PITT ARTS Cheap Seats Program Offers Wide-ranging Spring Lineup

The University of Pittsburgh’s PITT ARTS program is offering a wide range of arts and cultural events this spring through its Cheap Seats program, which is open to all Pitt students, faculty, and staff. Discounted tickets to performances offered by 11 major arts organizations are available by visiting the Pitt Arts office at 929 William Pitt Union. In addition, nearly all Cheap Seats are available online at the PITT ARTS site, www.pittarts.pitt.edu. Events below marked PITT NIGHT offer Pitt students, faculty, and staff not only discounted tickets, but also optional free transportation and dessert receptions to meet artists from the shows.
For information about PITT ARTS Cheap Seats program, call 412-624-4498 or visit www.pittarts.pitt.edu. Cheap Seats events for January and February follow.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, theatrical performance, Jan. 21-Feb. 21, special PITT NIGHT Jan. 22, O’Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Public Theater.

Tribute Concert: A Symphonic Celebration of African American Culture, featuring local jazz trumpeter Sean Jones, 8 p.m. Jan. 26, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, BNY Mellon Grand Classics.

Rent, musical theater, Jan. 28- Feb. 7, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Musical Theater.

Cats, musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jan. 28, 29 and 31, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Downtown, PNC Broadway Across America.

Mahler’s Chamber Symphony, Gil Shaham, violin; works by Mozart, Haydn, and Mahler, 8 p.m., Jan. 29 and 31, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, BNY Mellon Grand Classics.

In the Heights, musical theater, Feb. 2-5 and 7, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Downtown, PNC Broadway Across America.

Honeck & Mutter, Manfred Honeck, conductor, Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin, featuring works by Brahms and Mahler, 8 p.m. Feb. 5 and 6, special PITT NIGHT Feb. 5, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, BNY Mellon Grand Classics.

Daniel Bernard Roumain: Etudes 4violin&electronix, Hatian violinist
and bandleader, 8 p.m.  Feb. 6, August Wilson Center Theater, 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown, August Wilson Center for African American Culture.

Video Games Live: Bonus Round With the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Jack Wall, conductor, and The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, 8 p.m., Feb.11-12, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, BNY Mellon Grand Classics.

The Love Spell – L’Incantesimo, opera by Italo Montemezzi, 8 p.m. Feb. 12-14, Carnegie Muscum of Art’s Hall of Sculpture, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh.

Bob James & Keiko Matsui, a jazz collaboration with The Musical Instrument Museum, Feb. 12-14, Manchester Craftmen’s Guild, 1815 Metropolitan St., Manchester, MCG Jazz.

Company B & In the Upper Room, dance performance, Feb. 12-14, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre.

Ben Folds With the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, featuring solo pianist and vocalist Folds, 8 p.m. Feb. 13, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, BNY Mellon Grand Classics.

The Fugue in Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, musical performance by The Axelrod Quartet, 8 p.m. Feb. 13, Synod Hall, 125 N. Craig St., Oakland, Renaissance and Baroque Society of Pittsburgh.

Tribute to Phyllis Hyman, music of the late Pittsburgh-bred chanteuse, 8 p.m. Feb. 19, August Wilson Center Theater, 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown, August Wilson Center for African American Culture.

An American Voyage, Leonard Slatkin, conductor; works by Bernstein, Bates, and Danielpour, Feb. 19 and 21, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, BNY Mellon Grand Classics.

Xanadu, musical by Douglas Carter Beane, Feb. 23-25, 27-28, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Downtown, PNC Broadway Across America.

Broadway Rocks With Marvin! Marvin Hamlisch, conductor, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 25-28, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, BNY Mellon Grand Classics.

Aspen/Santa Fe Ballet, 8 p.m. Feb. 26, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Dance Council.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo, musical performance, 7 p.m. Feb. 28, special PITT NIGHT, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Presents Series.

Joshua Bell, violinist, and Jeremy Denk, pianist, 7:30 p.m. March 2, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, BNY Mellon Grand Classics.