Weekly Rundown: 5/28 – 6/3
May 27, 2014
Wednesday, May 28
Steel Panther
Stage AE
400 North Shore Drive, North Shore
Time: 7:00 p.m. doors
Admission: $25 advance / $27 doors
Steel Panther, the farcical heavy metal heavyweights, stop in Pittsburgh to support their latest full-length album, All You Can Eat. Wednesday marks the second trip to Stage AE in as many years for hard rock’s answer to The Lonely Island.
Thursday, May 29
Momentum
Through June 1
City Theatre Company
1300 Bingham St., South Side
Time: Schedule varies
Admission: $20 four-day pass, $5 per reading
Momentum, City Theatre Company’s annual festival, offers a look into the earliest incarnations of a play. With five play readings, a dramatic writing workshop and a panel of playwrights and directors, Momentum has much of the creative process covered.
Friday, May 30
“Out of the Box: Time Capsule Opening”
The Warhol Museum
117 Sandusky St., North Side
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Admission: $10 general / $8 student, member
The Warhol’s “Time Capsule” series continues with an unveiling of yet another one of Warhol’s 612 cardboard box capsules.
Saturday, May 31
Eddie Izzard — “Force Majeure”
May 31 – June 1
Byham Theater
101 6th St., Cultural District
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Admission: Starts at $55.25
The British comedy legend brings his international “Force Majeure” tour, which will span 25 countries, to Pittsburgh. He plans to perform in French, Spanish, Russian, German and Arabic around the world.
Sunday, June 1
Singin’ In the Rain
Benedum Center
803 Liberty Ave., Downtown
Time: Matinee at 2 p.m., Regular show at 8 p.m.
Admission: Starts at $10
Possibly the most ubiquitous movie musical of all time — and the definitive starring vehicle for Pittsburgh’s own Gene Kelly — comes to the Benedum Center for one week only, as part of the PNC Spotlight Series.
Monday, June 2
“Halston and Warhol: Silver and Suede”
Open from May 18 – Aug. 24
The Warhol
117 Sandusky St., North Side
Time: Regular museum hours
Admission: Included with standard admission
Halston and Warhol is The Warhol’s ongoing exhibition that explores the overlapping lives and styles of Andy Warhol and Halston in fashion and art.
Tuesday, June 3
Needtobreathe
Stage AE
400 North Shore Drive, North Shore
Time: 7:00 p.m. doors
Admission: $26 advance / $30 doors
The Christian folk rockers are touring behind their highest-charting album yet, Rivers in the Wasteland, which debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200.