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TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THE CULTURAL DISTRICT

About the Cultural District ...... 1

Cultural District Demographics ...... 2

Tier Pricing Guide ...... 3

Advertising Opportunities ...... 4

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Company ...... 6 Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School ...... 9

Pittsburgh CLO A Musical Christmas Carol ...... 10 Gene Kelly Awards 2019 ...... 11 2019 CLO Summer Season ...... 12 Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret ...... 13

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh ...... 14 EQT Bridge Theater Series ...... 19 Citizens Bank Children’s Theater Series ...... 20 Pittsburgh Dance Council ...... 22 Trust Cabaret Series ...... 24 Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents Series ...... 26 Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts ...... 31 Located in the heart of downtown VENUES Pittsburgh Opera ...... 32 Pittsburgh, the Cultural District is a vibrant arts and entertainment center that offers Cultural District arts organizations Pittsburgh Public Theater ...... 36 something for everyone. perform at the following venues, Within walking distance from the city’s best hotels, each with varying audience Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra restaurants, shops and public parks, you will find a capacities and show run lengths. BNY Mellon Grand Classics ...... 40 wide range of options for art and live entertainment, SEATING CAPACITY PNC Pops ...... 46 from classical and contemporary music, ballet, and ICON KEY Fiddlesticks Family Concerts ...... 48 modern dance to visual art, opera, musical theater, • Benedum Center 2,861 Pittsburgh Symphony Specials ...... 49 Family-Friendly children’s theater, film festivals and drama. • Heinz Hall 2,661 Programming • Greer Cabaret Theater 250 Advertising Planner ...... 52 A 14-square block area, The Cultural District will dazzle you with its creative • Byham Theater 1,313 Billing ...... 56 Holiday Programming urban energy, depth and charm. • O’Reilly Theater 632 The Cultural District offers galleries and world-class • August Wilson Center 486 Ad Specifications ...... Inside Back Cover theaters in which over 4,500+ performances, exhibits (includes ad size layouts and large file transmission guidelines) and special events are held each year. Almost one • CAPA 400 million visitors attend performances annually in the For advertising information • Opera Headquarters 200 call 412-471-1497 or email Cultural District. [email protected] ABOUT THE CULTURAL DISTRICT 2018 – 2019 Seaso n | 3

CULTURAL DISTRICT DISTRICT DEMOGRAPHICS RATE STRUCTURE

The top 25 Zip Codes for Cultural District ticket buyers: The Cultural District makes program book advertising easy, customizable and affordable. Each show is categorized into 15237 North Hills 15642 Irwin 15143 Sewickley our tier rate structure determined by the average number of 15217 Squirrel Hill 15221 Wilkinsburg 15238 Blawnox / program books to be printed for the run of the show. The Fox Chapel 15206 Highland Park 15235 Penn Hills tiers will be listed next to the program you are considering. 15222 Downtown 15108 Coraopolis 15101 Allison Park 15212 North Side 15317 Canonsburg 15241 Upper St. Clair 15216 South Hills TIER PRICING FOR 2018 – 2019 PROGRAM ADVERISING SEASON 15044 Gibsonia 15228/15243 Mt. Lebanon 15218 Swissvale 16066 Cranberry Twp 15213 Oakland Full Half Quarter Double Cover Average 15601 Greensburg Tier Page Page Page Cover Insert Truck Truck Print 15090 Wexford 15232 Shadyside 15208 Homewood 15102 Bethel Park Tier 1 $4000 $2800 $1600 $5200 $6400 $8000 $9200 90,000 Tier 2 $2700 $1890 $1080 $3510 $4320 $5400 $6210 45,000 Tier 3 $2200 $1540 $880 $2860 $3520 $4400 $5060 31,500 Tier 4 $1800 $1260 $720 $2340 $2880 $3600 $4140 22,500 CULTURAL DISTRICT AUDIENCE DEMOGRAPHICS Tier 5 $1350 $945 $540 $1755 $2160 $2700 $3105 15,000 Tier 6 $1000 $700 $400 $1300 $1600 $2000 $2300 8,500 Education % With a College Degree or Greater 0% 25% 50% Tier 7 $750 $525 $300 $975 $1200 $1500 $1725 5,000 Cultural District nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 52.3% Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 30.7% Tier 8 $550 $385 $220 $715 $880 $1100 $1265 2,025 Tier 9 $350 $245 $140 $455 $560 $700 $805 1,000 Affluence % With a Household Income of $75K or more 0% 25% 50% Cultural District nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 57.8% Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nnn n 36% Look for the following icons within the show listings to determine Tier: Homeowners % of Homeowners 0% 50% 100% TIeR TIeR TIeR TIeR Cultural District nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 85.9% Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 71.8% 1 2 3 4 Data Sources: Analysis – Elliott Marketing Group, Inc. 2018 Cultural District Demographic Analysis – Experian SM TIeR TIeR TIeR TIeR TIeR 5 6 7 8 9 ADVERTISING O PPORTUNITIES

PROGRAM ADVERTISING SPECIAL E-MAIL BLAST Our program booklets are viewed ADVERTISING INSERTS ADVERTISEMENTS by almost one million patrons Special placement offers advertisers Reach 20,000+ Opt-In Patrons each year. Your ad in the program a two-sided 8 ½ x 11 sheet, from the CulturalDistrict.org website! booklet will create a lasting folded to 5 ½ x 8 ½, to be inserted impression of quality with between printing signatures. This 2018-2019 E-BLAST SCHEDULE theatergoers and in the arts ad will “Pop-Out” and grab the Oct. 1, 2018 Feb. 4, 2019 community. program booklet reader’s eye. Oct. 15, 2018 Feb. 18, 2019 Net monthly investment varies by Oct. 29, 2018 Mar. 4, 2019 Mar. 18, 2019 organization. Spend a bit more Nov. 12, 2018 Jan. 7, 2019 Apr. 8, 2019 SEASON TICKET BACKS and receive premium placement. Reach District audiences before Jan. 21, 2019 May 6, 2019 they make their evening plans; Gain media synergy by combining before they take their seats. Have the prestige of program advertising your ad/coupon on the back of with the commanding presence the subscriber tickets which are of an E-mail blast! customized to the individual arts organization and mailed out at the beginning of the season to all season ticketholders. Net monthly investment varies by organization.

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INVESTMENT: $600 (net) per e-blast PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE 2018 – 2019 Season | 7

Photo Credit: Duane Rieder For nearly 50 years, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre has staged an eclectic mix of classical ballets, modern masterworks and new commissions. PBT's 2018-2019 Season samples the best of all three – from the lavish The Sleeping Beauty , to the PBT premiere of Jirí Kylián’s Sechs Tänze (Six Dances) and a brand-new production of The Great Gatsby .

MOZART IN MOTION WITH THE PBT ORCHESTRA October 26 – 28, 2018 TIeR Benedum Center 6 Space Reservation: 10/3 Artwork Deadline: 10/15

Experience Mozart’s music as muse for three Photo Credit: Duane Rieder works by dance icons George Balanchine and Ji ří Kylián. Balanchine considered Mozart’s THE GREAT GATSBY Divertimento No. 15 one of the finest ever written, and he named this majestic neoclassical WITH THE TIeR PBT ORCHESTRA PITTSBURGH BALLET ballet after its spirited score. Kylián’s Sechs 5 THEATRE + DANCE TIeR Tänze (Six Dances ), set to Mozart’s Six German A new production by Jorden Morris Dances, is a comedic clash of the classical and THEATRE OF HARLEM 8 February 8 – 17, 2019 contemporary, sophisticated and absurd, March 15 – 24, 2019 Benedum Center peppered with powdered wigs and dry wit. By August Wilson Center contrast, Kylián’s profound Petite Mort juxtaposes Space Reservation: 1/16 Artwork Deadline: 1/28 the slow movements of two Mozart piano Photo Credit: Duane Rieder Space Reservation: 2/20 Artwork Deadline: 3/4 Rediscover the revelry and recklessness of the concertos with powerful dancing that integrates When Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and Dance Roaring ‘20s in Jorden Morris’ poignant restaging baroque dresses, fencing foils and black silks to Theatre of Harlem joined forces in 2017 for a striking effect. THE NUTCRACKER of The Great Gatsby . In the summer of 1922 a TIeR sold-out run at the August Wilson Center, romance rekindles between two of the Long November 30 – December 27, 2018 the Post-Gazette called it “a pas de deux of Island elite: married Daisy Buchanan and Benedum Center 3 voluminous proportions.” Audiences called mysterious Jay Gatsby. Morris brings F. Scott encore. In March, the companies will reunite Space Reservation: 11/7 Fitzgerald’s drama to life with emotive dancing, for a mixed repertory production, featuring Artwork Deadline: 11/14 an original Carl Davis score, and cinematic sets repertoire signatures from both companies and that draw audiences into Gatsby’s exclusive A winter wonderland awaits at Pittsburgh Ballet a collaborative staging of Stanton Welch’s soirees. At the heart of this story is a man who, Theatre’s The Nutcracker ! It’s Christmas Eve in expressive Orange , a sweeping contemporary beneath the glitz and glamour, sees love as his turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh when a mysterious ballet set to music by Antonio Vivaldi. guiding light to the American dream. gift sparks a wondrous adventure. Journey to a Land of Enchantment filled with swirling snowflakes, waltzing flowers and exciting dances set to Tchaikovsky’s glorious score. Five lavish scenes, dozens of dancers and over 150 costumes PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE AUDIENCE DEMOGRAPHICS make this one of Pittsburgh’s most cherished holiday traditions. Education: % With a College Degree or Greater Ballet Theatre nnnnnnnnnnnnn 57.4% Pittsburgh Average nnnnnn 30.7%

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For tickets call 412-456-6666 , visit the Box Office at Programs, artists and dates For advertising information call 412-471-149 7, email Theater Square , or online at PBT.org or CulturalDistrict.org are subject to change. [email protected] or visit CulturalDistrict.org PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE SCHOOL | 9

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PBT School, the official training institution of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, is recognized PITTSBURGH BALLET as one of the nation’s finest schools for THEATRE SCHOOL SPRING dance education and training. Under the PERFORMANCE 2019 leadership of PBT Artistic Director and May 24 – 25, 2019 American Ballet Theatre alumnus Terrence TIeR Byham Theater S. Orr and co-directors Marjorie Grundvig and Dennis Marshall, PBT School cultivates Space Reservation: 5/1 9 THE SLEEPING BEAUTY WITH THE PBT ORCHESTRA the next generation of professional dancers Artwork Deadline: 5/13 and provide a diverse, classically based Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School ends the May 10 – 12, 2019 (Mother’s Day Weekend) curriculum to more than 1,200 students of Benedum Center year with a performance of classical and all ages and levels. While students grow in contemporary works featuring 200 students Space Reservation: 4/17 Artwork Deadline: 4/29 TIeR their technique and artistry, PBT School of the Student and Pre-professional Divisions works to share long-term appreciation for on stage in Pittsburgh’s Cultural District. The Sleeping Beauty ranks among the great story ballets — a tour de force of 6 the art of ballet within a positive and classical choreography and fairy-tale charm driven by a magnificent Tchaikovsky inspirational learning environment. score. The tale comes to life with storybook scenery, glittering costumes and pristine choreography, which many consider the gold standard for classical technique. Audiences of all ages will revel in a suite of delightful dances by Princess Aurora and Prince Desire, six fairies, and storybook characters like Puss ‘n Boots, White Cat and the Bluebirds.

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Pittsburgh CLO has been a leader in producing live musical theater for audiences across the region since 1946. Pittsburgh CLO’s Summer Season is beautifully complemented in December by CLO’s annual production of A Musical Christmas Carol , as well as year-round productions at the CLO Cabaret. These productions alone reach nearly 200,000 patrons.

In addition, Pittsburgh CLO contributes to the enrichment of the community by offering numerous educational outreach programs. 2017 Gene Kelly Award Best Supporting 2017 Gene Kelly Award Best Musical Winner Budget Level II Hampton Big Fish Actress Winner Emma Sue Ewing Pittsburgh Such efforts include the Pittsburgh CLO Photo Credit: Archie Carpenter CAPA Erma Latour Anything Goes Academy of Musical Theater, Mini Stars, Photo Credit: Archie Carpenter Gallery of Heroes, Gene Kelly Awards, Kelly Circle and “A” in Arts programs, GENE KELLY AWARDS New Horizons, Creative Vision and the May 25, 2019 prestigious Richard Rodgers Award. Benedum Center Impacting hundreds of thousands of TIeR people each year through its programs and Space Reservation: 5/10 Artwork Deadline: 5/15 8 productions, Pittsburgh CLO is a vital and Eli Tokash | Photo: Harry Giglio colorful thread in the cultural fabric of ONE NIGHT ONLY! the region and the nation. Patterned after Broadway’s December 7 – 23, 2018 TIeR Tony Awards ®, this annual Byham Theater 4 sold-out event celebrates Space Reservation: 11/14 Artwork Deadline: 11/26 the power of arts education with dynamic live student A HOLIDAY TREAT FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY! performances and a PITTSBURGH CLO AUDIENCE We’ve taken the spirit of the season, wrapped it suspense-filled awards DEMOGRAPHICS in your favorite yuletide melodies and tied it with ceremony. Show business all of the magic of your childhood. Join Scrooge, veterans and community Education: % With a College Degree or Greater Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and a host of colorful celebrities help celebrate Pittsburgh CLO nnnnnnnnnnnn 54.1% characters for a remarkable Pittsburgh CLO Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnn 30.7% this award-winning evening production of A Musical Christmas Carol . With as Allegheny County’s finest high school dazzling special effects, holiday charm and ticket performers take center stage at the Benedum Affluence: % With a Household Income of $75K or more prices even Scrooge would approve, this Charles Pittsburgh CLO nnnnnnnnnnnnn 62.2% Center. With award categories that include Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnn 36% Dickens classic is a wonderful way to celebrate Best Ensemble, Best Costume Design and of all the tradition of the season. course Best Musical, this event is a tribute to the Homeowners: % of Homeowners enthusiasm, dedication and accomplishments Photo Credit: Matt Polk Pittsburgh CLO nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nn 90.3% of our area’s high school theater programs. Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnnnnnnnnn 71.8%

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For tickets call 412-456-6666 , visit the Box Office at Theater Programs, artists and dates For advertising information call 412-471-149 7, email Square , or online at PittsburghCLO.org or CulturalDistrict.org are subject to change. [email protected] or visit CulturalDistrict.org PITTSBURGH CLO PITTSBURGH CLO CABARET A PROJECT OF THE PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST | 13

RESERVE YOUR SPACE FOR THE CLO CABARET 2018-2019 SEASON !

Three comedic shows with wide audience appeal of TIeR extended 12-week runs will 4 be announced shortly.

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TBA Show #2: PITTSBURGH CLO AUDIENCE DEMOGRAPHICS Located in the Theater Square complex, this January 2019 – April 2019 SUMMER intimate 250-seat space offers audiences a Education: % With a College Degree or Greater unique theater experience with both table TBA Show #3: SEASON Pittsburgh CLO nnnnnnnnnnnn 54.1% and traditional theater seating. Pittsburgh May 2019 – August 2019 Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnn 30.7% CLO opened the Greer Cabaret Theater in Pittsburgh CLO’s 2019 Summer 2004 with Forever Plaid , which entertained Affluence: % With a Household Income of $75K or more 60,000 patrons. Other productions include: Season will feature six Broadway Pittsburgh CLO nnnnnnnnnnnnn 62.2% Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnn 36% Nunsense, Dixie’s Tupperware Party, Altar PITTSBURGH CLO CABARET AUDIENCE Blockbusters! The season line-up will Boyz, First Date and The 39 Steps . Audience DEMOGRAPHICS be announced this August. Homeowners: % of Homeowners members have the opportunity to eat and Education: % With a College Degree or Greater Pittsburgh CLO nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nn 90.3% drink at their tables during the performance, Pgh CLO Cabaret nnnnnnnnnnn 57.5% Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnnnnnnnnn 71.8% providing them with a complete night on Pittsburgh Average nnnnnn 30.7% the town! Affluence: % With a Household Income of $75K or more Pgh CLO Cabaret nnnnnnnnnnn 61.7% Pittsburgh Average nnnnnn 36% RESERVE YOUR SPACE Homeowners: % of Homeowners Pgh CLO Cabaret nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nn 89.7% FOR 1 WEEK TIeR 2 WEEK TIeR Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 71.8% 6 summer SHOW SHOW shows in 20 19! 4 3 SEE PAGE 3 FOR TIER PRICING TIeR

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For tickets call 412-456-6666 , visit the Box Office at For advertising information call 412-471-149 7, email Theater Square , or online at PittsburghCLO.org or CulturalDistrict.org [email protected] or visit CulturalDistrict.org PNC BROADWAY IN PITTSBURGH 2018 – 2019 Season | 15

The PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh series features new touring Broadway shows and ANASTASIA FIDDLER ON THE ROOF TIeR TIeR revivals, direct from Broadway. This is going October 16 – 21, 2018 November 20 – 25, 2018 to be a good season, and here’s why – Benedum Center 4 Benedum Center 4 seven season shows hold a combined Space Reservation: 10/24 Artwork Deadline: 11/5 19 Tony ® Awards, including the 2016 and Space Reservation: 9/19 Artwork Deadline: 10/1 ® 2017 winners for Best New Musical. Inspired by the beloved films, the romantic Tony -winning director Bartlett Sher and adventure-filled new musical Anastasia and the team behind South Pacific , is on a journey to Pittsburgh at last! From the The King and I , and 2017 Tony- Tony Award ®-winning creators of the Broadway winning Best Play Oslo , bring classic Ragtime , this dazzling show transports us a fresh and authentic vision to this from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the beloved theatrical masterpiece from euphoria of Paris in the 1920s, as a brave young Tony winner Joseph Stein and Pulitzer CIRQUE ÉLOIZE HOTEL woman sets out to discover the mystery of her Prize winners Jerry Bock and Sheldon past. Pursued by a ruthless Soviet officer Harnick. The original production won ten SEASON SPECIAL determined to silence her, Anya enlists the aid Tony Awards, including a special Tony for becoming the TIeR of a dashing conman and a lovable ex-aristocrat. longest-running Broadway musical of all time. You’ll be September 25 – 30, 2018 Together, they embark on an epic adventure to there when the sun rises on this new production, with Benedum Center 4 help her find home, love, and family. Anastasia stunning movement and dance from acclaimed Israeli Space Reservation: 8/29 Artwork Deadline: 9/10 features a book by celebrated playwright choreographer Hofesh Shechter, based on the original Terrence McNally, a lush new score by Stephen staging by Jerome Robbins. A wonderful cast and a lavish For its 25th anniversary, Cirque Éloize once orchestra tell this heartwarming story of fathers and again presents a touching, poetic, one- of-a-kind Flaherty (music) and Lynn Ahrens (lyrics), with ® daughters, husbands and wives, and the timeless traditions creation. Hotel is the story of a place and the direction by Tony Award winner, Darko Tresnjak. travelers who come passing through it. A stopover that define faith and family. Featuring the Broadway classics THE PLAY THAT “Tradition,” “If I Were a Rich Man,” “Sunrise, Sunset,” TIeR where lives intersect, collide and juxtapose for GOES WRONG a brief time to generate tales and memories. Photo Credit: Matthew Murphy “Matchmaker," and “To Life,” Fiddler on the Roof will introduce a new generation to this uplifting celebration September 18 – 23, 2018 4 Acrobatics, theatre, dance, and live music will draw spectators into a colorful, timeless world. that raises its cup to joy! to love! to life! Benedum Center Avant-garde stage design inspired by the elegance Space Reservation: 8/22 Artwork Deadline: 9/5 of the great hotels will carry the narrative. All that remains is to enter through the lobby door and What would happen if Sherlock Holmes and get swept away by the grandeur and poetry ELF THE MUSICAL Monty Python had an illegitimate Broadway baby? of Hotel . SEASON SPECIAL TIeR You’d get The Play That Goes Wrong , Broadway and London’s award-winning, smash comedy! December 26 – 30, 2018 4 Called “A GUT-BUSTING HIT” ( The New York Heinz Hall Times ) and “THE FUNNIEST PLAY BROADWAY Sp ace Reservation: 11/28 Artwork Deadline: 12/10 HAS EVER SEEN” ( HuffPost ), this classic murder Elf The Musical is the hilarious tale mystery is chock-full of mishaps and madcap mania, Photo Credit: Joan Marcus delivering “A RIOTOUS EXPLOSION OF COMEDY” of Buddy, a young orphan child (Daily Beast ). Welcome to opening night of The who mistakenly crawls into Santa’s Murder at Haversham Manor where things are bag of gifts and is transported quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous . With back to the North Pole. Unaware an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t that he is actually human, Buddy’s play dead, and actors who trip over everything enormous size and poor toy- (including their lines), it’s “TONS OF FUN FOR making abilities cause him to face ALL AGES” ( HuffPost ) and “COMIC GOLD” the truth. With Santa’s permission, (Variety ) – sure to bring down the house! Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father, discover his true identity, and help New York remember the true meaning of Christmas. SEE PAGE 3 FOR TIER PRICING TIeR This modern-day Christmas classic is sure to make you embrace your inner “elf”.

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For tickets call 412-456-6666 , visit the Box Office at Programs, artists and dates For advertising information call 412-471-149 7, email Theater Square , or online at TrustArts.org or CulturalDistrict.org are subject to change. [email protected] or visit CulturalDistrict.org PNC BROADWAY IN PITTSBURGH 2018 – 2019 Seaso n | 17

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COME FROM AWAY TIeR HAMILTON TIeR CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY April 9 – 14, 2019 4 January 1 – 27, 2019 1 Benedum Center Benedum Center January 29 – February 3, 2019 Photo Credit: Matthew Murphy Space Reservation: 3/13 Artwork Deadline: 3/25 Space Reservation: 12/5 Artwork Deadline: 12/17 Benedum Center TIeR The true story of the small town that welcomed Space Reservation: 1/2 Hamilton is the story of America's Founding the world. Broadway’s Come From Away has Artwork Deadline: 1/14 THE PHANTOM OF THE Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant 4 won Best Musical all across North America! from the West Indies who became George OPERA Roald Dahl’s amazing tale is now Pittsburgh’s TIeR The New York Times Critics’ Pick takes you into Washington's right-hand man during the golden ticket! It’s the perfect recipe for a SEASON SPECIAL the heart of the remarkable true story of 7,000 Revolutionary War and was the new nation’s delectable treat: songs from the original film, 2 stranded passengers and the small town in first Treasury Secretary. Featuring a score that February 20 – March 3, 2019 including “Pure Imagination,” “The Candy Benedum Center Newfoundland that welcomed them. Cultures blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B, and Man,” and “I’ve Got a Golden Ticket,” clashed and nerves ran high, but uneasiness Broadway, Hamilton is the story of America alongside a toe-tapping and ear-tickling new Space Reservation: 1/23 Artwork Deadline: 2/4 turned into trust, music soared into the night, then, as told by America now. With book, score from the songwriters of Hairspray . and gratitude grew into enduring friendships. music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Following an acclaimed sold-out tour in the United Willy Wonka is opening his marvelous and Kingdom, Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new Don’t miss this breathtaking new musical written direction by Thomas Kail, choreography by ® mysterious chocolate factory...to a lucky few. production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s phenomenal by Tony nominees Irene Sankoff and David Hein, Andy Blankenbuehler and musical supervision That includes Charlie Bucket, whose bland musical success, The Phantom of the Opera and helmed by this year’s Tony-winning Best and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire, Hamilton life is about to burst with color and confection will come to Pittsburgh as part of a brand-new Director, Christopher Ashley. Newsweek cheers, is based on Ron Chernow’s biography of beyond his wildest dreams. He and four North American Tour. Critics are raving that this “It takes you to a place you never want to leave!” Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. other golden ticket winners will embark on a breathtaking production is “bigger and better than On 9/11, the world stopped. On 9/12, their mesmerizing joyride through a world of pure ever before.” This Phantom features a brilliant new stories moved us all. imagination. Now’s your chance to experience scenic design by Paul Brown, Tony ® Award-winning the wonders of Wonka like never before – original costume design by Maria Björnson, lighting PNC BROADWAY IN PITTSBURGH get ready for Oompa-Loompas, incredible design by Tony Award winner Paule Constable, new AUDIENCE DEMOGRAPHICS inventions, the great glass elevator, and more, choreography by Scott Ambler, and a new staging more, more at this everlasting showstopper! by director Laurence Connor. The production, Education: % With a College Degree or Greater overseen by Matthew Bourne and Cameron PNC Broadway nnnnnnnnnnn 54.7% Mackintosh, boasts many exciting special effects Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnn 30.7% including the show’s legendary chandelier. The Affluence: % With a Household Income of $75K or more beloved story and thrilling score, with songs like PNC Broadway nnnnn nnn nnn nn 61.1% “Music of the Night,” “All I Ask Of You,” and Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnn 36% “Masquerade," will be performed by a cast and Homeowners: % of Homeowners orchestra of 52, making this Phantom one of the PNC Broadway nnnnnnnnnnnnnn nn 88.3% largest productions now on tour. Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 71.8%

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LEO TIeR March 29 – 30, 2019 Byham Theater 9 Space Reservation: 3/6 Artwork Deadline: 3/18 Y2D Productions, in association with Chamäleon Productions, from Canada and Germany asks, "What would happen if the law of gravity were The eQT Bridge Theater Series is for children to suddenly change?" LEO is a mind-bending, ages 7+ and their families. These shows will funny, surreal, and surprisingly touching theater amPahozteo, C erexdciti:t Mea, tathnewd Mleurapvhey you wondering. Get work that challenges the senses and tests THE BOOK OF MORMON DEAR EVAN HANSEN ready for theater that moves, shakes, and perceptions of reality through the clever interplay shatters expectations! of live performance and high-tech video SEASON SPECIAL TIeR May 21 – 26, 2019 projection. Universally appealing to adults *Contains explicit language. Heinz Hall and children, LEO leaves audience members wondering which April 16 – 21, 2019 4 Space Reservation: 4/24 TIeR way is up and which Photo Credit: Andy Phillipson Heinz Hall Artwork Deadline: 5/6 4 way is down. Winner Space Reservation: 3/20 A letter that was never meant to be seen, a lie of several awards, Artwork Deadline: 4/1 that was never meant to be told, a life he never including the Carol dreamed he could have. Evan Hansen is about Tambor Best of The New York Times calls it "the best musical to get the one thing he’s always wanted: a Edinburgh Award of this century." The Washington Post says, "It is chance to finally fit in. Dear Evan Hansen is the and the Scotsman the kind of evening that restores your faith in deeply personal and profoundly contemporary Fringe First Award, musicals." And Entertainment Weekly says, musical about life and the way we live it. LEO has dazzled "Grade A: the funniest musical of all time." The New York Times calls Dear Evan Hansen audiences and critics Jimmy Fallon of The Tonight Show calls it “a gut-punching, breathtaking knockout of in cities all around "Genius. Brilliant. Phenomenal." It's The Book of a musical" and NBC News says that the MOON SHOT the world. “Gravity- Mormon , the nine-time Tony Award ®-winning musical is “an inspiring anthem resonating TIeR defying spectacle.” Best Musical. This outrageous musical comedy January 18 – 19, 2019 on Broadway and beyond.” Dear Evan -The New York Times . follows the misadventures of a mismatched pair Byham Theater Hansen features a book by Tony ® Award- 9 of missionaries, sent halfway across the world to winner Steven Levenson, a score by Grammy ®, Space Reservation: 1/2 Artwork Deadline: 1/7 spread the Good Word. Now with standing room Tony ®, and Academy Award ® winners Benj only productions in London, on Broadway, and Theatre Unspeakable from the United States Pasek and Justin Paul ( La La Land, The across North America, The Book of Mormon has presents the biggest story on the smallest stage. Greatest Showman ), and direction by four-time truly become an international sensation. To recreate the story of America’s Apollo 11 lunar EQT BRIDGE THEATER AUDIENCE Tony Award nominee Michael Greif ( Rent, DEMOGRAPHICS landing, seven actors squeeze onto a 21-square Next to Normal ). foot stage nearly as tight as NASA’s original Education: % With a College Degree or Greater PNC BROADWAY IN PITTSBURGH Mercury capsules. Using only their bodies and Bridge Theater nnnnnnnnnnnnn 62.8% AUDIENCE DEMOGRAPHICS their voices, this astounding play brings to life Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnn 30.7% one of the most daring times in the history of Affluence: % With a Household Income of $75K or more Education: % With a College Degree or Greater human exploration—the Space Race. From the Bridge Theater nnnnnnnnnnnnn 71.5% PNC Broadway nnnnnnnnnnn 54.7% Cold War to Sputnik, from Yuri Gagarin to Neil Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnn 36% Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnn 30.7% Armstrong, this action-packed show brings the Homeowners: % of Homeowners Affluence: % With a Household Income of $75K or more company’s tongue-in-cheek humor to a whole Bridge Theater nnnnnnnnnnnnn nnn nn86.2% PNC Broadway nnnnn nnn nnn nn 61.1% new atmosphere—one where the rules of gravity Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 71.8% Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnn 36% no longer apply. Homeowners: % of Homeowners PNC Broadway nnnnnnnnnnnnnn nn 88.3% Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 71.8% SEE PAGE 3 FOR TIER PRICING TIeR

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YOUR ALIEN TIeR January 6 – 14, 2019 9 Byham Theater and four suburban venues Space Reservation: 12/5 Artwork Deadline: 12/17 Arts Power from the United States presents Your Alien , touching down with a stranded alien AGA-BOOM TIeR who strikes up a fabulous friendship with the boy November 9 – 10, 2018 9 who finds him. They go to school and have loads Byham Theater of fun together, but as evening approaches, the The Citizens Bank Children’s Theater Series Space Reservation: 10/17 Artwork Deadline: 10/29 alien grows homesick. Will the boy be able to presents award-winning, professional figure out how to help his new friend? This funny theater for young audiences. With silly jokes, Jump headfirst into a chain reaction of absolute and uplifting new musical shows how the power favorite story book characters, jaw-dropping silliness and a blizzard of laughter with three of true friendship can last a lifetime. Based on ROSIE REVERE, acrobatics, whimsical creatures, and catchy former stars of Cirque du Soleil and the Moscow the book by Tammy Sauer. TIeR songs, kids and grown-ups alike will enjoy Circus. This lovable trio extracts endless delight ENGINEER from everyday cleaning supplies, a towering 9 this series full of fun for the entire family! March 31 – April 7, 2019 punch-away paper wall and some brave audience FLIGHT SCHOOL TIeR Byham Theater and four suburban venues members. Rooted in theatrical clowning, THE MUSICAL Aga-Boom brings together the best traditions 9 Space Reservation: 3/6 Artwork Deadline: 3/18 of circus arts, physical comedy and European February 17 – 24, 2019 Rosie Revere has big dreams, Iggy Peck has a avant-garde. Byham Theater and four suburban venues CITIZENS BANK CHILDREN’S THEATER relentless passion for architecture, and Ada AUDIENCE DEMOGRAPHICS Space Reservation: 1/23 Artwork Deadline: 2/4 Twist's curiosity can drive her teacher crazy. Theatreworks USA presents a fun, new musical Education: % With a College Degree or Greater It’s the first based on the books Rosie Revere, Engineer, nnnnnnnnnnnnn Children’s Theater 61.6% day of Flight Iggy Peck, Architect, and Ada Twist Scientist Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnn 30.7% School, where by Andrea Beaty, which spotlights the STEM Affluence: % With a Household Income of $75K or more they teach curriculum (focusing on science, technology, Children’s Theater nnnnnnnnnnnnn 71.9% birds to fly. engineering, and math). Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnn 36% Penguin has Homeowners: % of Homeowners the soul of an Children’s Theater nnnnnnnnnnnnn nnn nn 89.4% eagle and is nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Pittsburgh Average 71.8% ready to live on the wind, but he wasn’t built to soar, as the other birds SEE PAGE 3 FOR TIER PRICING TIeR constantly remind him. With some friends of a feather, and a little help on the technical bits, Penguin follows his dream to flip, flap, and fly! Vital Theatre Company from the United States presents this show, based on the book from best-selling author Lita Judge. TrustArts.org

exceptional, world-class contemporary dance in Pittsburgh. each company brings its own CAMILLE A. BROWN & unique voice, reminding us of the versatility and importance of dance as an art form. DANCERS INK TIeR March 9 – 10, 2019 August Wilson Center 9 Space Reservation: 2/13 Artwork Deadline: 2/25 Camille A. Brown is a prolific, black female choreographer whose work examines the cultural narrative of African American identity. A Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award winner and Guggenheim Fellowship recipient, her bold work taps into both ancestral stories and contemporary culture to capture a range of deeply personal experiences. Drawing upon historic and contemporary rhythms Photo Credit: Sascha Vaughan and rituals of the African Diaspora, Ink examines PAUL TAYLOR DANCE TIeR the culture of Black life that is often appropriated, COMPANY CONTINUUM 9 rewritten, or silenced. Stunning modern dance BALLET TROCKADERO TIeR melds with pedestrian interactions in poignant February 23, 2019 DE MONTE CARLO Vignettes about Black superpowers. The work 9 Byham Theater will be performed with live music that blends April 13, 2019 JESSICA LANG DANCE Space Reservation: 1/30 Artwork Deadline: 2/11 blues, hip-hop, jazz, and swing. Byham Theater Space Reservation: 3/20 Artwork Deadline: 4/1 January 26, 2019 TIeR Dance maker Paul Taylor continues to shape the Byham Theater homegrown American art of modern dance that he Returning to Pittsburgh after its sold-out show in 9 has helped define since he became a professional Space Reservation: 1/2 Artwork Deadline: 1/14 2013, the Trocks is drag ballet at its finest. The dancer and pioneering choreographer in 1954. visionary company of all male dancers has elevated “Jessica Lang has a knack for conceiving a After 60 years as Artistic Director of the Paul Taylor drag to the concert stage like no other. Presenting complete universe in each dance—distinctive Dance Company, he has begun commissioning a a playful, entertaining view of traditional, classic in its look, mood, sound and atmosphere.” – new generation of choreographers to make dances ballet in parody form, the company has performed Los Angeles Times . Jessica Lang Dance for his company so that modern dance flourishes in 34 countries and 600 cities worldwide since its combines exquisitely-constructed choreography long into the future. The evening presentation will founding in 1974. The Trocks highly comedic work with striking visual design to the effect of one include classic Paul Taylor works alongside a new exaggerates the foibles, accidents, and resounding word: gorgeous! Astoundingly work, Continuum , by former company dancer underlying incongruities of serious dance. beautiful and emotionally moving, the Company Lila York. Since her days as a starring dancer with Delicately balancing on toes as swans, sylphs, will present five unique works. Her signature the Company, she has gone on to choreograph water sprites, and romantic princesses, the male piece, The Calling , features a solo dancer critically-acclaimed work for top companies such ballerinas delight and amuse. costumed in a giant white skirt that cascades as American Repertory Ballet and The Alvin Ailey down and pools widely out onto the stage. Repertory Ensemble. PITTSBURGH DANCE COUNCIL AUDIENCE DEMOGRAPHICS

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The Trust Cabaret series, provides a rare JANE ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY opportunity to experience the finest cabaret artists up close and personal at the Greer LYNCH & AMANDA MCBROOM Cabaret Theater. December 3, 2018 March 11, 2019 A Swingin’ One word most Little Christmas wonderfully describes TRUST CABARET SERIES features Emmy this extraordinary 6-SHOW COMBINATION and Golden Globe evening featuring two BOOK winner Jane Lynch of the cabaret world’s TIeR (Glee, Hollywood leading singers and September 25, 2018 – April 8, 2019 Game Night ), Kate songwriters: Divalicious. Greer Cabaret Theater 8 Flannery ( The Music divas Amanda Space Reservation: 8/29 Office, New Girl, Brooklyn Nine Nine ), Tim Davis McBroom and Ann Artwork Deadline: 9/10 (Glee, Boy Band ) with The Tony Guerrero Hampton Callaway celebrate classics from the Quintet (Tony Guerrero [trumpet and piano], Great American Songbook and also their own JIM CARUSO'S CAST PARTY Matt Johnson [drums], Mark Visher [woodwinds], works. Pianist and acclaimed songwriter Michele Dave Siebels [keyboards] and David Miller Brourman accompanies the duo in this stunning SEASON SPECIAL [stand-up bass]). The album of the same name show of song and storytelling. landed a spot in the top twenty of the Billboard September 25, 2018 charts, and is currently available on iTunes, Cast Party is a hilariously impromptu open mic/ CULTURAL TRUST CABARET Amazon and other outlets. ADAM PASCAL & AUDIENCE DEMOGRAPHICS variety show. Jim Caruso guides the entire affair with razor-sharp humor and the unbridled ANTHONY RAPP Education: % With a College Degree or Greater enthusiasm of an uber-fan, while Musical Director Acoustically Trust Cabaret nnnnnnnnnnn 64% Billy Stritch holds court at the ivories...but the real THE COOPER FAMILY Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnn 30.7% fun starts when the audience participates in the Speaking – February 11, 2019 Affluence: % With a Household Income of $75K or more onstage festivities! “The gold standard of open A 20 Year Trust Cabaret nnnnnnnnnnn 60.3% mic nights.” – The Wall Street Journal The Cooper Family features Tony Friendship Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnn 36% Award ®-winner Chuck Cooper, Lilli April 8, 2019 Homeowners: % of Homeowners Cooper and Eddie Cooper. Chuck nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nn n DaTrust Cabaret 86% Cooper, is a veteran of 15 Broadway For the first time, Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 71.8% EVA NOBLEZADA shows, and has performed on Adam Pascal and Broadway in every theatrical genre October 15, 2018 Photo Credit: Adam Bayjou Anthony Rapp will from Shakespeare to musical comedy. celebrate 20 years International star Eva of friendship and Noblezada makes her Lilli Cooper launched her Broadway the iconic Tony Pittsburgh concert debut career at just 16, starring as Martha Award ®-winning musical Rent in a special after starring on the West in the first Broadway cast of Spring concert tour. Acoustically Speaking – A 20 Year End of London and on Awakening . She currently can be Friendship , is a new show featuring two Broadway in the title role seen on Broadway as Sandy Cheeks Broadway giants, coming together to celebrate of Cameron Mackintosh's in the new musical Spongebob music, stories and their friendship. epic revival of Miss Squarepants , and is the creator and star of the Saigon . She received a Glamour.com web-series “It’s Not Okay, Cupid.” An intimate show, Adam & Anthony will deliver 2017 Tony nomination at age 21 for her first solo sets featuring both original tunes and songs Broadway role, and she was awarded the Eddie Cooper’s most recent credits include The that have influenced their lives, capped off by prestigious WhatsOnStage Award in London New World (Bucks County Playhouse), Assassins, performing a few of the iconic hits from where it for Best Actress in a Musical. Eva also played God Bless You Mr. Rosewater and Little Shop Of all began- meeting at Rent . ‘Eponine' in the recent West End revival of the Horrors (Encores! Off Center). Television credits legendary musical, Les Misérables. include HBO’s Emmy-nominated The Night Of, Banshee, Mozart In The Jungle and Forever . SEE PAGE 3 FOR TIER PRICING TIeR

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A diverse array of entertainment from live ILUMINATE TIeR JUNIE B. JONES IN music to uproarious comedy to literary JINGLE BELLS, luminaries and world-famous artists. The September 20, 2018 9 great mix of performances promises Byham Theater BATMAN SMELLS something for everyone. Space Reservation: 8/29 Artwork Deadline: 9/10 November 23 – 24, 2018 TIeR iLuminate ™ is an Byham Theater 8 entertainment Space Reservation: 10/31 Artwork Deadline: 11/7 technology company that combines state-of- the-art technology CAPITOL STEPS TIeR with electrifying entertainers who November 5, 2018 9 perform in the Byham Theater dark to create the Space Reservation: 10/10 Artwork Deadline: 10/22 ultimate performing arts experience. More than 30 years ago, the Capitol Steps began Founded by dancer as a group of Senate staffers who set out to and software satirize the very people and places that employed engineer Miral them. Although not all current members of the Junie B. Jones, First-Grader, is super-excited CELTIC THUNDER X Kotb, iLuminate ™ Steps are former Capitol Hill staffers, taken about the upcoming Holiday Sing-Along and TIeR enables performers, choreographers, engineers, together the performers have worked in a total of Secret Santa gift exchange at her school. Too bad September 16, 2018 technicians, stylists, and artistic directors to 18 Congressional offices and represent 62 years tattletale May keeps ruining all of Junie B.'s fun. Benedum Center 8 produce explosive performances with customized of collective House and Senate staff experience. So, when Junie B. draws May's name for Secret Since they began, the Capitol Steps have Santa, she comes up with the perfect plan to Space Reservation: 8/22 Artwork Deadline: 9/5 wireless lighting programs. The results are extraordinary lighting effects choreographed with recorded more than 35 albums, including their teach her nemesis a lesson! But will the Christmas Backed by the amazing Celtic Thunder Band, the phenomenal dance moves that take viewers on latest Orange Is the New Barack . spirit of peace and goodwill interfere before she singers (Damian McGinty, Ryan Kelly, Michael an exhilarating ride. can give you-know-who what she deserves? A O’Dwyer, Emmet Cahill, and Neil Byrne) deliver hilarious and endearing tale based on the best- new ensemble numbers including “Sons of Light,” selling book series by Barbara Park . “Toora, Loora, Lay,” “The Wild Rover,” “Right All Right,” and “Castle on the Hill." The second act LATE NIGHT TAILGATE TIeR includes nostalgic, fun songs like “Celebration,” “I’m a Believer,” “Seasons in the Sun,” and October 8, 2018 9 “Rise Again." No Celtic Thunder show would Byham Theater be complete without an encore of their rousing Space Reservation: 9/12 Artwork Deadline: 9/24 anthem “Ireland’s Call,” the only song in Celtic COHEN & GRIGSBY TRUST PRESENTS Thunder X that isn’t new, but which never fails Late Night Tailgate is a AUDIENCE DEMOGRAPHICS to bring the audience to its feet. topical and unpredictable live comedy and spirited Education: % With a College Degree or Greater sports discussion show Trust Presents nnnnnnnnnnn 52.4% coming to a city near you Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnn 30.7% in 2018! Headlined by an Affluence: % With a Household Income of $75K or more all-pro roster of hilarious Trust Presents nnnnnnnnnnn 58% nnnnnnn (and opinionated) Pittsburgh Average 36% comedians, athletes, and Homeowners: % of Homeowners pop culture experts, Late Trust Presents nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nn n 84.4% Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 71.8% Night Tailgate tackles the biggest topics in professional and college sports, and touches upon current events, entertainment, pop culture, and all things incendiary and debatable. TrustArts.org

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AMERICAN GIRL: AN ALL NEW MUSICAL TIeR February 9 – 10, 2019 Byham Theater 8 Space Reservation: 1/16 Artwork Deadline: 1/28

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February 5, 2019 TIeR Byham Theater WE SHALL OVERCOME— 9 DANIEL TIGER’S Space Reservation: 1/9 A CELEBRATION OF DR. Artwork Deadline: 1/22 NEIGHBORHOOD LIVE: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. KING FOR A DAY This high-energy group is a joyous celebration of in Collaboration with the African Cuban music and dance styles. The Havana Cuba TIeR January 4 – 5, 2019 American Cultural Center All-Stars are some of Cuba’s greatest musicians. Byham Theater 8 With rhythms and melodies from the cha-cha to Over the past 30 years, American Girl’s beloved January 15, 2019 the rumba, from “Son Cubano” style to the salsa, characters have become role models — inspiring Space Reservation: 12/5 Artwork Deadline: 12/17 TIeR August Wilson Center the All-Stars will showcase a wide variety of millions of girls to think about their own character The grr-ific musical for little tigers and grown-ups Cuban beats. The group is inspired by and and how they want to make their mark on the Space Reservation: 12/19 9 world. Girls and their families and friends will love alike is back! The hugely popular Daniel Tiger’s Artwork Deadline: 1/2 dedicated to promoting the entire tapestry of Neighborhood LIVE! , based on the #1 PBS Cuban music through a fresh, contemporary lens. seeing these incredible stories come to life in KIDS TV series, has delighted live audiences on Inspired by the words and action of Dr. Martin an exciting, new stage production that offers stages across the country. Now, in its third year of Luther King, Jr., We Shall Overcome showcases an unwavering belief in the positive power touring, your favorite characters are hopping back repertoire from across the African American music of girlhood. on board Trolley and coming to your town with traditions that electrified generations of civil rights SOUNDS OF CHINA Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Live: King for a Da y! activists and defenders with interwoven spoken TIeR TIeR The beloved characters come alive on stage to word from Dr. King’s recorded speeches. February 8, 2019 SEE PAGE 3 FOR TIER PRICING captivate you with new songs to sing along to, Producer and Musical Director Damien Sneed’s Byham Theater 9 career covers an incredible breadth of genres. He magical moments, and surprise guests along Space Reservation: 1/16 has conducted and collaborated major original the way! It’s an event filled with tigertastic fun, Artwork Deadline: 1/28 teaching the valuable lessons of kindness, works for Wynton Marsalis, regularly accompanies helping others, and being a friend. Jessye Norman, collaborated with Lawrence Sounds of China Brownlee, and has toured extensively with Diana Guzheng Music Ross, Aretha Franklin, and the Clark Sisters. Promotion Center was founded by Carol Chang (aka yukina) in 2005. With a group of guzheng-loving friends, Carol also founded Sound of China Guzheng Ensemble. The group promotes the music of guzheng, also known as Chinese zither, and the guzheng instrument itself. They work closely with guzheng instrument makers and musicians to bring most updated guzheng music and instruments on tour. TrustArts.org

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42FT – A MENAGERIE OF COHEN & GRIGSBY TRUST PRESENTS These are the ones that change you. The Pittsburgh AUDIENCE DEMOGRAPHICS MECHANICAL MARVELS Cultural Trust presents eight weeks of world premieres, right here in Pittsburgh. eight weeks of 30 performing March 2 – 3, 2019 TIeR Education: % With a College Degree or Greater Trust Presents nnnnnnnnnnn 52.4% arts companies from 18 countries promises more than Byham Theater 8 Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnn 30.7% 500 events from September 21 – November 11, 2018. Space Affluence: % With a Household Income of $75K or more Reservation: 2/6 Trust Presents nnnnnnnnnnn 58% nnnnnnn Artwork Deadline: Pittsburgh Average 36% 2/19 Homeowners: % of Homeowners Trust Presents nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nn n 84.4% COMBINATION BOOK TIeR At the center of Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 71.8% September 21 – November 11, 2018 every circus rests a 5 42ft ring full of Space Reservation: 8/29 SEE PAGE 3 FOR TIER PRICING TIeR Artwork Deadline: 9/10 thrills, laughs and Karoo Moose by Baxter Theater excitement. 42FT – Program Book Performances Include: Peirce Studio; four performances A Menagerie of Mechanical The White Album by Lars Jan’s Early Ayikodans, New Work by Ayikodans Dance Marvels , is the Morning Opera Company, JeanGuy Saintus latest invention August Wilson Center; four performances August Wilson Center; three performances from the creative minds of Cirque Cao sem Plumas by Deborah Colker Dance Radio Play by HANUT31 and Bricolage Mechanics. The show’s unique mechanical Byham Theater; one performance Bricolage; three performances interpretation of the traditional, and its story full of the lore of the historic one-ring circus, create a In the Tunnel by Gersher Theater La Morgue by Ramon Griffero welcoming place, like a big top, where we can be August Wilson Center; four performances August Wilson Center; one performance amazed. The action in 42FT is full of theatricality and a modern sensibility, showcasing a galloping What’s That by Teatr-Pralinia with CCA Dakh Espace by Aurelien Bory and Compagnie 111 mechanical metal horse and a rotating tent frame Peirce Studio; two performances August Wilson Center; two performances for strongmen, acrobats, and aerialists. Tago by Kook Soo Ho, Angelina Kwon, Hans Christian, You Must Be An Angel Kim Euik Hyoen by Teatre Gruppe 38 Byham Theater; one performance Peirce Studio; seven performances

Mrs. Krishnan’s Party by Indian Ink Moon Opera by Yabin & Her Friends/ 4th Floor Education Center; five Yabin Wang OTHER SPECIALS performances Byham Theater; one performances WILL BE SCHEDULED THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

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Pittsburgh Opera enriches Pittsburgh and the tri-state area and draws national and international attention to the region by: HANSEL & GRETEL • Creating live opera at the highest standards of artistic excellence November 3 – 11, 2018 TIeR Benedum Center • Making opera accessible to a diverse audience 6 Space Reservation: 10/10 • Developing young singers into tomorrow’s artists Artwork Deadline: 10/22

• ensuring the future through responsible fiscal management Based on the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale, Hansel & Gretel is a fantastical story of a young This season, our 80th, offers a blend of the classic and the contemporary sure to please opera brother and sister who must navigate an veterans and neophytes alike. enchanted forest full of twists, turns, and one wicked witch. Siblings Hansel and Gretel are poor peasants. In a major parenting fail, their mother sends them MADAMA BUTTERFLY to forage for strawberries in a haunted forest. October 6 – 14, 2018 TIeR They get lost and spend the night in the Benedum Center woods. The next morning, they stumble upon 6 a gingerbread house inhabited by a witch who Space Reservation: 9/12 Artwork Deadline: 9/24 imprisons them. It will take all their wits to Set in 1904 Japan, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is escape before she eats them! often considered the pinnacle of operatic tragedy, This whimsical operatic confection, performed and has become one of today’s most beloved in English, is sure to delight. operas. In addition to four public performances, Madama Butterfly is based on the short story by Pittsburgh Opera’s annual Student Matinee will John Luther Long, which was turned into a play introduce 2,000+ school children grades 3-12 by David Belasco. Madama Butterfly follows the to this lively, colorful opera. tragic love story of the innocent and naive geisha Cio-Cio-san, who clings to the belief that her arrangement with the callous Pinkerton, a visiting US naval officer, is a loving and permanent PITTSBURGH OPERA AUDIENCE DEMOGRAPHICS marriage. Education: % With a College Degree or Greate Madama Butterfly is unparalleled in its Opera nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 63.1% heart-wrenching portrayal of love, betrayal, Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnn 30.7% and sacrifice. Accompanied by an achingly beautiful score, this timeless opera promises to Affluence: % With a Household Income of $75K or more Opera nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 53.6% be an unforgettable experience whether you’re Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnn 36% seeing it for the first time or the tenth. Homeowners: % of Homeowners Opera nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nn 82.5 % Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 71.8% Posters designed by MarketSpace Communications, based on photos by David Bachman, Scott Suchman, Ellen Appel and Philip Groshong

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AFTERWARDS -“MOZART’S GLORY DENIED LA BOHÈME DON PASQUALE IDOMENEO REIMAGINED” February 23 – March 3, 2019 TIeR March 30 – April 7, 2019 TIeR April 27 – May 5, 2019 TIeR Pittsburgh Opera Headquarters Benedum Center Benedum Center January 26 – February 3, 2019 TIeR 9 6 6 Pittsburgh CAPA Theater 8 Space Reservation: 1/30 Artwork Deadline: 2/11 Space Reservation: 3/6 Artwork Deadline: 3/18 Space Reservation: 4/3 Artwork Deadline: 4/15 Space Reservation: 1/2 Artwork Deadline: 1/14 Based on the book by Tom Philpott, Glory Denied La bohème is the world’s most popular opera, Donizetti’s comic opera Don Pasquale has been and with good reason. entertaining and delighting audiences worldwide afterWARds trims the words and music of Mozart's tells the true story of Colonel Jim Thompson, since the mid-1800s. The story concerns old and Idomeneo into 80 minutes focusing on its four America’s longest-held prisoner of war. The opera Set against the backdrop of 1830’s Paris, La wealthy bachelor Don Pasquale, who has been the protagonists and their timeless struggles for love deals not only with Thompson’s suffering in the bohème follows four impoverished artists caretaker of his nephew, Ernesto, for some time. and peace in a world of carnage and destruction. jungle of Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, surviving with little more than friendship, passion, but also the tragic aftermath that followed his and their love for their art. When Rodolfo, a poet, Pasquale attempts to secure Ernesto’s future by afterWARds is set on the island of Crete after the liberation. and Mimì, a fragile young seamstress, meet, the arranging a marriage between Ernesto and a Trojan War. Idomeneo is the King of Crete. two are drawn into a tumultuous and passionate “proper” girl. However, Ernesto is in love with the Idamante is his son. Ilia is the Princess of Troy and Colonel Thompson endured his brutal captivity affair with a love that can only be broken by death. young widow Norina, and refuses to marry enemy of Crete, who Idamante rescues from a by doggedly clinging to memories of his loving Pasquale’s suggested bride. With the help of their shipwreck. King Idomeneo promises to kill the wife Alyce and their children. Alyce, however, Emotional and dramatic, with captivating music, friend Dr. Malatesta, Ernesto and Norina embark “traitor” who rescued Ilia, not realizing it was his believed Jim was dead. She and her children it’s no wonder Puccini’s most celebrated opera upon an outrageous scheme to trick Don son. Meanwhile, Ilia and Idamante fall in love, moved to Massachusetts with another man, has transcended the genre, inspiring both a ballet Pasquale into letting them marry after all. which infuriates Elettra, the Princess of Argos, who leading to a painful reunion after Jim’s release. and the Broadway hit musical Rent . loves Idamante as well. “Encapsulating the moral essence of the Vietnam La bohème will make you laugh, and bring you Pittsburgh Opera will give audiences a fresh take on this classic comedy, with a production set in All four are caught in a whirlwind of love, betrayal, War and the imperishable bitterness of its to tears, with its timeless story of the joys and 1930’s Hollywood which has never before been loyalty, and family as they seek to rebuild their lives. legacy,” Glory Denied is, above all, the story sorrows of love and loss. of an American family during one our nation’s performed in Pittsburgh. most turbulent eras. PittsburghOpera.org

*recommended ages 12+ November 8 – December 9, 2018 January 24 – February 24, 2019 TIeR O’Reilly Theater TIeR O’Reilly Theater September 27 – October 28, 2018 By Lynn Nottage 5 By William Shakespeare 5 O’Reilly Theater TIeR Directed by Justin Emeka Adapted and Directed by Marya Sea Kaminski By Kate Hamill 5 Space Reservation: 10/17 Artwork Deadline: 10/29 Space Reservation: 1/2 Artwork Deadline: 1/14 Directed by Desdemona Chiang Marya Sea Kaminski’s premiere production will Pittsburgh Public Theater’s new Artistic The folks at Olstead’s Steel Tubing in Reading, Space Reservation: 9/5 Artwork Deadline: 9/17 crack open this old story to unleash a world Director, Marya Sea Kaminski, has assembled Pennsylvania work, drink, and dream together, until layoffs and lockouts at the factory begin to drive where magic reigns, sailors sleep with fish, spirits a collection of plays – some epic and timeless, Kate Hamill’s wild adaptation of Austen’s classic them apart. By following the lives of nine friends surround us, and love can strike like lightning to others fresh and intimate – that invite us into love story is anything but plain Jane. To save the between 2000 and 2008, this combustible drama brighten the darkest night. Told from a female the idea of home. These characters search family estate, the Bennet sisters are in a flurry to unearths the brutal consequences of a battered perspective with an original score, this Tempest find suitable men to marry – except Lizzy who’d for where they belong, who they love, and economy and dares to ask how we begin to heal. will swirl with vicious plots, ridiculous jokes, and rather risk the family fortunes than force a second how they make a place for their families in Critically acclaimed on Broadway, Sweat was the powerful pull between violent revenge and date. This madcap romance is filled with clever poignant, hilarious, and sometimes harrowing awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize. veritable forgiveness. circumstances. Marya welcomes you into their seductions, awkward escapes, and perhaps just homes, and into ours: “I am thrilled to invite enough luck to win at this wicked game called love. “We are such stuff as dreams are made on.” “The first theatrical landmark of the Trump era.” -The Tempest Pittsburgh audiences into this season and “The ever-ingenious Ms. Hamill has given us -The New Yorker to continue the Public Theater’s legacy of something completely and delightfully different… telling a rich variety of stories with some of The language is traditional but the approach is the most exciting artists working in the thoroughly modern” American theater today. My favorite moment PITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER in the theater is when the artists and audience -The New York Times AUDIENCE DEMOGRAPHICS finally come together to bring a story to life. That feels like home to me. I look forward to Education: % With a College Degree or Greater Public Theater nnnnnnnnnnnnnn 63.5% having that experience in Pittsburgh, night Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnn 30.7% TIeR after night.” SEE PAGE 3 FOR TIER PRICING Affluence: % With a Household Income of $75K or more Public Theater nnnnnnnnnnnnn 61.1% Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnn 36% Homeowners: % of Homeowners Public Theater nnnnnnnnnnnnnn nn 89.3% Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 71.8%

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March 7 – April 7, 2019 April 18 – May 19, 2019 TIeR May 30 – June 30, 2019 TIeR O’Reilly Theater TIeR O’Reilly Theater 5 O’Reilly Theater 5 By Lucas Hnath 5 By Paula Vogel By Jordan Harrison Directed by Ted Pappas Directed by Risa Brainin Directed by Marya Sea Kaminski Space Reservation: 2/13 Artwork Deadline: 2/25 Space Reservation: 3/27 Artwork Deadline: 4/8 Space Reservation: 5/8 Artwork Deadline: 5/20 Remember when Nora walked out and slammed Based on incredible true events, this story of a In the near future, “primes” are programmed to the door behind her in Ibsen’s 1879 masterpiece, Jewish playwright and his resilient acting troupe look, sound, and smile like our dearly departed. A Doll’s House ? Well, she’s back. It’s 15 years unfolds with unexpected joy, beautiful stagecraft, With young Walter, Marjorie recalls the good old December 19 – 30, 2018 later and Nora confronts Torvald to demand that and the contagious melodies of a live Klezmer days of their marriage despite the frustrations of O’Reilly Theater TIeR he officially divorce her. She navigates some band. In 1923, Sholem Asch’s first play opens on her rapidly failing memory. He acts and feels like By Hershey Felder hilarious and harrowing negotiations with her Broadway – a love story between two women set family, even as Marjorie’s own daughter seems 6 Directed by Trevor Hay husband, their daughter Emmy, and their nanny in a brothel – and scandal erupts when the entire less and less familiar. Jordan Harrison (writer Anne Marie, as we watch the woman who once cast is arrested for obscenity. Indecent unearths for Orange is the New Black) brings us this Space Reservation: 11/21 Artwork Deadline: 12/3 upended the rules of marriage return to set the the perilous history of this groundbreaking work inventive, intimate play about a world where The story and beloved songs of America’s record straight. A must-see for theater-lovers of Jewish literature, and reveals the way art can advancing technology can lead us back to who Composer come to life onstage in Hershey Felder and anyone who’s ever tried to be married. deeply connect us even in a world unravelling. we are and to the people we love. as Irving Berlin , a play with music written and “Smart, expertly crafted, moving, and very funny.” “A riveting backstage drama.” performed by award-winning actor and musician Public Partners for Marjorie Prime include -Vogue -Variety Hershey Felder. From Czarist Russia to New York’s Choitek, Ascender Start/Build Hub, and the Tin Pan Alley and beyond, Irving Berlin’s life Thrival Innovation + Music Festival. epitomized the American Dream. This special “Startling and profound.” presentation features his most popular tunes, -Vulture including “White Christmas,” “God Bless America,” “Puttin On the Ritz,” “Blue Skies,” “There’s No Business Like Show Business, “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” and many more.

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The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Book #1 (BNYMGC 1 & 2) Book #2 (BNYMGC 3 & 4) Book #3 (BNYMGC 5 & 6) presents its 2018-2019 BNY Mellon Grand Classics season which features Manfred Space Reservation: 9/5 Artwork Deadline: 9/17 Space Reservation: 10/3 Artwork Deadline: 10/15 Space Reservation: 10/31 Artwork Deadline: 11/7 Honeck as music director. These 20 OPENING WEEKEND: TIeR RUSSIAN SHOWPIECES! TIeR THANKSGIVING TRADITION - TIeR performance weekends, combined into MANFRED’S 60TH WITH ZUCKERMAN October 26 – 28, 2018 RACHMANINOFF PAGANINI RHAPSODY 11 program books, provide audiences September 28 – 30, 2018 5 Heinz Hall 5 November 23 – 25, 2018 5 with a traditional, classical orchestral Heinz Hall *Pablo Heras-Casado, Heinz Hall performances. Manfred Honeck, conductor Manfred Honeck, Music Director Maximilian Hornung, Music Director Pinchas Zukerman, cello *George Li, piano violin • Nikolai Rimsky- Cynthia Koledo • Mason Bates: Korsakov: Capriccio DeAlmeida, oboe Resurrexit Commission espagnol , Opus 34 • Sergei Rachmaninoff: in Honor of Manfred • Dmitri Shostakovich: Rhapsody on a Theme Honeck’s 60 th Birthday Concerto No. 1 in of Paganini, Opus 43 (World Premiere) E-flat major for Cello • Wolfgang Amadeus • Max Bruch: Concerto and Orchestra, Mozart: Concerto in No. 1 in G minor for Opus 107 C major for Oboe and Violin and Orchestra, • Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Orchestra, K. 285d PSO BNY MELLON GRAND CLASSICS Opus 26 Photo Credit: Symphony No. 1 in Photo Credit: Dario Acosta [314] *PSO Premiere* Photo Credit: Simon Fowler AUDIENCE DEMOGRAPHICS Cheryl Mazak Education: % With a College Degree or Greater • Johannes Brahms: Symphony G minor, Opus 13, • Effervescent Strauss Viennese Favorites BNY MGC nnnnnnnnnnnnn 62.5% No. 2 in D major, Opus 73 "Winter Dreams" Pittsburgh Average nnnnnn 30.7%

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BERNSTEIN IN PITTSBURGH THE PLANETS - A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION HAYDN’S GREAT MASS October 5 – 7, 2018 November 2 – 4, 2018 November 30 – December 2, 2018 Heinz Hall Heinz Hall Heinz Hall Manfred Honeck, Music Director *John Storgårds, conductor Manfred Honeck, Music Director Jennifer Johnson Cano, William Caballero, horn *Bertrand Chamayou, piano mezzo-soprano Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh Vocal Soloists • Ludwig Van Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, • Väinö Raitio: Moonlight: Moonlight on Jupiter, Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh Opus 72A Opus 24 *PSO Premiere* • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 31 • Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 300a [297], "Paris" No. 88 in G major in E-flat major for Horn and Orchestra, K. 495 • Maurice Ravel: Concerto in D major for Piano • Leonard Bernstein: Jeremiah , Symphony No. 1 *PSO Premiere* (Left Hand Alone) and Orchestra • Igor Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird • Gustav Holst: The Planets • Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass in C major, H. XXII:9, (1919 revision) "Mass in Time of War" (or Missa In Tempora Belli) *PSO Premiere*

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Book #4 (BNYMGC 7) Book #5 (BNYMGC 8 & 9) Book #6 (BNYMGC 10 & 11) Book #7 (BNYMGC 12) TIeR TIeR TIeR Space Reservation: 11/14 TIeR Space Reservation: 12/19 Space Reservation: 1/16 Space Reservation: 2/13 Artwork Deadline: 11/26 Artwork Deadline: 1/2 5 Artwork Deadline: 1/28 5 7 7 Artwork Deadline: 2/25 ORCHESTRAL BLOCKBUSTERS December 7 – 9, 2018 Heinz Hall Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor *Simone Lamsma, violin • Hector Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture, Opus 9 • Erich Korngold: Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 35 Photo Credit: • Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Nissor Abdourazakov Opus 45 Photo Credit: Martin U.K. Lengemann RACHMANINOFF’S SECOND PIANO CONCERTO January 11 – 13, 2019 BEETHOVEN BY BLOMSTEDT Photo Credit: Wade Massie Heinz Hall February 8 – 10, 2019 DRAMATIC SYMPHONY! BERLIOZ’S TBD, conductor Heinz Hall “DAMNATION OF FAUST” Behzod Abduraimov, piano Herbert Blomstedt, conductor March 8 – 10, 2019 Heinz Hall • Claude Debussy: La cathédrale englouté • Ludwig Van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F [The Sunken Cathedral] *PSO Premiere* major, Opus 68, "Pastoral" Manfred Honeck, Music Director Vocal Soloists • Sergei Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2 in C minor for • Antonín Dvo řák: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh Piano and Orchestra Opus 88 • Jean Sibelius: Selections from Kuolema , Opus 44 • Hector Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust – "Valse Triste" [The Damnation of Faust], Opus 24 (complete) Photo Credit: – "Scene with Cranes" Lisa Marie Mazzucco • Claude Debussy: La mer: Three Symphonic Sketches

DVORAK’S “NEW WORLD” January 25 – 27, 2019 Heinz Hall *Long Yu, conductor *Inon Barnatan, piano • Qigang Chen: Wu Xing (The 5 Elements) *PSO Premiere* • Sergei Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp VALENTINE’S WEEK: ROMEO & JULIET, PLUS minor for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 1 EMANUEL AX • Antonín Dvo řák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, February 15 – 17, 2019 Opus 95 "From the New World" Heinz Hall Manfred Honeck, Music Director Emanuel Ax, piano • Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C major for Strings, Opus 48 • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto No. 17 in G major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 453 • Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture-fantasy

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Book #8 (BNYMGC 13 & 14) Book #9 (BNYMGC 15 & 16) Book #10 (BNYMGC 17 & 18) Book #11 (BNYMGC 19 & 20) TIeR TIeR TIeR TIeR Space Reservation: 2/20 Space Reservation: 3/13 Space Reservation: 4/17 Space Reservation: 5/8 Artwork Deadline: 3/4 5 Artwork Deadline: 3/25 5 Artwork Deadline: 4/29 5 Artwork Deadline: 5/22 5 RACHMANINOFF’S BEETHOVEN VIOLIN BEETHOVEN’S NINTH THIRD PIANO CONCERTO June 6 – 9, 2019 CONCERTO – PINES May 10 – 12, 2019 Heinz Hall & FOUNTAINS OF ROME Heinz Hall Manfred Honeck, Music March 15 – 17, 2019 Manfred Honeck, Music Director Heinz Hall Director Michael Rusinek, clarinet Juraj Val čuha, conductor Vilde Frang, violin Nancy Goeres, bassoon *Lukáš Vondrá ček, piano Matthias Goerne, baritone Christina Landshamer, • Sergei Rachmaninoff: Tenor Soloist soprano Photo Credit: Jennifer Johnson Cano, Concerto No. 3 in D minor Julien Becker • Ludwig Van Beethoven: for Piano and Orchestra, Concerto in D major mezzo-soprano Werner Güra, tenor Opus 30 TCHAIKOVSKY & BRAHMS for Violin and Orchestra, Photo Credit: *Shenyang, bass baritone Photo Credit: Phil Kessler • Ottorino Respighi: Le fontane di Roma Opus 61 Marco Borggreve April 5 – 7, 2019 Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh [The Fountains of Rome] Heinz Hall • Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde • Jonathan Leshnoff: DOUBLE CONCERTO • Ottorino Respighi: I pini di Roma [The Pines of *Emmanuel Krivine, conductor Rome] *World Premiere* Commission *RECORDING • Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by TCHAIKOVSKY’S FOURTH • Ludwig Van Beethoven: Symphony Symphony No. Haydn, Opus 56a May 31 – June 2, 2019 9 in D minor, Opus 125, "Choral" *RECORDING Photo Credit: • Boris Blacher: Orchestra-variations on a Theme of Heinz Hall Lisa Marie Mazzucco Niccolò Paganini *Pietari Inkinen, conductor

• Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in *Beatrice Rana, piano Photo Credit: Gregor Hohenberg E minor, Opus 64 • Jean Sibelius: Pohjola's Photo Credit: Daughter , Opus 49 Steve J. Sherman *PSO Premiere* GARRICK OHLSSON PLAYS • Sergei Prokofiev: RACHMANINOFF – Concerto No. 3 in C major SLATKIN AT 75! for Piano and Orchestra, April 12 – 14, 2019 Opus 26 Photo Credit: PEER GYNT Heinz Hall • Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Jukka Mykkänen March 22 – 24, 2019 Symphony No. 4 in Leonard Slatkin, Heinz Hall F minor, Opus 36 conductor IGOR LEVIT PLAYS MOZART Manfred Honeck, Music Director Garrick Ohlsson, June 14 – 16, 2019 Julian Rachlin, violin piano Heinz Hall • Edward Grieg: Peer Gynt, Opus 23 • Leonard Slatkin: PSO BNY MELLON GRAND CLASSICS Manfred Honeck, Music Director • Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto in E minor for Violin Kinah *PSO Premiere* AUDIENCE DEMOGRAPHICS Education: % With a College Degree or Greater Igor Levit, piano and Orchestra, Opus 64 • Sergei Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 4 in G minor BNY MGC nnnnnnnnnnnnn 62.5% • Sergei Rachmaninoff: Caprice bohémien, Opus 12 for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 40 Pittsburgh Average nnnnnn 30.7% • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto No. 21 in C major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 467 *PSO Premiere* • Edward Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme , Affluence: % With a Household Income of $75K or more Opus 36 "Enigma Variations" BNY MGC nnnnnnnnnnn 55.5% • Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Opus 64 Pittsburgh Average nnnnnn 36% Homeowners: % of Homeowners BNY MGC nnnnnnnnnnnnnn nn 83.3% Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 71.8%

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Follow the yellow brick road during the HIGHMARK TIeR DISNEY IN CONCERT: TIeR NATALIE & NAT KING COLE: 2018-2019 PNC Pops season to experience HOLIDAY POPS TALE AS OLD AS TIME AN UNFORGETTABLE a variety of concerts featuring guest artists, 5 6 conductors and performers. A dynamic mix December 14 – 16 & 21 – 23, 2018 March 29 – 31, 2019 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION of jazz, film scores, some Disney magic and Heinz Hall Heinz Hall June 21 – 23, 2019 TIeR of course the Highmark Holiday Pops Space Reservation: 11/21 Space Reservation: 3/6 Heinz Hall tradition is sure to please audiences of Artwork Deadline: 12/3 Artwork Deadline: 3/18 6 all ages! Space Reservation: 5/29 Daniel Meyer, conductor Andrés Franco, Artwork Deadline: 6/10 Doug LaBrecque, vocals conductor Byron Stripling, conductor DANNY ELFMAN’S The Mendelssohn Choir The magical music of Walt Disney. And, the Dee Daniels, vocals Denzal Sinclaire, vocals TIeR of Pittsburgh (Matthew thrill of the Pittsburgh Symphony. Live, in concert, MUSIC FROM THE Mahaffey, director) experience the Disney magic that has enchanted FILMS OF TIM BURTON 6 And more special guests! generations with your family! Favorite songs from October 12 – 14, 2018 It's the most wonderful The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and Heinz Hall time of the year — with the Beast, Frozen , and more. With images from favorite holiday music, these Disney classics projected above the Space perfect for the whole orchestra! Reservation: 9/19 family. Take a "Sleigh Ride" Artwork Deadline: with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, The 10/1 Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, Broadway's THE WONDERFUL TIeR Doug LaBrecque, and Santa Claus, too! It's Danny Elfman’s spine Pittsburgh's favorite holiday tradition. MUSIC OF OZ tingling scores for 6 films of Tim Burton April 26 – 28, 2019 Heinz Hall come to Heinz Hall. The voice: so smooth, so clear, so cool. The hits: Performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony Space Reservation: 4/3 so many – “Too Young,” “Nature Boy,” “Get Orchestra, and just in time for Halloween! A NIGHT AT THE OSCARS: Artwork Deadline: 4/15 Your Kicks,” “Mona Lisa” and many, many more. Batman, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, HOLLYWOOD EPICS Conductor Byron Stripling is joined by Denzal The Nightmare Before Christmas and more! TIeR Lawrence Loh, conductor Sinclaire and Dee Daniels for this tribute to February 22 – 24, 2019 Kelli Rabke, vocals Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole. It’s guaranteed Heinz Hall 6 Blaine Krauss, vocals to be “Unforgettable.” Scott Coulter, vocals Space Reservation: 1/30 SALUTE TO VETERANS TIeR John Boswell, piano Artwork Deadline: 2/11 November 9 – 11, 2018 6 Follow the yellow brick road to Heinz Hall as Heinz Hall Jack Everly, conductor conductor Lawrence Loh, the Pittsburgh PSO PNC POPS AUDIENCE DEMOGRAPHICS Lights – Camera – POPS! Symphony Orchestra, three bewitching vocalists Space Reservation: 10/17 Artwork Deadline: 10/29 and the CMU Drama Singers explore all things Jack Everly returns to lead Education: % With a College Degree or Greater Stuart Chafetz, conductor the magnificent music of the Oz! Showstoppers from The Wizard of Oz, The PNC Pops nnnnnnnnnn 58.5% Capathia Jenkins, vocals silver screen. The stirring Wiz, Wicked, and Oz-inspired Pop hits. Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnn 30.7% themes from more than a To commemorate the Affluence: % With a Household Income of $75K or more dozen award-winning epics. PNC Pops nnnnnnnnnnn 59.7% centennial of the Armistice, Perfect for Oscar season! Pittsburgh Average nnnnnn 36% the Pittsburgh Symphony pays tribute to America's Homeowners: % of Homeowners PNC Pops nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 87.8% veterans. 100 years of Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 71.8% stirring Sousa spectaculars, TIeR favorite foot lifters, inspiring SEE PAGE 3 FOR TIER PRICING anthems, and Top 40 hits. All your red, white and blue melodies. Let freedom ring!

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The Fiddlesticks Family Concert Series The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra invites LESLIE ODOM, JR. introduces children, from the ages of four you to Heinz Hall for these one-night-only TIeR to eight, to the world of orchestral music. concerts that feature a headlining group, October 20, 2018 artist or big screen viewing of award winning 8 Pre-concert Discovery Adventures in Heinz Hall Heinz Hall acquaint children with the films and their musical scores. Space Reservation: 9/26 theme of the concert through musician Artwork Deadline: 10/8 me et-and-greets, crafts, stories, dancing, sing-alongs and more. The concerts TIM BURTON’S THE Tony-winner, Grammy- offer 45 min utes of short musical works winner, star of Hamilton in an interactive adventure focused NIGHTMARE BEFORE and Carnegie Mellon CHRISTMAS graduate: Leslie Odom, on a particular theme. TIeR Jr. returns to Pittsburgh! October 18, 2018 Enjoy an evening of Heinz Hall 8 story and song, with Space Reservation: 9/26 Artwork Deadline: 10/8 showstoppers from Photo Cred it: Jim Judkis Broadway, beloved standards, and much more. “Deft, stylish and charismatic,” says H ER OES IN OUR ART ALL AROUND US The New York Times NE IGHBO RHOOD TIeR February 23, 2019 TIeR November 10, 2018 8 Heinz Hall 8 Heinz Hall Space Reservation: 1/30 Artwork Deadline: 2/11 Space Reservation: 10/17 Artwork Deadline: 10/29 HANDEL’S MESSIAH TIeR A multi-modal performance, this concert w ill Bored with his perennial role as Halloween Town’s December 1, 2018 On the Veterans Day Weekend, this concert will highlight the synergies of music with visual arts, frightening Pumpkin King, Jack Skellington is Heinz Hall 8 feature individuals in Pittsburgh that have made a movement, theatre, poetry, and design. Emphasis determined to shake things up in Christmas Town will be put on diversity of music and artists/ d ifferen ce to child ren and families. Meet some and enlists the help of some . . . mischievous Space Reservation: 11/7 Artwork Deadline: 11/19 ensembles in Pittsburgh. new fri ends and c elebrate the lives of individuals trick-or-treaters. Celebrate the 25th anniversary of that have helped Pittsburgh become a great Tim Burton’s Halloween classic on Heinz Hall’s big BNY MELLON GRAND CLASSICS SPECIAL neighbo rhood. screen, with the Pittsburgh Symphony playing Manfred Honeck, conductor Danny Elfman’s award-winning score! The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, Directed by Matthew Mehaffey

MUSIC, LIGHTS, ACTION! PSO SPECIALS AUDIENCE Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony PSO FIDDLESTICKS AUDIENCE April 27, 2019 TIeR DEMOGRAPHICS join with The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh for DEMOGR APHICS Heinz Hall Education: % With a College Degree or Greater one of the most festive musical events of the year. 8 PSO Specials nnnnnnnnn 53.9% Educ ation: % With a College Degree or Greater Space Reservation: 4/3 Artwork Deadline: 4/15 Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnn 30.7% Fiddlesticks nnnnnnnnnnnnn 70.5% SEE PAGE 3 FOR TIER PRICING TIeR Affluence: % With a Household Income of $75K or more Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnn 30.7% This concert will combine music, technology, and PSO Specials nnnnnnnnn 57.2% innovation featuring local technology experts. Affluence: % With a Household Income of $75K or more Pittsburgh Average nnnnnn 36% Fiddlesticks nnnnnnnnnnnn 73.3% Homeowners: % of Homeowners Pittsburgh Average nnnnnn 36% PSO Specials nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 85.8% Homeowners: % of Homeowners Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 71.8% Fiddlesticks nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 88.5% Pittsburgh Average nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 71.8%

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RESERVATION RESERVATION PERFORMANCES DEADLINE ARTS ORGANIZATION PROGRAM TITLE PERFORMANCES DEADLINE ARTS ORGANIZATION PROGRAM TITLE JULY 2018 NOVEMBER 2018 July/Aug 7/2 Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Subscription Ticket Backs 11/3 - 11 10/10 Pittsburgh Opera Hansel & Gretel July/Aug 7/2 Pittsburgh Opera Subscription Ticket Backs 11/5 10/10 Cohen & Grigsby Capitol Steps July/Aug 7/2 Pittsburgh Public Theater Subscription Ticket Backs Trust Presents 11/8 - 12/9 10/17 Pittsburgh Public Theater Sweat .. AUGUST 2018 11/9 - 10 10/17 Citizens Bank Children’s Aga-Boom Theater Series 8/24 - 25 8/1 Pittsburgh Public Theater Second City Made in America: Some Assembly Required 11/9 - 11 10/17 PNC Pops Pops #2: Salute to Veterans 11/10 10/17 Fiddlesticks Heroes in Our Neighborhood 11/20 - 25 10/24 PNC Broadway Fiddler on the Roof SEPTEMBER 2018 11/23 - 24 10/31 Cohen & Grigsby Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, 9/16 8/22 Cohen & Grigsby Celtic Thunder X Trust Presents Batman Smells Trust Presents 11/23 - 12/2 10/31 BNY Mellon Grand Classics MGC5 & MGC6: Thanksgiving 9/18 - 23 8/22 PNC Broadway The Play That Goes Wrong Tradition Rachmaninoff Rhapsody / 9/20 8/29 Cohen & Grigsby iLuminate Haydn's Great Mass Trust Presents 11/30 - 12/27 11 /7 Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre The Nutcracker 9/21 - 11/16 8/29 Pittsburgh International Combination Book Festival of Firsts DECEMBER 2018 9/25 - 30 8/29 PNC Broadway Cirque Éloize Hotel 12/1 11/7 Pittsburgh Symphony Specials Handel's Messiah 9/25 - 4/8 8/29 Trust Cabaret Series Trust Cabaret 6-show Combo Book 12/7 - 9 11/14 BNY Mellon Grand Classics MGC7: Orchestral Blockbusters 9/27 - 10/28 9/5 Pittsburgh Public Theater Pride and Prejudice 12/7 - 23 11/14 Pittsburgh CLO A Musical Christmas Carol 9/28 - 10/7 9/5 BNY Mellon Grand Classics MGC1 & MGC2: Zuckerman / 12/14 - 23 11/21 PNC Pops Pops #3: Highmark Holiday Pops Bernstein 12/19 - 30 11/21 Pittsburgh Public Theater Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin 12/20 11/28 Pittsburgh Symphony Specials Home Alone OCTOBER 2018 12/26 - 30 11/28 PNC Broadway Elf The Musical Oct - Jan TBD Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret Fall Cabaret Show JANUARY 2019 10/6 - 14 9/12 Pittsburgh Opera Madama Butterfly Jan - April TBD Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret Winter Cabaret Show 10/8 9/12 Cohen & Grigsby Late Night Tailgate 1/1 - 27 12/5 PNC Broadway Hamilton Trust Presents 1/4 - 5 12/5 Cohen & Grigsby Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Live: 10/12 - 14 9/19 PNC Pops Pops #1: Danny Elfman's Music Trust Presents King for a Day from the Films of Tim Burton 1/6 - 14 12/5 Citizens Bank Children's Your Alien 10/16 - 21 9/19 PNC Broadway Anastasia Theater Series 10/18 9/26 Pittsburgh Symphony Specials Tim Burton's Nightmare Before 1/11 - 27 12/19 BNY Mellon Grand Classics MGC8 & MGC9: Rachmaninoff's Christmas 2nd /Dvorak's New World 10/20 9/26 Pittsburgh Symphony Specials Leslie Odom, Jr. 1/15 12/19 Cohen & Grigsby We Shall Overcome—A Celebration Trust Presents of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 10/26 - 28 10/3 Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Mozart in Motion 1/18 - 19 1/2 EQT Bridge Theater Series Moon Shot 10/26 - 11/4 10/3 BNY Mellon Grand Classics MGC3 & MGC4: Russian Showpieces! / 1/24 - 2/24 1/2 Pittsburgh Public Theater The Tempest The Planets 1/26 1/2 Pittsburgh Dance Council Jessica Lang Dance 1/26 - 2/3 1/2 Pittsburgh Opera afterWARds - Mozart's Idomeneo Reimagined 1/29 - 2/3 1/2 PNC Broadway Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ADVERTISING PLANNER (cont.) 2018 – 2019 Season | 55

RESERVATION RESERVATION PERFORMANCES DEADLINE ARTS ORGANIZATION PROGRAM TITLE PERFORMANCES DEADLINE ARTS ORGANIZATION PROGRAM TITLE FEBRUARY 2019 APRIL 2019 2/5 1/9 Cohen & Grigsby Havana Cuba All-Stars 4/5 - 14 3/13 BNY Mellon Grand Classics MGC15 & MGC16: Tchaikovsky & Trust Presents Brahms / Ohlsson Plays Rachmaninoff - 2/8 1/16 Cohen & Grigsby Sounds of China Slatkin at 75! Trust Presents 4/9 - 14 3/13 PNC Broadway Come From Away 2/8 - 17 1/16 Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Great Gatbsy 4/13 3/20 Pittsburgh Dance Council Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo 2/8 - 17 1/16 BNY Mellon Grand Classics MGC10 & MGC11: Beethoven / 4/16 - 21 3/20 PNC Broadway The Book of Mormon Romeo & Juliet Plus Emanuel Ax 4/18 - 5/19 3/27 Pittsburgh Public Theater Indecent 2/9 - 10 1/16 Cohen & Grigsby American Girl: An All New Musical Trust Presents 4/26 - 28 4/3 PNC Pops Pops #6: The Wonderful Music of Oz 2/17 - 24 1/23 Citizens Bank 4/27 4/3 Fiddlesticks Music, Lights, Action! Children's Theater Series Flight School the Musical 4/27 - 5/5 4/3 Pittsburgh Opera Don Pasquale 2/20 - 3/3 1/23 PNC Broadway Phantom of the Opera 2/22 - 24 1/30 PNC Pops Pops #4: A Night At The Oscars: MAY 2019 Hollywood Epics May - Aug TBD Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret Spring Cabaret Show 2/23 1/30 Fiddlesticks Art All Around Us 5/10 - 12 4/17 Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre The Sleeping Beauty 2/23 1/30 Pittsburgh Dance Council Paul Taylor Dance Company Continuum 5/10 - 6/2 4/17 BNYMellon Grand Classics MGC17 & MGC18: Beethoven Violin 2/23 - 3/3 1/30 Pittsburgh Opera Glory Denied Concerto / Tchaikovsky's 4th 5/21 - 26 4/24 PNC Broadway Dear Evan Hansen MARCH 2019 5/24 - 25 5/1 Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre PBT School Spring Performance March - May 1/30 Pittsburgh CLO Subscription Ticket Backs 5/25 5/10 Pittsburgh CLO Gene Kelly Awards 3/2 - 3 2/6 Cohen & Grigsby 42FT – A Menagerie of 5/30 - 6/30 5/8 Pittsburgh Public Theater Marjorie Prime Trust Presents Mechanical Marvels 3/7 - 4/7 2/13 Pittsburgh Public Theater A Doll’s House, Part 2 JUNE 2019 3/8 - 10 2/13 BNY Mellon Grand Classics MGC12: Berlioz's "Damnation 6/6 - 16 5/8 BNY Mellon Grand Classics MGC19 & MGC20: Beethoven's Ninth / of Faust" Igor Levit plays Mozart 3/9 - 10 2/13 Pittsburgh Dance Council Camille A. Brown “Ink” 6/15 5/22 Pittsburgh Symphony Specials Joshua Bell 3/15 - 24 2/20 Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre PBT & Dance Theatre Harlem at AWC 6/21 - 23 5/29 PNC Pops Pops #7: Natalie & Nat King Cole: 3/15 - 24 2/20 BNY Mellon Grand Classics MGC13 & MGC14: Rachmaninoff's An Unforgettable Centennial 3rd / Peer Gynt 3/29 - 30 3/6 EQT Bridge Theater Series Leo 3/29 - 31 3/6 PNC Pops Pops #5: Disney in Concert: JULY 2019 Tale As Old As Time TBA 3/30 3/6 Pittsburgh Symphony Specials Sensory-Friendly Performance; Disney in Concert: Tale as Old AUGUST 2019 as Time TBA 3/30 - 4/7 3/6 Pittsburgh Opera La bohème 3/31 - 4/7 3/6 Citizens Bank Children's Rosie Revere, Engineer Theater Series SEPTEMBER 2019 TBA

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GENERAL INFORMATION | 57 BILLING MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR 6X9 PROGRAM SIZE

The sizes and mechanical requirements for the programs A contract color proof must be supplied for all full-color of the Cultural District organizations are as follows: ads. 4- Color files are required to be saved as CMYK Shared Services, a department of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, (not RGB). Shared Services will not be responsible for will be responsible for issuing all program advertising contracts for Ad Size Inches (W x L) color shifts on RGB files furnished when our prepress Trim 6 x 9 department converts to CMYK, the appearance of the participating members of Shared Services: (Final size of program books) ( 5 15/16 x 9 ) customer-supplied images or files less than 300 dpi, Bleed (trims 6 x 9 ) 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 nor can we accept responsibility for final color without a supplied contract color proof. Full Page 5 x 7 7/8 1/2 H 5 x 3 7/8 1/2 V 2 5/16 x 7 7/8 Please send all ads before published deadline date to: 1/4 H 5 x 1 7/8 The Pittsburgh Cultural District, Shared Services Dept 1/4 V 2 5/16 x 3 3/4 Email: [email protected] Shared Services will be responsible for Payments may be made by check. IMPORTANT: Keep Live Matter ¼” from the head and Questions? Call 412-471-1497 Fax: 412-471-6077 foot; and 3/8” from gutter and face to avoid trimming the invoicing and collection related to PAYABLE TO: off any copy or image you may think is critical to your program advertising sales. ad in the final bindery and assembly of the program Shared Services booklets. See the page drawings provided to insure AD LAYOUT SIZES your ad is presented the way you intended. Invoices will be sent the month following MAIL TO: Method of Printing: Offset and Digital printing all insertions made throughout the Pittsburgh Cultural District Screening: Stochastic & Conventional Pittsburgh Cultural District. Shared Services Department 200 - 400 line screen 803 Liberty Avenue All ad materials must be submitted as electronic files Credit terms extended to advertisers Pittsburgh PA, 15222 by email with all fonts and all high resolution (300 dpi) images included and embedded. Please send to are 30 days net. No cash or pre-payment [email protected] . We are unable to discounts apply. We may request accept zip files via email. If your file is larger than 25 MB including any email text, you will need to upload pre-payment from first time customers You may prefer to pay by credit card. the file to our website. Visit www.culturaldistrict.org and before credit is extended. Non-payment, Shared Services accepts the following: select the “about” tab on the home page. Click on within the terms of the contract, may “advertising” and scroll down to click the “upload your artwork” link. PDF files are preferred . precipitate cancellation of the balance of the contract at the discretion of Shared All logos should be supplied at high resolution. Black ads must be furnished as black only (not RGB or CMYK). Services. Late fees may be applied. Line art at 150 dpi. Full bleed ads should also include ¼” bleed and crop marks. All ads are subject to publisher’s approval. Note: use caution when pulling images from Cancellation of any portion of the Any billing questions may be directed to the web – many are only 72 dpi and not print quality. contract by the advertiser must be Elise Clark 412-471-6088 or via email Ad must be formatted to the proper mechanical received before published space [email protected] requirements dictated by contracted size. Any creation reservation deadlines. Ads cancelled or alterations of ad materials will be the responsibility of the advertiser/agency. Shared Services can offer a list after space reservation deadline date W-9 forms will be provided upon request. of freelance designers you may contract to assist you in will be billed at 100%. bringing your ad materials into compliance with the specifications and mechanical requirements outlined here.

Corrections made at proof stage will be charged at cost when they are the responsibility of the advertiser and/or agency. Ads are to be submitted no later than the artwork deadine date published on the contract. Late charges will be assessed after that date.

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