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Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company

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Next Week Only!

Reginald Wilson on the Pittsburgh run of his one-man show Sugar Ray




New!  Mark Clayton Southers presents
The first play in Solos … a performance series
at Madison Arts and Entertainment Center


Reginald Wilson in the award-winning one-man show

Sugar Ray

Written by Laurence Holder
November 8th-9th 2025
Madison Arts Center Cabaret

A biographical solo play about Sugar Ray Robinson, often regarded as the greatest boxer of all time. Star Reginald Wilson received the 2016 AUDELCO award for Best Solo Performance in this role.

Reviews: Berkshire Fine Arts, NY Times, WABC 7 Here And Now, New York Theater Review, Black Star News, Woman Around Town, Theater Scene, Most Powerful Play Of 2022





Madison Arts and Entertainment Center presents

MANNY AND MANI
Hallow-WHOA!!! 2025!
Free on Halloween Night

Featuring BrothaMans and Mani Bahia! Costume party!


Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company’s MANNY WALKER, star of Sanctified and Two Trains Running, and Pittsburgh Playwright Theatre Company’s director of The Double V and resident scenic carpenter AMANI HOWZE bringing their musical talents and stage personas together as BrothaMans and Mani Bahia, this Halloween Night 2025!


We’ll also have a costume party with a prize for the winner!


Madison Arts and Entertainment Center Cabaret Theater
Friday, October 31, 2025
9:00p.m. – 12:00a.m.

Tickets are free, and include light refreshments and open bar.




Madison Arts and Entertainment Center presents:

 

A Dinah Washington Christmas At Pittsburgh’s Crawford Grill

 

Featuring Delana Flowers as Dinah Washington

 

By Ernest McCarty
Directed by Ashley Southers
World Premiere
December 11-22 2025
Carter Woodson Redwood Theater
Madison Arts and Entertainment Center


It’s December 1958, and “Queen of the Blues” Dinah Washington is appearing at Pittsburgh’s Crawford Grill for a night of holiday-themed songs, backed with a chorus and blues ensemble. Delana Flowers portrays Dinah, reprising her role from our hit 2024 production Dinah: A Musical Revue, accompanied by some of Pittsburgh’s top musicians:

Dwayne Fulton

Tony Campbell

Dwayne Dolphin

Jason Washington Jr

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