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Don Quixote by Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, part of Open Air: A Series in Celebration of the Performing Arts The arts are roaring back after a year of being dormant or stuck online. Even more exciting, local organizations are taking their festivities outside so audiences can enjoy dance, art, music, and more in some of Pittsburgh s most notable outdoor spaces.
Pittsburgh City Paper compiled a list of happenings to check out as the temperatures rise and people venture out of lockdown looking for something to do. So dig out your sunscreen and picnic blanket and get ready for some outdoor, socially distanced fun.
“There is poetry to starting where we left off.”
These words from Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Vice President of Marketing, Communications and Broadway Programming Marc Fleming are a perfect way to describe the return of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh series. It will kick off with “The Band’s Visit” the final show to play the Benedum Center before much of its run was canceled in March 2020 due to the pandemic.
“More than half of the audience members who purchased tickets were unable to attend the show in 2020 due to the shutdown, and we couldn’t be more excited to bring the show back to complete its run and raise the curtain again for Broadway in the Cultural District,” Fleming said in a statement.