Candy Williams stories, Page 6

It’s show time for more than 100 preteen and teen musical theater students at Stage Right School for the Performing Arts in Greensburg as the school year draws to a close. Tony Marino, Stage Right artistic director and acting instructor, is pushing the two groups to give their best effort...

Theater companies in Western Pennsylvania don’t take a summer vacation. In fact, many of the actors, directors and crew members are working even harder during the warm-weather months to provide a wide assortment of live entertainment in the form of plays and musicals for families, adults and kids. Productions being...

Greensburg Community Days is a sure sign that summer is just around the corner. The 25th edition of the weekend family festival of fun is set for 6-10 p.m. May 23 and 24, and 2-11 p.m. May 25 at Lynch Field, 528 New Alexandria Road, Greensburg. Admission is free. City...

Eric Jackson Lurie has a successful “day job” practicing criminal defense and family law in Fox Chapel and surrounding areas, with offices on Old Freeport Road in O’Hara and in downtown Pittsburgh. When Thursday evenings roll around, he swaps his courtroom suit and tie for more casual wear and heads...

Greggory Brandt knows the best way to follow a memorable 50th anniversary season is by offering an even more memorable 51st season. Brandt, producing artistic director for Saint Vincent Summer Theatre and director and professor of theater at Saint Vincent College, is ready to do just that as the equity...

Two Carnegie Mellon University alums are starring in the cast of the first national tour of the popular contemporary Broadway musical, “Dear Evan Hansen.” Ben Levi Ross, who studied musical theater at CMU, portrays the title role of troubled teen Evan Hansen in the Tony Award-winning musical. Christiane Noll, who...

Garth Brooks is having a party in Pittsburgh for 72,887 of his closest friends. And if his recent concerts in other cities are any indication, it’s sure to be some kind of awesome celebration. The country superstar shattered Heinz Field’s concert ticket sales record for his upcoming one-night Stadium Tour...

Artist Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) once said, “If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.” The Dutch post-impressionist painter’s own love of nature expressed in his vibrant landscapes and still-life paintings is interpreted in a series of botanical vignettes in the summer flower show, “Van Gogh in Bloom,”...

It’s finally that time of year again – when horticulture enthusiasts can swap their winter mittens for garden gloves. Before they head out to the garden, many will visit their favorite May Markets to check out the latest plant varieties, get the scoop on new garden tools and accessories and...

The Theatre Factory’s two-character play, “Kalamazoo,” which opens on May 3 at the Trafford theater, is what actor Howard Elson of Squirrel Hill says is a great example of a genre he calls “Last Chance at Romance Comedies.” It’s a funny look at the complications and challenges that occur when...

There will never be too many versions of “The Sound of Music,” the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical spectacular with a score packed with lovely music and a cast filled with just-as-lovely kids. Following the original 1959 Broadway show and the 1965 film adaptation starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, the...

They’re a group of home-schoolers — but they haven’t been at home much lately. As members of Stage Right’s Arts in Education classes, the cyber school students and home-schoolers ages 6 to 19 have been busy preparing for their end-of-the-school-year musical production at the theater company’s School for the Performing...

The 5th Dimension was as popular a symbol of the late 1960s and early ‘70s as peace signs and “Make Love, Not War” posters. If the vocal group’s name doesn’t ring a bell, the parade of timeless hit records surely will. Who doesn’t remember singing and dancing to the group’s...

With a rallying call that “the show must go on” — even if it’s not the same show — Greensburg Civic Theatre announced a change to its May production and will close its 67 th season with a musical that has a fitting message to “never lose hope.” GCT said...

Greensburg attorney and champion of high school musicals John Noble is a pretty humble guy when it comes to taking credit for the success of his “Westmoreland Night of the Stars.” The event held at The Palace Theatre in Greensburg has grown to a two-night celebration of local students representing...

Dance students at Seton Hill University have spent the current semester perfecting their skills and techniques in tap, contemporary and ballet – and now’s their time to shine in “Dance Spectrum 2019.” The program April 26-28 at Seton Hill Performing Arts Center in Greensburg will feature original choreography by Seton...

Landscape architect and author Jennifer Bartley couldn’t make healthy eating look any easier. Want a delicious, fresh spring salad for lunch? Simply go outside to the kitchen garden and pick a bunch of kale, lettuce and other annual greens — and don’t forget some herbs and edible flowers. “Spring is...