Three Pittsburgh Theatres Say Theyre On The Brink Of Collapse
News Source : 90.5 WESA
News Summary
- Pittsburgh Public Theater, City Theatre and Pittsburgh CLO announce they are looking into ways they might join forces to survive.
- The announcement came in the form of an email to subscribers and other supporters signed by the Public’s managing director, Shaunda McDill.
- McDill cited the “existential challenges faced by regional theaters across the country.” Both the CLO and the Public are among the local performing-arts groups that have scaled back their seasons.
- The Public has historically done six shows a season, but its forthcoming season will include just four.
The years since the pandemic shutdown have been especially difficult for nonprofit performingarts groups, in terms of both selling tickets and raising funds. On Friday, three of Pittsburghs most ven [+1922 chars]
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