Weekly Rundown: 5/28 – 6/3

By The A&E Staff

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.