Interviews

Beauty and the Beast is a Tony Award-winning tale of wonder and love! Based on the Disney film, this modern day classic has captured audiences around the world. We’re pleased to welcome Pittsburgh Musical Theater cast members as they preview their performance.

The Gemini Theater produces original, interactive, children’s musicals which focus on artistic, cultural and educational themes. This week we welcome members of the cast of Peter Pan as they preview their production of this classic story.

Meet a “big/little” pair matched by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and learn how you can make a difference in a child’s life. This week, we’re joined by Big Brother Joe Juarez and Little Brother David, along with BBBS staff member Kristine Pace.

Eli & Jay of Pack 444 take a tour of our studios and share with host Liz Adams their experiences as Tiger Cub Scouts.

Birthdays are a very special here at The Saturday Light Brigade. Ayaan joins us live on the air to share his special day with us. Happy Birthday Ayaan!

We’re joined by members of Prime Stage Theater as they preview their upcominig performance of The Glass Menagerie.

The Senator John Heinz History Center will provide an in-depth look at the largest and most influential African American newspaper of the past 100 years with America’s Best Weekly: A Century of The Pittsburgh Courier. Samuel Black, curator of the center’s African American Collection, joins us to discuss.

We’re pleased to welcome two young members of Pittsburgh Public Theater’s Camelot, as well as PPT’s Director of Education, Rob Zellers, as they preview PPT’s biggest event of the season. See website for further detail.

The Brilliant Bookworms, an afterschool storytelling club of 4th & 5th grade students from Winchester Thurstson School, join us for a special storytelling session featuring three original, fractured fairy tales, live in our studios.

We’re joined by three members of Gilda’s Teen Advisory Committee, a select group of high school students committed to helping spread awareness, understanding, and advocacy in their schools and communities about how cancer affects teens. They join us to discuss their efforts and to preview their upcoming Battle of the Bands fundraiser.