MainStage Live JUILLIARD quartet Monday, March 30, 2026, 7:30 PM Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Our 2025–26 MainStage Live season concludes with a return of the remarkable Juilliard String Quartet, which opened our inaugural season 65 years ago. Originally founded in 1946 and described by The Boston Globe as “the most important American quartet in history,” the ensemble engages deeply with the classics while embracing the mission of championing new works. In a program spanning three centuries, including a new work written for the group in 2024, the Quartet will perform music of J.S. Bach, Dimitri Shostakovich’s haunting String Quartet No. 7, and the Mizrahi-American composer Michelle Barzel Ross’s “Birds on the Moon.” Concluding our celebration of American chamber music will be Antonin Dvořák’s beloved “American” Quintet, written during the composer’s stay in Spillville, IA. DIMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 7 in F...
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company Our City. Our Voices. Opening April 4th! Paradox of Education By Ty Greenwood Directed by Maurice Redwood April 4th – April 20th 2026 Carter Woodson Redwood Theater Madison Arts and Entertainment Center World Premiere Ty Greenwood’s Paradox of Education is a bold and unflinching look at the cost of ambition and the pursuit of belonging within America’s higher education system. First developed through ASOLO Repertory Theatre’s Ground Floor Playwright Commission, this gripping play unfolds at a prestigious PWI, where a group of Black scholars fight to hold space in a world that was never built for them. What begins as shared laughter and solidarity soon unravels into a relentless exploration of identity, expectation, and survival within an institution that celebrates diversity but resists change. As friendships are tested and dreams collide with reality, Paradox of Education asks the urgent question, “Where do I belong?” Subscriptions and indi...