When celebrities make a Cameo, recipients get the star treatment by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

For a price, you can get a personalized video from an athlete, Broadway legend and many other celebrities on Cameo.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00am on September 14, 2020[SHARE]

Broadway's Michael Campayno returns home to teach acting to students by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

From middle school to college, theater enthusiasts are specializing in prep classes.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 8:00am on August 28, 2020[SHARE]

In City Theatre's new season, all the world's a (drive-in) stage by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

City Theatre's new season will open in September with shows at the Drive-In Community Arts Festival in Hazelwood Green.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:59am on August 11, 2020[SHARE]

Disney has plans to film Stephen Flaherty's 'Once On This Island' for streaming service by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Casting has not yet been announced.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 5:41pm on July 30, 2020[SHARE]

Area artists are finding new ways to make movies, theater during the pandemic by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

From live theater to "haunted" Zoom meetings, art is being created from a distance.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 6:24am on July 29, 2020[SHARE]

Public Theater announces virtual lineup of commissioned works by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Table reads feature new takes on many classic stories.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 5:04pm on July 23, 2020[SHARE]

Pittsburgh native Don Roy King has appreciation for challenge of bringing 'Hamilton' to the screen by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Literal stage-to-screen adaptations have often been successful. Pittsburgh native Don Roy King knows all about the process.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 5:34am on July 1, 2020[SHARE]

Review: 'Hamilton' stage-to-screen is yet another triumph by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

The Broadway hit will stream beginning July 3 on Disney+

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 5:01pm on June 30, 2020[SHARE]

The illusion is real: Pittsburgh Cultural Trust will stream live Liberty Magic shows beginning Friday by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Eric Jones and Anna DeGuzman are first up in the series.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:26am on April 22, 2020[SHARE]

Behind the scenes, creatives are still pretty busy by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Set, lighting and costume designers, carpenters, makeup artists and other creatives in theater, TV and film are still active " at home.   Susan Tsu won the 2017 established artist award i…

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 8:00am on April 13, 2020[SHARE]

Pittsburgh's YaJagoff podcast launches live Wednesday night music, comedy sessions via Faceboook by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Tonight kicks off with Collin Chamberlin and Byron Nash

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:25pm on March 25, 2020[SHARE]

'This American Life' taking a deep look at social effects of the novel coronavirus by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Host Ira Glass would have been in Pittsburgh as a featured speaker at the Cultural Trust's Humanities Festival

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 7:00am on March 17, 2020[SHARE]

Billy Porter goes for the gold and opening number at 2020 Oscars by Maria Sciullo and Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

The Pittsburgh native brings early glam to the Academy Awards' red carpet.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 7:00pm on February 9, 2020[SHARE]

The 2010s: A decade in pop culture by Sharon Eberson and Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Social media and streaming were the dominant stories, plus #MeToo justice, TV obsessions and viral sensations.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 9:45am on December 27, 2019[SHARE]

'Mean Girls' serves up both the bitter and the sweet in a frothy mix by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Tina Fey's cult favorite about the perils of high school makes for a fun but also sobering musical experience

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:35am on October 31, 2019[SHARE]

Liberty Magic's Lee Terbosic shuffles history and illusions in 'The Life and Death of Harry Houdini' by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Baldwin Borough native returns to Liberty Avenue venue with a new show focusing on Houdini's storied career.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00pm on October 28, 2019[SHARE]

Houdini visits Liberty Magic, in spirit anyway, for Lee Terbosic's latest show by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

"The Life and Death of Harry Houdini" mixes history with magic at the magic club in Downtown Pittsburgh.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:19am on October 24, 2019[SHARE]

Drag queen Plastique Tiara brings the sparkle to Pittsburgh with 'Werq the World tour' by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Some favorites from "RuPaul's Drag Race" are dancing all over the world

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 8:00am on October 8, 2019[SHARE]

Actor Finn Wittrock embraces the ambiguity of playing Garland's fifth husband in new film, 'Judy' by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Mickey Deans was the singer's last husband before her death in 1969

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 7:30am on September 24, 2019[SHARE]

Second City tour serving the opposite of canned laughter at Pittsburgh Public's O'Reilly Theater by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

The three-show engagement celebrates the comedy legend's 60-year history as well as the future of funny

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00am on August 22, 2019[SHARE]

Mt. Lebanon natives Joe and Nick Manganiello take a swing at indie film about redemption by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Their 3:59 Inc. production company helped bring "Bottom of the 9th" to big screen

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00am on July 17, 2019[SHARE]

Everything old is new again when 'The Vaudevillians' bring their act to Pittsburgh Public Theater by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

Jinkx Monsoon and Major Scales will play four vibrant shows this week

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00am on July 10, 2019[SHARE]

Keep an open mind, because Mark Toland knows what you're thinking anyway by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

The Chicago mentalist is currently headlining Liberty Magic

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:24am on July 4, 2019[SHARE]

PICT Classic Theatre announces 2019-2020 season by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

New season features ghosts, fairies and a trip back to one author's childhood in Ireland. 

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 10:29am on July 3, 2019[SHARE]

August Wilson's 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' prepping exteriors on Pittsburgh's North Side by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-gazette

The screen adaptation of the Wilson play " the first to reach Broadway " is reportedly scheduled to being shooting for Netflix next week.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 3:43pm on July 1, 2019[SHARE]