All the best to all of our readers and the entire performing arts community in 2023!
Please note: Several companies have not yet announced their full 2023 season performances, so please check back for updates.
Opening This Week
Hairspray | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh | Benedum Center | January 3 to 8, 2023 | https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/pnc-broadway-in-pittsburgh/broadway-shows Read Sharon Eberson’s preview here
Steve Valentine in LIFE AND OTHER DECEPTIONS | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | Liberty Magic | January 4 to February 12, 2023 | https://trustarts.org/production/82837/list_performances
Kamratōn – Women in New Music – Season 8 Opening Night | Kamratōn | Pittsburgh Friends Meeting House | January 6, 2023; 7:00pm | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/season-8-opening-night-tickets-409113969897?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
Opening Next Week
Sting with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | Mon, January 9 – Tue, January 10, 2023 | Sting with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Rachmaninoff’s Triumphant Final Symphony | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | Fri, January 13 – Sun, January 15, 2023 | Rachmaninoff’s Triumphant Final Symphony
Fannie; The Life and Times of Fannie Lou Hammer | Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company (Atlanta, GA) and Actors Theatre of Louisville (Louisville, KY) | August Wilson Center | January 13 to 16, 2023 | https://awc.culturaldistrict.org/production/84136/fannie-the-music-and-life-of-fannie-lou-hamer
Here You Come Again | Pittsburgh CLO and Pittsburgh Playhouse | Highmark Theatre | January 13 to 29, 2023 | https://playhouse.pointpark.edu/shows-events/specialEvents/here-you-come-again
Llama Llama Live! | Trust’s Children’s Theater Series | Byham Theater | January 14, 2023 |https://trustarts.org/production/83531/llama-llama-live
Opening Later in January
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad | Prime Stage | January 20 to 29, 2023 | https://primestage.com
Mozart & More | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | Fri, January 20 – Sun, January 22, 2023 | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/production/77711/mozart-and-more
What the Constitution Means to Me | City Theatre | Main Stage | January 21 to February 12, 2023 | https://citytheatrecompany.org/play/2022-2023-season/
Rubberband | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | Pittsburgh Dance Council | Byham Theater | January 21, 2023 | https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/pittsburgh-dance-council
Ariodante | Pittsburgh Opera | Capa School Theatre | January 21 to 29, 2023 | https://www.pittsburghopera.org/season/
The Lighting Thief – The Percy Jackson Musical | Westmoreland Performing Arts | Westmoreland Community College | January 27 to 29, 2023 | https://dancestudio-pro.com/tickets/index.php?sid=55d60f6deb5fcf0d6d863be7d406ee4163b87806f13ba or call 724-672-3322
Candid Camera Unmasked Tour | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | Dentons Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents Series | Byham Theater | January 27, 2023 | 7:00 p.m. | Byham Theater | https://trustarts.org/production/83334/candid-cameras-unmasked-tour-with-peter-funt
Dance/Light | CMU Drama | Helen Swayne Raugh Studio Theater | January 27 & 28, 2023 | https://www.drama.cmu.edu/box-office/dance-light/
Jagged Little Pill | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh | Benedum Center | January 24 to 29, 2023 | https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/pnc-broadway-in-pittsburgh/broadway-shows
Mud | Duquesne Red Masquers | Genesius Theater | January 25 to 29, 2023 | https://www.duqredmasquers.com/current-season
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™ In Concert | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | Sat, January 28 – Sun, January 29, 2023 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™ In Concert
Opening in February
A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream in Harlem | Pittsburgh Public Theater | O’Reilly Theater | February 1 to February 19, 2023 | https://ppt.org
Step Afrika! | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | Dentons Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents Series | Byham Theater | February 1 – 2, 2023 | Various Times | Byham Theater
Honeck Conducts Beethoven’s Fifth | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | Fri, February 3 – Sun, February 5, 2023 | Honeck Conducts Beethoven’s Fifth
Rapunzel | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | Bridge Children’s Series | Byham Theater | February 4-6, 2023 | https://trustarts.org/production/83537/rapunzel
Chatham Baroque The Isle of Delos: Seductive Baroque Cantatas and Sonatas by France’s foremost female composer | Chatham Baroque + Renaissance Baroque | Saturday, February 4, 7:30 PM, Calvary Episcopal Church, Shadyside – Sunday, February 5, 2:30 PM, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary | http://chathambaroque.org
Kinky Boots | Split Stage Productions | at the Lamp Theatre in Irwin, Feb 3 to 11, 2023 | http://www.splitstage.com
PUFFS: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic | Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center | Black Box Theater | February 10 to 19, 2023 | https://www.lincolnparkarts.org/events
Dracula | Pittsburgh Ballet Theater | Benedum Center | February 10 to 12, 2023 | https://pbt.culturaldistrict.org/?_ga=2.245390848.507071399.1658155439-1548724889.1634673154
Holst’s The Planets | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | Fri, February 10 – Sun, February 12, 2023 | Holst’s The Planets
Sweeney Todd | Greensburg Civic Theatre | Greensburg Garden & Civic Center | Fri, February 10, 2023 at 8 PM – Sat, February 11, 2023 at 8 PM – Sun, February 12, 2023 at 2 PM | https://www.gctheatre.org/tickets
Freckleface Strawberry | Stage 62 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, Carnegie | February 11 to 19, 2023 | https://www.stage62.org/freckleface-strawberry.html
St. Lawrence String Quartet | Chamber Music Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh Playhouse at Point Park University | February 13, 2023 | Ticket info here
Alora Chateux’s Burlesque on The Bluff | Duquesne Red Masquers | Genesius Theater | February 14 to 19, 2023 | https://www.duqredmasquers.com/current-season
Faculty Choreolab | Pittsburgh Playhouse | Conservatory Dance Company | February 15 to 19, 2023 | https://playhouse.pointpark.edu
Ignite | New Hazlett Theater Community Supported Art (CSA) | February 16–17, 2023 | https://newhazletttheater.org/csa/
Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | Pittsburgh Dance Council | Byham Theater | February 17, 2023 | https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/pittsburgh-dance-council
August Wilson’s Seven Guitars | Pitt Stages | Charity Randall Theatre | February 17 to 26, 2023 | https://www.play.pitt.edu/current-season/mainstage
The Music of John Williams | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | Fri, February 17 – Sun, February 19, 2023 | The Music of John Williams
Arts All Around Us | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | Sat, February 18, 2023 | Arts All Around Us
Ensemble Dialogos Barlaam and Josaphat: a Christianized Adaptation of the Story of Buddha | Chatham Baroque + Renaissance Baroque | Sunday, February 19, 2:30 PM, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary – Tuesday, February 21, 7:30 PM, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary | http://chathambaroque.org
Beetlejuice | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh | Benedum Center | February 21 to 26, 2023 | https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/pnc-broadway-in-pittsburgh/broadway-shows
Newsies | Pittsburgh Playhouse | Conservatory Theatre | February 22 to 26, 2023 | https://playhouse.pointpark.edu
Danny Carmo’s Mathematical Mysteries | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | Bridge Theater Series | Byham Theater | February 23-24, 2023 | https://trustarts.org/production/83549/danny-carmos-mathematical-mysteries
35MM a Musical Exhibition | Stage Right | Stage Right | at the Lamp Theatre in Irwin | February 23 to 25, 2023 | https://www.stagerightgreensburg.com/shows
Everybody | Theatre Factory | February 24 to March 4, 2023 | http://www.thetheatrefactory.org
Gil Shaham Beethoven Violin Concerto | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | Fri, February 24 – Sun, February 26, 2023 | Gil Shaham Beethoven Violin Concerto
Lucy Loves Desi: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Sitcom | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | Dentons Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents Series | Byham Theater | February 28, 2023 | 7:30 p.m. | Byham Theater | https://trustarts.org/production/83360/lucy-loves-desi-a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-sitcom
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