Here is onStage Pittsburgh’s list of performing arts events this week in Pittsburgh through the end of September.
While we try to list as many events as possible in our weekly listings; many more events are happening in our area, so check the following the presenting organizations and theaters for their full event schedules:
- The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
- The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (Heinz Hall)
- New Hazlett Theater
- The Pittsburgh Playhouse
Did we miss your show? Drop us a line at info@onstagepittsburgh.com and we will be sure your production is included.
Opening This Week
Alternate Worlds | Aria 412 | Hop Farm Brewing Company | September 2, 2025 | www.aria412pgh.com
Forge Us Teeth of Metal: Ukraine’s stories…revisited | Real Time Arts | Carnegie Coffee Company | September 4, 2025 | https://realtimeinterventions.thundertix.com/events/251823
Macbeth – Fair is Foul | Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks | Sept 5 – 7: Frick Park, Sept 12 – 14: Riverview Park, Northside, September 19- 21: Hazelwood Green, September 26 – 28: Highland Park, October 3 – 5: Highland Park, Oct 10 -12: Westinghouse Park |https://www.pittsburghshakespeare.org
Campfire Stories | Vigilance Theater | Camp Guyasuta | September 5 – 13, 2025 | https://www.vigilancetheater.com
Songs From the Steps: Miscast | Stage 62 | Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall, Carnegie | September 6, 2025 | https://www.purplepass.com/events/321947
Two Gentlemen of Verona | New Renaissance Theatre Company | Cribbs Field, Verona | September 6, 2025 | www.newrentheatre.com
Much A Brew About Nothing | Theatre Sans Serif | Kingfly Spirits | September 6, 2025 | https://muchabrewaboutnothing.eventbrite.com
Mrs. Shakespeare, Will’s First & Last Love | Britsburgh | Allegheny River Trail Park | September 7, 2025 | https://www.britsburgh.com/upcoming-schedule/tree-dedication-and-afternoon-in-the-park
Continuing Their Run
The Pittsburgh New Works Festival | at Duquesne University’s Genesius Theatre | August 21 – September 14, 2025 | Tickets TBA https://pittsburghnewworks.org
The Outsider | South Park Theatre | August 21 – September 6, 2025 | https://sites.google.com/a/southparktheatre.com/south-park-theatre
Michael Misko in I Laugh in the Face of Magic | Liberty Magic | August 15 – November 1, 2025 | https://trustarts.org/production/101022/michael-misko-in-i-laugh-in-the-face-of-magic
Fences by August Wilson | Pittsburgh Playwright’s Theatre Company | Outdoors at August Wilson House | August 8 – September 14, 2025 | https://www.pghplaywrights.org/season-info/fences-2025/fences-tickets
Opening Next Week (Sept 8th – 14th)
Beautiful Noise – The Neil Diamond Musical | PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh | Benedum Center | September 9 – 14, 2025 | https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/pnc-broadway-in-pittsburgh/broadway-shows
Rock of Ages | Strand Theater | September 12 – 21, 2025 | http://thestrandtheater.org/events
Opening Later in September
Brooklyn Rider | Chamber Music Pittsburgh | Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland | Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 7:30PM | https://www.chambermusicpittsburgh.org
Bridges and Stages | Carnegie Stage | September 19 & 20, 2025 | https://shorturl.at/dqR5x
Shit-faced Shakespeare: Hamlet | Dentons Cohen Grigsby Trust Presents | Greer Cabaret Theater | September 17 – 28, 2025 | https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/trust-presents
A Picasso | South Park Theatre | September 18 – October 4, 2025| https://sites.google.com/a/southparktheatre.com/south-park-theatre
Pittsburgh Jazz Legend: Eita Cox | Pittsburgh Playhouse | September 19, 2025 |https://playhouse.culturaldistrict.org/production/101615
All Because of Agatha | Old School House Players | Hickory, PA | September 19-28, 2025 | https://www.osptheater.com/2022season
Seussical | Greensburg Civic Theatre | September 19 – 21, 2025 | https://www.gctheatre.org
Mr. Messado’s ‘Ringistry’ | Liberty Magic | October 9 – October 19, 2025 | https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/liberty-magic
In This Moment | Texture Contemporary Ballet | New Hazlett Theater | September 19 – 21, 2025 | http://www.textureballet.org/rediscover.html
Reson8: Hero Songs | Resonance Works | Venues to be announced | September 19, 20, 21, 2025 | https://www.resonanceworks.org
Compagnie Hervé KOUBI | Pittsburgh Dance Council | Byham Theater | September 20, 2025 | https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/pittsburgh-dance-council
Opening Night Gala: Sparkle in the Steel City | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/calendar
Another Kind of Silence | City Theatre | September 20 – October 12, 2025 |https://citytheatrecompany.org
Mildred Miller International Voice Competition | Pittsburgh Festival Opera| September 20, 2025 | https://pittsburghfestivalopera.org
Friended by Shakespeare | Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks | Pierce Theater | September 22 – 23, 2025 | https://www.pittsburghshakespeare.org
Becoming Daddy AF | Kelly Strayhorn Theater | September 26 – 27, 2025 |
https://kellystrayhorntheater.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/events/a0SVO000003UPaL2AW
Evil Dead the Musical | Pittsburgh Musical Theater | West End Canopy | September 26 – October 25, 2025| https://pittsburghmusicals.com
Puffs | The Theatre Factory | September 26 – October 4, 2025 | https://www.thetheatrefactory.org/season
3rd Annual Cemetery Walk | Prime Stage | The Homewood Cemetery, 1599 S Dallas Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15217 | September 27, 2025 between 11:00am and 3:45 pm | https://primestage.com
Kurt Elling with the Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra | MCG Jazz | September 27, 2026 – 6:00pm (SOLD OUT) & 8:30pm | https://www.mcgjazz.org
Dvořák’s Eighth (BNY Classics) | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall |
Friday, September 26, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. & Sunday, September 28, 2025 at 2:30 p.m. | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/calendar
The Sound of Music | Westmoreland Performing Arts | The Palace Theatre | September 26 & 27, 2025 | https://www.westmorelandperformingarts.com
RAD Days Dare to Dream | Concert by Belle Voci and Pittsburgh Youth Chorus | First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh | Sunday, September 28th, 2025 at 2:00pm | https://www.bellevocipgh.com , www.pittsburghouthchorus.org
At the Illusionist’s Table | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | Greer Cabaret Theater | September 30 – October 4, 2025 | https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/liberty-magic
Opening in October
Noises Off | Pittsburgh Public Theater | O’Reilly Theatre | October 1 – 19, 2025 | https://ppt.org/production/100487/noises-off
Reefer Madness | Little Lake Theatre | October 2 – 19, 2025 | https://www.littlelake.org
First Lady | Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre | Carnegie Stage | October 2 – 11, 2025 | https://www.picttheatre.org
Baquiné | Kelly Strayhorn Theater | Alloy Studios | October 3 – 4, 2025 | https://kellystrayhorntheater.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/events/a0SVO000003SyYz2AK
Guys and Dolls | Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center | MainStage Theater | October 3 – 5 & 10 – 12, 2025 | https://www.lincolnparkarts.org
Graveside Manor | Geyer Performing Arts Center | September 26th & 27th @ 7:30, & 28th @ 2:30 | https://geyerpac.ludus.com/index.php
Queen Bitch: John Cameron Mitchell Sings David Bowie | Dentons Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents | Byham Theater | October 3, 2025 | https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/trust-presents
Come Swing With Me (PSO Pops Series) | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | October 3–5, 2025 | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/calendar
Brouhaha | Squonk | Presented by the August Wilson African American Cultural Center and Hazelwood Local at Hazelwood Green | October 4, 2025 | https://squonk.org
Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, & Antonio Sánchez | MCG Jazz | October 4, 2025 – 6:00pm (SOLD OUT) & 8:30pm | https://www.mcgjazz.org\
Isaac Mizrahi | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Cabaret Series | Greer Cabaret Theater | October 6, 2025 | https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/trust-cabaret-series/shows
Veil of Secrets | Aria 412 | Hop Farm Brewing Company | October 7, 2025 | www.aria412pgh.com
Six | PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh | Benedum Center | October 7 – 12, 2025 | https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/pnc-broadway-in-pittsburgh/broadway-shows
The House of Bernarda Alba | CMU Drama | Philip Chosky Theater | October 8 – 11, 2025 | https://www.drama.cmu.edu
Fall Dance Concert | Pittsburgh Playhouse Conservatory Dance Company | October 8 – 12, 2025 | https://playhouse.pointpark.edu
Lysistrata: A Woman’s Translation | Pittsburgh Playhouse Conservatory Theater Company | October 9 – 19, 2025 | https://playhouse.pointpark.edu
Gilbert & Sullivan’s Utopia, Limited | Pittsburgh Savoyards | October 10-19 2025 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, Carnegie, PA | https://pittsburghsavoyards.org/
Angel of Mercy | Iron Horse Theatre Company | October 10 – 25, 2025 | https://ironhorsetheatrecompany.ticketleap.com/angel-of-mercy
Symphonie Fantastique (BNY Classics) | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | Friday, October 10, 2025, at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, October 11, 2025, at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, October 12, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/calendar
Aakash Odedra Company | Pittsburgh Dance Council | Byham Theater | October 11, 2025 | https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/pittsburgh-dance-council
Legends in the Limelight featuring Meghan Picerno | Pittsburgh Festival Opera | October 12, 2025 | https://pittsburghfestivalopera.org
Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Tale of Wall Street | Kinetic Theatre | Dates and venue, TBA. | October 2025 | https://www.kinetictheatre.org
The Rocky Horror Show | Pittsburgh CLO – Kara Cabaret Series | Greer Cabaret Theater | October 14 – November 8, 2025 | https://pittsburghclo.culturaldistrict.org/production/102938
Fefu and Her Friends | Duquesne Red Masquers | Genesius Theater | October 15-18, 2025 | https://www.redmasquers.com
Chiller Theater: The Musical | Strand Theater | October 17 – 19, 2025 | http://thestrandtheater.org/events
Sibelius’ Finlandia (BNY Classics) | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall |
Friday, October 17, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. & Sunday, October 19, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/calendar
Canadian Brass | Dentons Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents | Byham Theater | October 18, 2025 | https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/trust-presents
Disrupt | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall |
Saturday, October 18, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/calendar
La Bohème | Pittsburgh Opera | Benedum Center | October 18, 21, 23, 24, 26, 2025 | https://pittsburghopera.org/season/boheme
Beethoven’s Opus 1: Three Groundbreaking Trios | Chatham Baroque | Shadyside Presbyterian Church | October 19, 2025, 2:30 PM | https://www.chathambaroque.org/25-26-concert-series
Fall Repertory Concert | Pittsburgh Playhouse Conservatory Dance Company |
October 22 – 26, 2025 | https://playhouse.pointpark.edu
Assassins | Center Theatre Players | Sandy Reigel Theater |October 23 – 25, 2025 | https://www.showclix.com/event/ctp-assassins
Sphinx Virtuosi and Sterling Elliott | Chamber Music Pittsburgh |Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland | Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 7:30PM | https://www.chambermusicpittsburgh.org
Dracula: The Musical | Geyer Performing Arts Center | October 23 – 26, 2025 | https://geyerpac.ludus.com/index.php
Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson APT 2B. | University of Pittsburgh – Pitt Stages | October 24 – November 2, 2025 | https://www.play.pitt.edu/current-season/mainstage
14th Annual Treble Choral Festival | Third Presbyterian Church, Shadyside | Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 3:00pm | https://www.bellevocipgh.com/
Matt & Ben | CMU Drama | Helen Wayne Rauh Studio Theater | October 29 – 31, 2025 | https://www.drama.cmu.edu
Calendar Girls | Little Lake Theatre | October 30th – November 16th |https://www.littlelake.org
Enron | Quantum Theatre | Staged at One Oxford Centre, Downtown | October 30 – November 23, 2025 |https://www.quantumtheatre.com
War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast | Geyer Performing Arts Center | October 30 – November 1, 2025 | https://geyerpac.ludus.com/index.php
Dracula | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre | Benedum Center | October 31 – November 2, 2025 | www.pbt.org
Bugs Bunny at the Symphony Me (PSO Pops Series) | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | October 31–November 2, 2025 | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/calendar
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