pittsburgh Festival Opera's production of Strauss' "Intermezzo."

Preview: Things get personal in 'Intermezzo,' a Pennsylvania premiere

Pittsburgh Festival Opera presents Strauss’ rarely performed “Intermezzo,” in which the composer’s art imitates his life.

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The cast of Pittsburgh CLO's production of Disney's "Newsies" rehearses at the Benedum Center, where the show opens on Tuesday.

Pittsburgh CLO heralds a new 'Newsies'

“Seize the Day” at the Benedum Center, where Pittsburgh CLO presents one of the first regional productions of the Tony Award-winning Disney

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What to do this week: July 16-22

Jazz bassist Dwayne Dolphin, comedian Bert Kreischer and author Daniel Lowe are on tap this week.

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Lara Lynn McGill as Romilda and Andrey Nemzer as Xerxes star in Handel's "Xerxes," produced by Pittsburgh Festival Opera at Winchester Thurston School.

Review: Cross-dressing and miscommunications abound in Pittsburgh Festival Opera's "Xerxes"

Pittsburgh Festival Opera’s “Xerxes” stars countertenor Andrey Nemzer in the title role and soprano Lara Lynn McGill as Romilda.

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Tome Cousin, center, directs "The Scottsboro Boys" for The REP, the professional company of Point Park University, in September.

2017-18 schedules for The REP and Point Park Conservatory theater seasons

Subscribers to the Freud on Forbes series get priority seating when the university’s new Playhouse opens Downtown next season.

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David Allison from Dunn, N.C., in his 1969 Alexis MK15 Formula Ford and Tammy Lynne Calef from Myrtle Beach, S.C., in her 1981 Gemini Club Ford take turn 20 side by side during the Formula Ford Exhibition Race morning practice at the last year's Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix

Pittsburgh things to do this weekend, July 13-16

The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix revs up this weekend, while Seven Springs dishes out the ribs and wings.

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Abby Lee Miller arrives at the federal courthouse in Downtown Pittsburgh in May for her sentencing.

Former 'Dance Moms' star Abby Lee Miller to report to federal prison

She was sentenced in Pittsburgh in May to serve a year and one day for concealing assets from U.S. bankruptcy court.

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The George Jones New View Trio performs at Katz Plaza Downtown on Tuesday, August 23, 2016. Mr. Jones is at right on conga drums.

What to do this week: July 9-15

Chelsey Green and the Green Project, jazz percussionist George Jones’ New View Trio and comedian Sommore are on tap this week.

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Stage review: Pittsburgh CLO's 'In the Heights' admirably brings the barrio to Pittsburgh

“Hamilton” fans should enjoy this adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first Tony-winning musical.

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Chris Jamison will appear during SouthSide Works Exposed, a weekend festival along 27th Street on the South Side.

Pittsburgh things to do this weekend, July 6-9

Lots of festivals in the area, as well as free films and performances, including Chris Jamison at SouthSide Works Exposed.

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Kevin Noe conducts the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble. The ensemble is known for its multimedia "theaterof music" approach.

Bob Dylan? William Butler Yeats? It must be time for Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble's summer season

The Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble’s 42nd season starts this weekend at City Theatre, South Side.

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Jane Lynch jumps from 'Glee' to the front of the PSO this weekend

Jane Lynch’s Heinz Hall show is the second performance of “Jane Lynch Sings The Great American Songbook* (*plus one Guatemalan love song).”

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Joshua Grosso, a recent graduate of Carnegie Mellon and the star of Pittsburgh CLO's upcoming production of "In the Heights" July 7-16 at the Benedum Center.

CMU grad Joshua Grosso changes his tune to rap for 'In the Heights'

Musical is packed with Broadway veterans, but for Grosso, this is a coming-out party as a regional theater leading man.

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What to do this week: July 2-8

Author Bill Steigerwald, comedian John Witherspoon and the Unblurred Dance Party — Fiesta Fiesta are on tap this week.

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Andy Warhol sits in his favorite chair in New York, Feb. 27, 1968. Taped conversations between him and Truman Capote about a Broadway play that never happened inspired a show that will open this fall.

Play based on 'Warhol Capote' tapes to debut in Mass.

A new play uses the taped conversations of pals Warhol and Capote to reveal their plans for a play that they hoped to bring to Broadway.

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New 'Hamilton Mixtape' music video takes aim at immigration

A music video released for “Immigrants (We Get The Job Done),” a song off “Hamilton Mixtape,” is replete with stark political imagery.

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Nine on Nine, located two blocks from the Benedum Center, takes classic American dishes and turns them into small plates.

13 food options Downtown for a night at the theater

Headed to a show at the Benedum? Check out the Post-Gazette’s guide to Downtown’s dining options.

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Vivian Reed, a Homewood native who maintains a house there, is a Tony nominee and singer who returns to Pittsburgh Friday for a concert at the August Wilson Center to benefit the Jasmine's Camp Project.

'Dazzling Diva' Vivian Reed comes home for benefit concert

Vivian Reed, the Tony- and Grammy-nominated singer from Homewood and Schenley High, returns to perform at the August Wilson Center.

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Glock reprimands Lockdown as the Sons and Great Father look on.

Review: Pittsburgh Festival Opera's 'A Gathering of Sons' is powerful music theater

It deals with the spiritual aspects of justice and retribution in a nation where the balance between the races may be inherently unfair.

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Mark Rylance in Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure."

Sir Mark Rylance: From London to Broadway and Hollywood to Pittsburgh

A look at the career of the noted Shakespearean interpreter, multi-Tony winner and an Oscar winner in Steven Spielberg’s “Bridge of Spies.”

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British actor Mark Rylance arrives for the screening of the film "The BFG."

Actor Mark Rylance celebrates the Battle of Homestead

The Tony- and Oscar-winning actor began his fascination with Carnegie, Frick and Pittsburgh while playing Hamlet here in 1991.

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Cyclists and walkers make there way down Forbes Avenue during OpenStreetsPGH in May.

What to do this week: June 25-July 1

OpenStreetsPGH, Roomful of Teeth and comedian Jim Norton are on tap this week.

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fireWALL Dance Theater's Elisa-Marie Alaio.

Review: Self discovery takes center stage in 'Stroking its Ego'

Choreographer Elisa-Marie Alaio takes up the banner of a young feminist full of bravado in fireWALL Dance Theater show at Carnegie Stage.

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Larry Cervi of Larry Cervi School of Performing Arts instructs the lightning design team to adjusts the lights before a dress rehearsal at Gateway High School.

Curtain Call: Recital season brings last dance for teaching icon Larry Cervi

Early summer brings dance recital season and teachers here, including legendary and retiring Larry Cervi, talk technique for studios.

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David Blaine works upside down during a show in New York's Central Park.

David Blaine show at Byham on Sunday postponed

Ticketholders should hold on to tickets for a new date.

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Mary Louise and husband boxer Billy Conn in the early 1940s. She was 18 when they married and their life together was anything but dull. The movie made about his life "The Pittsburgh Kid," will be shown at the Row House Cinema in Lawrenceville on Friday night.

Here’s what’s happening the weekend of June 22-25

Movies, food and music in abundance on this warm summer weekend.

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Kevin Brown as John and Chrystal Bates as Clarissa in a scene from the Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company production of "Miss Julie, Clarissa and John," in March 2016. Before touring, the production is back at PPTCO in 2017.

Pittsburgh Playwrights' adaptation of 'Miss Julie' returns for three performances before hitting the road

The play by Mark Clayton Southers that debuted last year is scheduled to finish this summer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland.

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fireWALL Dance Theater aims to empower with new show, dance camp

“Stroking its Ego” is an unapologetic rally cry for stripping away expectations and feeling comfortable in one’s own skin.

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