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‘The Wizard of Oz’ opens WPA season

“The Wizard of Oz” will open the 2022-23 season of the Westmoreland Performing Arts Theatre Company.“So many of us have a special place in our heart for this show, and now we are sharing it with a new generation of actors and audience members,” said Tony Marino, the show’s director. ...

Everybody is about to cut “Footloose” at the Geyer Performing Arts Center with the musical based on the movie from the 1980s.“I grew up in the 80s, and Footloose is one of those iconic movies from that time period,” said David DeFazio, the co-director of “Footloose” at GPAC. ...

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is having a fall Gallery Crawl in the downtown Cultural District this Friday from 5:30 p.m. to midnight.It will feature an array of free events at over 15 Crawl stops. Michelle Gainey, Pittsburgh’s first lady, is bringing her Pittsburgh Paints initiative to the ...

The exhibit “Pearl Bryan” is at the Media Arts Gallery on the Robert Morris University campus through Monday, Nov. 7.Curated by artist Stephen Chalmers, it looks at the life of Pearl Bryan, who was murdered and decapitated by her lover in Kentucky in 1896. The murder captured the ...

Soldiers & Sailors hosting tabletop game days

Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum in Oakland is now hosting a monthly game day for tabletop gamers.The next game day is taking place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Gamers aged 10 or more and of all experience levels can play historical board games and miniature ...

Pittsburgh mime Dan Kamin will tell the story of the classic Charlie Chaplin film “Shoulder Arms” at the Harris Theater on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.The event will mark National Silent Movie Day. Kamin will recount how Chaplin risked fame, fortune and reputation to make a comedy about World War ...