CLASSICAL/ DANCE/COMEDY/ SPOKEN WORD
CLASSICAL PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Heinz Hall; pittsburghsympony.org.
May 13-15: PNC Pops 5: “To Marvin, With Love” celebrates Marvin Hamlisch with conductor Jack Everly and vocalist Marissa McGowan.
May 20- 22: Conductor Matthias Pintscher and violinist Alexi Kenney present a program of Ravel, Debussy and Bartok.
June 3, 5: David Afkham conducts in a program of Beethoven, Shostakovich and Brahms, featuring Christian Tetzlaff (violin).
June 10-12: Manfred Honeck conducts and Beatrice Rana performs Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto, plus the PSO
premiere of Jessie Montgomery’s “Source Code,” Poulenc and Dvořák
June 17-19: Emanuel Ax plays Mozart (Concerto No. 20 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra), conducted by Manfred Honeck, with pieces by Puccini and Tchaikovsky.
June 22: Ben Folds.
June 24-26: PNC Pops presents “Dancing in the Street: Music of Motown” with conductor Byron Stripling and singers Chester Gregory, Michael Lynche and Shayna Steele.
July 9-10: “Jurassic Park in Concert,” with conductor Jacob Joyce.
PITTSBURGH NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE
City Theatre, South Side; pnme.org.
July 8-9: James Mobberly’s “Words of Love” and Gilda Lyons’ “Trust Falls.”
July 12: Erika Boysen, flute.
July 15-16: World premiere of Arthur Gottschalk’s “Loser”; David Biedenbender “Shell and Wing.”
July 22-23: World premiere of Evan Chambers’ “Old Burying Ground.”
July 27: Ramakrishnan Kumaran, flute.
July 29- July 30: Commission by Steven Bryant.
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF PITTSBURGH copgh.org.
June 4: Time Travels features Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” (with soloist Jennifer Roig-Francoli) and music by Grieg and Hugo Wolf at Levy Hall, Rodef Shalom, Oakland.
PITTSBURGH CAMERATA
pittsburghcamerata.org.
June 2: Mozart: Celebrate and Rejoice at Shadyside Presbyterian Church.
DANCE PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE pbt.org.
Through May 15: “Swan Lake” at the Benedum.
June 9-12: Open Air: A Series in Celebration of the Performing Arts at Sharpsburg Allegheny Riverfront showcases several arts and culture organizations and dance schools throughout Pittsburgh. $20.
COMEDY/ PODCAST/ SPOKEN WORD PPG PAINTS ARENA
Uptown; ticketmaster.com.
KevinHart (July 17); Dude Perfect (July 22).
BYHAM THEATER
Downtown; trustarts.org.
Girls Gotta Eat (May 20): Chelsea Handler (June 2); Welcome to the Night Vale (June 23); Kurtis Conner (Sept. 2).
CARNEGIE OF HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL
Munhall; eventbrite.com.
Marc Maron (May 12); Nikki Glaser (June 4).
IMPROV AT THE WATERFRONT
Homestead; improv.com/pittsburgh.
Pat McGann (May 12-15); Shayne Smith (May 19); The Plastic Cup Boyz (May 20-22); Kellen Erskine (May 27-29); Steve Trevino (June 2-4); The Uncle Louie Variety Show (June 5); Are you Garbage? (June 15); Ed Bassmaster (June 16); Joe Machi (June 1719); Felipe Esparza (June 24-26); Adam Ray (July 1-3); Guy Torry (July 8-10); Jeff Allen (July 12); Shane Gillis (July 14-16); Affion Crockett (July 21-24); Dusty Slay (July 2830); Anthony Rodia (July 18); The Hodgetwins (Sept. 4).
CITY OF ASYLUM 40 West North Ave., North Side; cityofasylum.org.
Events include Jazz Poetry Month with Vadim Neselovskyi (May 16), Claudio Cojaniz “Orfani” (May 17), Oliver Lake & Claudio Cojaniz (May 18), Sara Serpa (May 22), Lucian Ban (May 23), Mara Rosenbloom Bone Labyrinth Trio (May 24), James Brandon Lewis Trio (May 25); Stewart O’Nan (June 6); Pittsburgh Poetry Collective’s Steel City Grandslam (June 7); Illegal Crowns (June 15).