Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh stages this week and through the end of October, brought to you by onStage Pittsburgh.

We strive to highlight as many performances as possible, but there’s always more to discover! For full season lineups and additional programming, visit:

• Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
• Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (Heinz Hall)
• New Hazlett Theater
• Pittsburgh Playhouse

Is your production missing? We’d love to share it! Send details to info@onstagepittsburgh.com.

Opening This Week

• 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
• ‘Burgh to the Future | Off The Record | Byham Theater | October 16, 2025 | https://trustarts.org/production/103444/off-the-record-xxv-burgh-to-the-future
• Oleanna by David Mamet | R-ACT Theatre Productions | Segriff Stage in Rochester, PA | October 17-18, 2025 7:30pm, October 19, 2025 2pm | https://www.ractproductions.com | https://www.showclix.com/events/17764
• 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

Continuing Their Run

• Lysistrata: A Woman’s Translation | Pittsburgh Playhouse Conservatory Theater Company | October 9 – 19, 2025 | https://playhouse.pointpark.edu
• Mr. Messado’s ‘Ringistry’ | Liberty Magic | October 9 – October 19, 2025 | https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/liberty-magic
• Gilbert & Sullivan’s Utopia, Limited | Pittsburgh Savoyards | October 10-19 2025 | Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, Carnegie, PA
• Angel of Mercy | Iron Horse Theatre Company | October 10 – 25, 2025 | https://ironhorsetheatrecompany.ticketleap.com/angel-of-mercyNoises 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
• Evil Dead the Musical | Pittsburgh Musical Theater | West End Canopy | September 26 – October 25, 2025 | https://pittsburghmusicals.com

Opening Next Week (October 20)

• 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

Opening Later in October

• Matt & Ben | CMU Drama | Helen Wayne Rauh Studio Theater | October 29 – 31, 2025 | https://www.drama.cmu.edu
• Get Ready | New Horizon Theater |  Helen Wayne Rauh Rehearsal Hall, in the O’Reilly Theater | October 30 – November 9, 2025 | visit https://www.newhorizontheater.org
• 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
• MANNY AND MANI Hallow-WHOA!!! 2025! | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company | Madison Arts and Entertainment Center Cabaret | Halloween Night, Octoberr 31, 2025 | https://www.pghplaywrights.org/season-info/hallow-whoa
• 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

Opening in November

• Festival of Music  (PSO Fiddlesticks)  | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | Saturday, November 1, 2025 | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/calendar
• God of Carnage | Barebones Productions  | November 7 -23, 2025 | https://www.barebonesproductions.com
• Hell’s Kitchen | PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh | Benedum Center | November 4 – 9, 2025 | https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/pnc-broadway-in-pittsburgh/broadway-shows
• Harvest of High Notes | Aria 412 | Hop Farm Brewing Company | November 4, 225 | www.aria412pgh.com
• Sierra Boggess | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Cabaret Series | Greer Cabaret Theater | November 6, 2025 |  https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/trust-cabaret-series
• No Exit | Duquesne Red Masquers | Genesius Theater | November 6 – 15, 2025 | https://www.redmasquers.com
• Nicole Cardoza in Revival | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | Liberty Magic | November 6 – 30, 2025 | https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/liberty-magic
• R&H’s Oklahoma | Stage 62 | November 6 – 16, 2025 | https://www.stage62.org
• Disney’s Newsies | Pittsburgh Musical Theater | Byham Theater | November 6 – 9, 2025 | https://pittsburghmusicals.com
• Grimaud Plays Gershwin (BNY Classics) | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | Friday, November 7, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. & Sunday, November 9, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/calendar
• Mr. Poe Presents: An Evening of Horror, Mystery, and Imagination | Prime Stage | New Hazlett Theater | November 7 – 16, 2025 | https://primestage.com
• Sugar Ray – Written by Laurence Holder | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company | Madison Arts and Entertainment Center Cabaret | November 8th-9th 2025 | https://www.pghplaywrights.org/season-info/sugar-ray/sugar-ray-tickets
• Urinetown, the Musical | Pittsburgh Playhouse Conservatory Theater Company | November 12 – 16, 2025 | https://playhouse.pointpark.edu
• In the Red and Brown Water | CMU Drama | Philip Chosky Theater | November 14 – 22, 2025 | https://www.drama.cmu.edu
• Finding Nemo Jr. | Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center | MainStage Theater | November 14-16 & 21-23, 2025 | https://www.lincolnparkarts.org
• Texture Choreography Project | Texture Contemporary Ballet | Greer Cabaret Theater | November 14 – 15, 2025 | http://www.textureballet.org/rediscover.html
• Ferrández Plays Saint-Saëns (BNY Classics) | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | Friday, November 14, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. & Sunday, November 16, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/calendar
• Iphigenia and Other Daughters | University of Pittsburgh – Pitt Stages | November 14 – 21, 2025 | https://www.play.pitt.edu/current-season/mainstage
• Fellow Travelers | Pittsburgh Opera | Byham Theater | November 14, 15, 16, 2025 | https://pittsburghopera.org/season/fellow-travelers
• Next to Normal | Riverfront Theater Company | November 14 -22, 2025 | https://www.riverfronttheaterco.org/our-shows
• I Was Born for This | Bach Choir of Pittsburgh | Row House Hollywood Theater | November 15 & 16, 2025 | https://www.bachchoirpittsburgh.org
• Mindi Abair | MCG Jazz | Saturday, November 15, 2025 –
  6:00pm (SOLD OUT)  & 8:30pm | https://www.mcgjazz.org
• Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women | City Theatre | November 15 – December 7, 2025 | https://citytheatrecompany.org
• PSO360 Pablo Ferrández, cello | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | Saturday, November 15, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/calendar
• Pittsburgh Youth Symphony | Heinz Hall | November 16, 2025 | https://pyso.org/tickets
• Birthday at Tiffany’s | New Hazlett CSA series | Novemver 20 & 21, 2025 | https://newhazletttheater.org/events/birthday-at-tiffanys/
• Oliver! | Geyer Performing Arts Center | November 20 – 23, 2025 | https://geyerpac.ludus.com/index.php
• Chatham Baroque: A Trio Virtuosic | Chatham Baroque |
  November 21, 2025, 7:30 PM – Teutonia Männerchor |
  November 22, 2025, 7:30 PM – Calvary Episcopal Church |
  November 23, 2025, 2:30 PM – Levy Hall, Rodef Shalom Congregation | https://www.chathambaroque.org/25-26-concert-series
• The Jungle Book | Resonance Works | Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall, Carnegie | November 21, 22, 23, 2025 | https://www.resonanceworks.org
• Intersections | Maria Caruso’s Bodiography | Kelly-Strayhorn Theater |
  November 22, 2025 | https://new.bodiography.com/index.cfm
• RAD Days Sensory Friendly Concert | Belle Voci | East Liberty Presbyterian Church | Sunday, November 22, 2025 3:00pm
• The Complete Brandenburg Concertos of J.S. Bach | Chamber Music Pittsburgh | Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland | Monday, November 24, 2025, 7:30PM | https://www.chambermusicpittsburgh.org
• Les Miserables | PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh | Benedum Center | November 25 – 30, 2025 |  https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/pnc-broadway-in-pittsburgh/broadway-shows
• Himari Plays Bruch (BNY Classics) | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | Friday, November 28, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. & Sunday, November 30, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/calendar
• Suite Life: A Celebration of Billy Strayhorn & Gene Kelly | Kelly Strayhorn Theater | November 29, 2025 | https://kelly-strayhorn.org/events/suite-life-2025
   

If you happen to spot any errors or omissions in our listings, kindly let us know, and we’ll gladly make the necessary updates.

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