Hotlist
Check out upcoming free and/or cheap events for you to do right here in Pittsburgh!
- Peter Pan
- Mame
- Shear Madness
- The Odd Couple
- The Rat Pack is Back!
- Cymbeline by William Shakespeare
- Salome
- PNME Summer Concert 1
1. Peter Pan
Pittsburgh CLO
Benedum Center, Downtown
June 21 – July 2
$12 Students, $14 Faculty/Staff; Purchase at 929 WPU.
As delightful as a fairytale flight over Never Never Land, this musical is an instant family favorite! Featuring the rambunctious adventures of the lovable Peter Pan and the "Darling" children, encounters with the cunning Captain Hook and a close call with a crafty crocodile. Peter Pan is sprinkled with a show-stopping score and of course a bit of fairy dust from Tinker Bell.
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2. Mame
Pittsburgh CLO
Benedum Center, Downtown
July 8 – 13
$12 Students, $14 Faculty/Staff; Purchase at 929 WPU.
Join the eccentric, but kind-Manhattan adventures. A gallery of memorable characters, hilarious encounters with proper society and invaluable life lessons. Jerry Herman's irresistible score includes "If He Walked Into My Life," "Open A New Window" and "We Need a Little Christmas."
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3. Shear Madness
Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret
Cabaret Theater Square
Playing now through September 28!
$12 Students, $14 Faculty/Staff; Purchase at 929 WPU.
On an ordinary day at the Shear Madness hair salon, the regulars stop by for their weekly set and style, a little gossip or an old-fashioned shave. But when a scissor job gone bad leaves the upstairs landlady dead as a doornail, the crazy company of customers and stylists below find themselves locked in and fingered for murder. Full of mischief and mayhem, constantly snappy and sassy and bursting with up-to-the-minute laughs, Shear Madness brings a wacky cast of characters to life before your eyes! The outcome is different at every show because the audience gets to comb through the clues and solve the crime in America’s favorite whodunit comedy!
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4. The Odd Couple
Pittsburgh Public Theater
O’Reilly Theater, Downtown
Playing Now Through June 29
$13.50 Students, $25.50 Faculty/Staff; Purchase at 929 WPU.
Have there ever been two more hilariously mismatched roommates than Oscar Madison and Felix Ungar? Mix equal parts finicky photographer and messy sportswriter with a colorful crew of card-playing cronies and a pair of British sisters, and the laughs are non-stop in this classic from the master of American comedy. The first Neil Simon play to be produced in The Public's 33-year history, The Odd Couple ends the 07-08 season on a riotous note.
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5. The Rat Pack is Back!
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Presents
Heinz Hall, Downtown
July 22, 23, 24 at 7:30 PM
$48.40 for Orchestra, $41.20 for Family Circle, $29 for Gallery L-S, $21.40 for Gallery T-W; Purchase at 929 WPU.
This spirited tribute recreates one of the famous “Summit at the Sands” hotel shows, when the swingin,’ ring-a-ding group known as the “Rat Pack” was creating hipster legend with a free-wheeling, no-holds-barred nightclub act starring Vegas’ four favorite sons: Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin and Joey Bishop.
THE RAT PACK IS BACK features uncanny vocal recreations, unbridled humor, and a hot, live big band that sends audiences straight back to the coolest time in history. Hits include “That’s Amore,” “Fly Me to the Moon,” “Mr. Bojangles,” and many more.
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6. Cymbeline by William Shakespeare
Quantum Theatre
Outdoors in Mellon Park, Shadyside
July 31 – August 24 (selected dates only)
$15 Students, $23 or $26 Faculty/Staff; Purchase at 929 WPU.
Is it a comedy, a tragedy, a romance? Like Quantum, Shakespeare’s Cymbeline breaks the rules and doesn't care. At its heart are many journeys. Broken families stumble back together and characters struggle through dense fog to emerge whole. Cymbeline is a tale about who we are, where we come from, and how we find our way home. Written late in Shakespeare’s life, this highly theatrical, no-holds Bard has a cross-dressing heroine, Machiavellian villains, tyrannical kings, long-lost children, a wicked queen, star-crossed lovers... and a Deus Ex Machina that resolves a plot with more ricochets than 'Desperate Housewives.'
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7. Salome
Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre
Charity Randall Hall, Stephen Foster Memorial
Playing through June 28
Students under 25 with valid ID $17
Friday & Saturday $47, Weekdays & Matinees $41
Thursday & Friday Previews $33
For tickets: 412.394.3353 or visit www.proartstickets.org.
Original music composed and performed by Roger Doyle
Daring in its originality and profound in its achievement, this study in obsession is a temple for our fantasies let loose in a torrential rain of language that burns in the mind. Until now, the once-banned Salome has been obscured by the popularity of Wilde's comedies. But this exhilarating new production, directed by legendary Irish actor and director Alan Stanford, recreates Salome for a modern audience. Composer and pianist Roger Doyle will join Stanford in Pittsburgh and perform his acclaimed improvised musical score.
For more information, visit www.picttheatre.org.
8. PNME Summer Concert 1
Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
City Theatre Mainstage, South Side
June 27 & 28
$20 each, $10 Students; If you bring one FIRST LIMER friend, they get in free and you get in half-off! Bring TWO FIRST LIMER friends and all three of you get in for free! Visit www.pnme.org for tickets.
We know you've been itching for a lime green fix, so we are excited to announce the opening weekend of the 2008 PNME Season: with a show featuring the works of Jerome Kitzke, Scott Lindroth, John Musto, Eric Moe, Derek Bermel, and Jacob Druckman.
Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble Concerts are on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m from June 27 - July 26. PNME's summer festival presents new music in a way you won't encounter anywhere else. If you think you don't like modern music, or if you're bored with the "same-old same-old" concert routine, we promise you'll find something at PNME to entice and inspire you.
For more information, visit www.pnme.org.
