‘Green & Blue’ (Thursday-Saturday)
City Theatre hosts this award-winning police drama from Belfast-based theatre company Kabosh that finds Northern Ireland actors James Doran and Vincent Higgins reprising their roles from the original production at the 2016 Belfast International Arts Festival. They play officers patrolling different sides of the border in 1994 just before the IRA ceasefire. “ ‘Green & Blue’ suitably sparks conversations about what we expect from our police forces,” Paula McFetridge, artistic director of Kabosh, said in a statement. “Although set on the Irish border, these conversations transcend nations and oceans.” It’s at City Theatre’s Lillie Theatre, South Side, at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and 1 and 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $25; $15 students and community members; CityTheatreCompany.org.
‘Sh!t-faced Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet’ (Thursday-Sunday)
This production revives the vibrant nature of Elizabethan theater by adding some drunken revelry to the blood feud between the Capulets and Montagues. It’s presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust at the Greer Cabaret Theater, Downtown. Must be 18 years old or over to attend. Times are 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $35; trustarts.org.
Three Rivers Film Festival (Thursday-Sunday)
The film festival runs through Nov. 15 with 22 indie films — dramas, comedies, documentaries — with Pittsburgh premieres and chances to meet casts and crews. This weekend’s slate includes “Two Lives in Pittsburgh,” Pittsburgh native Brian Silverman’s film about a blue-collar guy coping with his mother’s illness and his child’s exploration of gender (7:30 p.m. Thursday at Harris Theater); “Dancing Queen,” a Norwegian film about a teenager who challenges herself to participate in a dance competition to impress a famous dancer (7 p.m. Saturday at Lindsay Theater, and 2 p.m. Sunday at Harris Theater); and “Double Down South,” a con game thriller set in the world of high stakes keno pool gambling (7:30 p.m. Saturday at Harris Theater and 7 p.m. Sunday at Waterworks). For more details, go to filmpittsburgh.org.
The Ladybug Transistor (Thursday)
The Warhol Sound Series welcomes this psychedelic-pop band that formed in Brooklyn in 1995 with Pittsburgh siblings Jeff and Jennifer Baron. The band made four albums, including the 1999 breakout “The Albemarle Sound” before Jeff and Sasha Bell left to form The Essex Green, Jennifer formed The Garment District and Gary Olson went solo. In 2019, they reformed to celebrate the 20th anniversary deluxe reissue of “The Albemarle Sound” and now they are back on the road playing songs from those albums along with other surprises. Electropop duo Giant Day (Derek Almstead and Emily Growden), opens this show at The Andy Warhol Museum. 8 p.m. warhol.org.
‘113 x 113’ (Friday)
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, celebrating its 113th anniversary, presents a juried exhibition and online store featuring artwork priced at $113. It will consist of two releases: one on Friday and one on Dec. 7. “This exhibition is a great opportunity to start or grow your art collection,” Associated Artists executive director Madeline Gent said in a statement. “Because each piece costs $113, it allows guests to peruse without pressure and find the right work for them. For our artists, it’s a chance to get their work in new homes and begin new relationships.” The opening is 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at 100 43rd St., Lawrenceville. Free; aapgh.org/113.
Giraffes Can't Dance (Friday)
From Wishing Star Productions and the Rose Performing Arts Theater in Omaha comes this children’s theater production based on the book about a giraffe who, with the help of a wise cricket, learns to dance to the beat of his own drum. It’s at the Byham at 7 p.m. $30; trustarts.org.
Don McLean (Friday)
Fifty-two years ago, McLean dropped a nearly nine-minute song-poem that blew people’s minds. “American Pie” has been in rotation on oldies stations ever since. He brings that tune along with “Vincent,” “Castles in the Air,” other minor hits and covers to Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall, Munhall. It’s at 8 p.m. $50; librarymusichall.com.
Cirque Carnival (Friday-Sunday)
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra wll be joined by Troupe Vertigo, a group of circus aerialists, acrobats and strongmen who will perform their feats live works of art in front of and above the orchestra. Shows are at Heinz Hall at 8 p.m. Friday, 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets start at $25; pittsburghsymphony.org.
Skinny Puppy (Saturday)
When announcing an April postponement due to illness, Kevin ‘ohGr’ Ogilvie noted that he hadn’t missed a show in 40 years. Here’s a second shot at seeing the pioneering industrial band on its farewell tour. It’s at the Roxian, McKees Rocks, at 7 p.m. with Lead Into Gold. $175; ticketmaster.com.
Veterans Day flag folding ceremony (Saturday)
The Senator John Heinz History Center will hold this ceremony, at 11 a.m., unfurling and folding a 36-foot American flag in the museum’s first floor Great Hall to honor veterans. Admission will be free for veterans. While there, visitors can explore Western Pennsylvania’s impact on U.S. conflicts from the French & Indian War through World War II in the “Wars of Empire & Liberty” exhibition; heinzhistorycenter.org/events.
‘The Flying Dutchman” (Saturday)
Wagner’s epic is on the Pittsburgh Opera slate for the first time in more than 20 years. It opens at the Benedum, Downtown, telling the story of a captain (Kyle Albertson) condemned to helm a ghostly ship until a faithful bride can free him from his curse. Marjorie Owens plays Senta, the woman who can save him from his fate. It’s at 8 p.m. Saturday; 7 p.m. Tuesday; 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17; and 2 p.m. Nov. 19. Single tickets start at $15; children and teens ages 6–18 are half-off; opera.culturaldistrict.org.
Horror Fan Flea Market (Saturday)
Halloween is over but the horror lives on at this market with used horror collectibles, VHS, DVD, posters, magazines and more. It’s at Crowne Plaza Pittsburgh South, Bethel Park, at 11 a.m. $5; kids 12 and under free with an adult. $10 for early bird admission at 10 a.m. Cash bar available.
First Published: November 7, 2023, 10:30 a.m.
Updated: November 7, 2023, 5:58 p.m.
