Go in person to Pittsburgh theater, ballet, opera, and symphony performances for a moment you won’t soon forget.
Go See Pittsburgh’s Theater, Opera, Ballet, and Symphony for Something Beautiful
Being present for a live performance is a form of rebellion against the domination of pixels and algorithms. It frees you to turn to the humanity of actors, musicians, dancers, comedians, singers, and other talented performers.
In that warm embrace, you enter an ancient and sacred relationship. As a member of the audience, you are nourished by the exchange of beauty and meaning. As an eager witness of the emotional and aesthetic testimony offered up in a performance, you affirm and enrich the people who create it. And, as a willing interpreter of the ideas contained within the work at hand, you stretch yourself with a reminder of how vast and multifaceted this world is. You remember that the human experience is broader and deeper than any one person or lifetime. That the realness of others does not take away from your own but only expands it.
Why Your Ticket Matters
Last, but not least, you, as patron, help the institutions fostering and shepherding the work to thrive.
Please pause the doomscrolling long enough to experience something that can’t be paused or rewound. Speak to someone in the lobby at intermission. Applaud like mad. Head to a bar to discuss it or chat about it on the way home. The next day, mentally review the vivid emotions you experienced. Keep the spark alive!
My dear old friend, Patrick Moore, formerly at the helm of the Andy Warhol Museum, said once in these pages, “It’s not enough to love something. Sometimes you have to show up for it.”
Pictured Above: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre artists Jack Hawn and Abigail Huang performing Angels In the Architecture, a tribute to the dreams of Shaker communities, set to Aaron Copland’s iconic Appalachian Spring. The ballet is part of PBT’s Spring Mix, April 10-12, 2026.
Story by Keith Recker
Photography by Justin Merriman
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