Here is onStage’s current lineup of upcoming theater, opera, dance, Pittsburgh Symphony, classical, and chamber music performances in the greater Pittsburgh area. Please follow onStage Pittsburgh for the latest Performing Arts news, previews and reviews.
You can explore the complete 2023/24 Performing Arts season, organized by presenting company, on our website here.
Apart from the events we list below, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the Pittsburgh Playhouse, and the New Hazlett Theater have a wide range of other offerings and activities in the Cultural District, Downtown and the North Side. For their comprehensive schedules, click on their names above.
Opening This Week
The Wiz | PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | Benedum Center | October 31-November 5, 2023 | https://trustarts.org/production/86814/the-wiz
Fall Student Choreography Project | Conservatory Dance Company | Pittsburgh Playhouse | Point Park University | George Rowland White Performance Studio | November 1 – 5, 2023 | https://playhouse.pointpark.edu/shows-events/conservatory-dance/index
Lee Terbosic in The Life and Death of Harry Houdini | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | Liberty Magic | November 1- December 3, 2023 | https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/liberty-magic
Put Your House In Order | CMU Drama | November 1–3, 2023 | https://www.drama.cmu.edu/box-office/put-your-house/
Les Misérables School Edition | Pittsburgh Musical Theater | Presented in partnership with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | Byham Theater | November 2 – 5, 2023 | pittsburghmusicals.com
Velvet Vignettes| Attack Theatre | Kingfly Spirits | November 2, 2023| https://www.attacktheatre.com/velvet-vignettes
Mr. Burns A Post-Electric Play | Little Lake Theater | November 2 – 19, 2023 | https://www.littlelake.org/2023season
The Wild Party | CCAC South Campus Theatre | November 2 -5, 2023 | Email: finearts@ccac.edu for additional information
The Miracle Worker | Prime Stage | New. Hazlett Theater | November 3 -12, 2023 | https://primestage.com/events/the-miracle-worker/
Power & Passion: Mozart, Ravel & Tchaikovsky | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | Friday, November 3 – Sunday, November 5, 2023 | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/production/84663/power-and-passion-mozart-ravel-and-tchaikovsky
The Haunting of Hill House | Stage Warp Productions | Carnegie Stage | November 3 – 11, 2023 | https://www.carnegiestage.com
Continuing Their Run
Deathtrap | Duquesne Red Masquers | Genesius Theater | October 19 – November 5, 2023 | https://www.duqredmasquers.com/current-season
A Tell-Tale Heart | Pittsburgh Public. Theater | O’Reilly Theater | Oct 19 – November 19, 2023 | https://ppt.org/calendar
The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk: The Chagall Musical | Quantum Theatre | Staged at Rodef Shalom Congregation | October 28- November 26, 2023 | https://www.quantumtheatre.com
Opening Next Week (November 6th)
Meow Meow | 2023-2024 Trust Cabaret Series | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | Greer Cabaret Theater | Monday, November 6, 2023 | Two performances at 7:00 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. | https://trustarts.org/production/88618/meow-meow
Crazy for You | Stage 62 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall | November 9–19, 2023 | https://www.stage62.org/crazy-for-you.html
Green & Blue I Kabosh Theatre of Belfast I City Theatre I Thursday, November 9 – Friday, November 10, 2023 I https://citytheatre.culturaldistrict.org/production/92247/green-and-blue
Assassins with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Riverfront Theater Company | Riverfront Park, Aspinwall | November 9–11 & 16–18, 2023 | https://www.riverfronttheaterco.org/tickets
Fiddler on the Roof | The Heritage Players | November 10-12 & 17-19, 2023 – Friday and Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 2:30 pm | www.heritageplayers.com
Disney’s Freaky Friday The Musical One-Act Edition| | Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center | November 10-12 & 17-19, 2023 | www.LincolnParkArts.org
Cirque Carnivale | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | PSO Pops | Heinz Hall | Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 10 -12, 2023 | Cirque Carnival
Corsicana | Pitt Stages | Henry Hillman Theater | Opens Nov 11, 2023 | https://www.play.pitt.edu/production/corsicana
Sean Jones – “Dizzy Spellz” featuring Brinae Ali | Manchester Craftsman’s Guild | MCG Jazz Music Hall | November 11, 2023 | https://www.mcgjazz.org
M-Train’s Outer-Burgh Tour | M-Train Productions – Bodiography | November 11 – 12, 2023 | http://new.bodiography.com/index.cfm
The Flying Dutchman | Pittsburgh Opera | Benedum Center | November 11, 14, 17 & 19, 2023 | https://www.pittsburghopera.org/season/the-flying-dutchman/
Opening Later in November
The Kronos Quartet | Chamber Music Pittsburgh | PNC Theater at the Pittsburgh Playhouse | November 13, 2023 | https://www.chambermusicpittsburgh.org
≈[Almost Equal To] | Conservatory Theatre Company | Pittsburgh Playhouse. | Point Park University | Highmark Theatre | November 15 – 19, 2023 https://playhouse.pointpark.edu/shows-events/conservatory-theatre/index
American Buffalo | Barebones Productions | November 17 – December 10, 2023 | https://www.barebonesproductions.com/americanbuffalo
Rema Webb in Lady Day: The Billie Holiday Musical I Afro-American Music Institute I Carnegie Library Homewood | November 17 – 18, 2023 I https://www.afroamericanmusic.org/home (Click “DONATE” to purchase tickets)
The Baltimore Consort: In Angel’s Wede – Music of Mary Queen of Scots Saturday | Chatham Baroque | Calvary Episcopal Church | November 18, 2023 | https://www.chathambaroque.org/23-24-concert-series/
I Think I’m Starting to Want to be a Mother | CMU Drama | November 18–29, 2023 | https://www.drama.cmu.edu/box-office/mother/
WIP Choreography Project | Texture Contemporary Ballet | New Hazlett Theater | November 18, 2023 | http://www.textureballet.org/performances-events.html
Irving Berlin’s White Christmas | Little Lake Theatre | November 30– December 17, 2023 | https://www.littlelake.org/2023season
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | Friday, November 17, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. | pittsburghsymphony.org
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley | City Theatre | November 25 – December 17, 2023 | https://citytheatrecompany.org/play/miss-bennet-christmas-at-pemberley/
Mrs. Doubtfire | PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | Benedum Center | November 28 – December 3, 2023 | https://trustarts.org/production/86815/mrs-doubtfire
Thanksgiving with the Symphony | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | November 24 – 26, 2023 | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/production/84664/list_performances
Lear | CMU Drama | November 29 – December 1, 2023 | https://www.drama.cmu.edu/box-office/lear/Opening in December
Opening in December
Rowhouse | Attack Theatre | Attack Theatre Studios | December 1 – 8, 2023 | https://www.attacktheatre.com/rowhouse
Tick, Tick… Boom! | Iron Horse Theatre Company | December 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 16, 2023 | https://ironhorsetheatrecompany.ticketleap.com/tick-tick–boom/
Matilda, the Musical | The Theatre Factory | December 1 – 9, 2023 | https://www.thetheatrefactory.org
Elf The Musical | Greensburg Civic Theatre | December 1 – 2, 2023 | https://www.gctheatre.org
Who’s Holiday! | CLO Cabaret | Greer Cabaret | December 1 – 31, 2023 | https://www.pittsburghclo.org/shows/whos-holiday
The Game’s Afoot: Holmes for the Holidays | Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center | December 1 – 3 & 8-10, 2023 | https://www.lincolnparkarts.org
Legends in the Limelight featuring Csilla Boross | Pittsburgh Festival Opera | Carnegie Music Hall, Carnegie | December 1, 2023 | https://pittsburghfestivalopera.org/upcoming/2023-season/legends-in-the-limelight/
New York Voices “Let It Snow” | Manchester Craftsman’s Guild | MCG Jazz Music Hall | December 2, 2023| https://www.mcgjazz.org
Michael Misko in Laugh in the Face of Magic | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | Liberty Magic | December 6, 2023 – January 14, 2024 | https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/liberty-magic\
A 1940s Radio Christmas Carol | Duquesne Red Masquers | Genesius Theater | December 6 – 9, 2023 | https://www.duqredmasquers.com/current-season
Amahl and the Night Visitors & The Gift of the Magi | Pittsburgh Savoyards | December 1-16, 2023 | https://www.pittsburghsavoyards.org/wordpress/tickets/
“Brahms’ Requiem | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | December 1 – 3, 2023 | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/production/84665/list_performances”
The Little Town of Christmas | Old School House Players | Mount Pleasant Community Center, Hickory, PA | December 1 – 10, 2023 | Fridays at 7:30 pm, Saturdays & Sundays at 3 pm | https://www.osptheater.com
Home for the Holidays: A Christmas Musical Revue | Center Theatre Players| December 6 – 9 2023 | https://www.showclix.com/event/ctp-hh23
The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Conservatory Theatre Company | Pittsburgh Playhouse. | Point Park University | PNC Theatre | December 6 – 10, 2023 | https://playhouse.pointpark.edu/shows-events/conservatory-theatre/index
The Messiah with a live choir and orchestra | M-Train Productions – Bodiography | La Roche University | December 8 – 9, 2023 | http://new.bodiography.com/index.cfm
White Christmas | Comtra Theater | December 8 – 17, 2023 | https://comtratheatre.ticketleap.com
The Nutcracker | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre | Benedum Center | December 8 – 28, 2023 | https://www.pbt.org/performance-category/2023-2024-season/\
A Christmas Story: the Play | Pittsburgh Public Theater | O’Reilly Theater | December 9 – 23, 2023 | https://ppt.org/calendar
The Muppet’s Christmas Carrol in Concert Live to Film | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | Saturday, December 9, 2023, at 2:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. | pittsburghsymphony.org
Junction Trio | Chamber Music Pittsburgh | PNC Theater at the Pittsburgh Playhouse | December 11, 2023 | https://www.chambermusicpittsburgh.org
Contemporary Choreographers | Conservatory Dance Company | Pittsburgh Playhouse. | Point Park University | George Rowland White Performance Studio | December 13 – 17, 2023 | https://playhouse.pointpark.edu/shows-events/conservatory-dance/index
A Lyric Christmas Carol | Pittsburgh Musical Theater | Gargaro Theater | December 13 – 17, 2023 | https://pittsburghmusicals.com/season/
Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker | Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center | December 14-17, 2023 | https://www.lincolnparkarts.org
A Musical Christmas Carol | Pittsburgh CLO | Byham Theater | December 15 – 23, 2023 | https://www.pittsburghclo.org/shows/a-musical-christmas-carol
Highmark Holiday Pops | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | PSO Pops | Heinz Hall | Friday, Saturday and Sunday, December 15 – 17, 2023 | Highmark Holiday Pops
Gerald Albright | Manchester Craftsman’s Guild | MCG Jazz Music Hall | December 16, 2023 | https://www.mcgjazz.org
Chatham Baroque: Alegría – Music of Baroque Spain and the Americas | Chatham Baroque | Various Locations | December 16-17, 2023 | https://www.chathambaroque.org/23-24-concert-series/
Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra Holiday Concert| Playhouse Presents | Point Park University | December 21, 2023 | https://playhouse.pointpark.edu/shows-events/playhouse-presents/index
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