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

• 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
• Aerial Arcana: A Tarot Tale | Iron City Circus Arts | 711 S. 21st St. South Side | November 6 – 9, 2025 | ironcitycircusarts.com/events
•  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
• Mr. Edgar A. Poe Presents: Tales for Horror, Mystery, and Imagination | Prime Stage Theatre | New Hazlett Theater | November 7 – 16, 2025 | https://newhazletttheater.org/events/mr-edgar-a-poe-presents-tales-for-horror-mystery-and-imagination
• God of Carnage | Barebones Productions  | November 7 -23, 2025 | https://www.barebonesproductions.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

Continuing Their Run

• 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
• In the Key of Life | New Horizon Theater Company | Helen Wayne Rauh Rehearsal Hall, O’Reilly Theater | October 30 – November 9, 2025 | https://ppt.org/production/103806/get-ready-a-musical-dramedy-in-two-acts-set-to-the-key-of-life.The Rocky Horror Show | Pittsburgh CLO – Kara Cabaret Series | Greer Cabaret Theater | October 14 – November 8, 2025 | 
  https://pittsburghclo.culturaldistrict.org/production/102938

Opening Next Week (November 10th to 16th)

• Sierra Boggess | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Cabaret Series | Greer Cabaret Theater | November 10, 2025 |
• DIVINA: A Fantasy Cabaret with Regina Gibson | Prime Stage | New Hazlett Theater | November 10, 2025 |  https://primestage.com/events/monday-specials
• Urinetown, the Musical | Pittsburgh Playhouse Conservatory Theater Company | November 12 – 16, 2025 | https://playhouse.pointpark.edu
• Free Ourselves from Stone: Ukrainian Voices Reclaimed | RealTime Arts | St. Peter & St. Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Carnegie | November 13, 2025 | www.realtimearts.org
• 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

Opening Later in November

• Refracted Light | Becoming Arts Collective | Carnegie Stage | November 20 – 23, 2025 |  https://www.thebecomingartscollective.com
• 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
• Refracted Light | Becoming Arts Collective | Carnegie Stage | November 20 – 23, 2025 | www.thebecomingartscollective.com/refracted-light
• 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

Opening in December

• 2026 Season Announcement Annual Cabaret Benefit | Front Porch’s Theatricals | Greer Cabaret | December 1, 2025 | https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/front-porch-theatricals/front-porch-cabaret
• Carnegie Hall Preview | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall |
  Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/calendar
• Yippee Ki Yay (the parody celebration of Die Hard) | Pittsburgh CLO –Cabaret Series | Greer Cabaret Theater | December 2 – 21, 2025 | https://pittsburghclo.culturaldistrict.org/production/103570
• Love and Information | Pittsburgh Playhouse Conservatory Theater Company | December 3 – 7, 2025 | https://playhouse.pointpark.edu
• Festa Festiva! | Aria 412 | Hop Farm Brewing Company | December 3, 2025 | www.aria412pgh.com
• Christmas Vacatyinz – Midnight Radio | Bricolage Production Company | December 4 – 21, 2025 | https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=304068TBA
• Hannibal in Bookends | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | Liberty Magic | December 4 – January 4, 2026 | https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/liberty-magic
• Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas | Little Lake Theatre | December 4 – 21 |https://www.littlelake.org
• A Christmas Story | Pittsburgh Public Theater | O’Reilly Theatre | December 4 – 21, 2025 | https://ppt.org/production/100482/a-christmas-story-the-play
• The Sound of Music | The Theatre Factory | December 5 – 13, 2025 | https://www.thetheatrefactory.org/season
• It’s a Wonderful Life | Pittsburgh Savoyards | Margaret Partee Performing Arts Center, Bellevue, PA | December 5-20 2025 | https://pittsburghsavoyards.org/
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever! | Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center | Black Box Theater | December 5-7, 12-14 & 19-21, 2025 | https://www.lincolnparkarts.org
• The Nutcracker  | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre | Benedum Center | December 5 -28, 2025 | www.pbt.org 
• Shostakovich’s Fifth (BNY Classics) | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall |Friday, December 5, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. &Sunday, December 7, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/calendar
• Nuncrackers | Old School House Players | Hickory, PA | December 5 – 14, 2025 | https://www.osptheater.com/2022season
• Christmas with the Camerata | Pittsburgh Camerata | St. Andrews on December 5, 2025 | Shadyside on Sunday December 7, 2025 | https://pittsburghcamerata.org
• RENT | Iron Horse Theatre Company | December 6 – 20, 2025 | https://ironhorsetheatrecompany.ticketleap.com/rent/
• Almost 40 & Single No husband. No kids. No problem…right? | Carnegie Stage | December 6 & 7, 2025 | https://www.carnegiestage.com
• Annual Winter Concert | Pittsburgh Youth Chorus | Westminster Presbyterian Church | December 7, 2025, 4:00pm
• Handel’s Messiah | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | Tuesday, December 9, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/calendar
• Home for the Holidays | Center Theatre Players | Sandy Reigel Theater | December 10 – 13, 2025 | https://www.showclix.com/event/ctp-hh25
• It’s a Wonderful Life | Geyer Performing Arts Center | December 11 – 14, 2025 | https://geyerpac.ludus.com/index.php
• A Sherlock Carol | Kinetic Theatre | Carnegie Stage, Carnegie | December 11 – 21, 2025 | https://kinetictheatre.org
• A Dinah Washington Christmas At Pittsburgh’s Crawford Grill | World Premiere | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company | Madison Arts Center Cabaret | December 11 – 22 2025 | https://www.pghplaywrights.org/season-info/crawford
• The Nutcracker | Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center | MainStage Theater | December 12-14 & 19-21, 2025 | https://www.lincolnparkarts.org
• Nutcracker | Maria Caruso’s Bodiography | La Roche University College Square | December 12 – 13, 2025 | https://new.bodiography.com/index.cfm
• Contemporary Choreographers | Pittsburgh Playhouse Conservatory Dance Company | December 10 – 14, 2025 | https://playhouse.pointpark.edu 
• Take 6 | MCG Jazz | Saturday, December 13, 2025  – 6:00pm (SOLD OUT)  & 8:30pm | https://www.mcgjazz.org
• Winter Holiday Concert | Belle Voci | Westminster Presbyterian Church | Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 7:30pm & Third Presbyterian Church, Shadyside | Sunday December 14, 2025 at 3:00pm | https://www.bellevocipgh.com/
• La Gioconda | Pittsburgh Festival Opera | December 14, 2025 | https://pittsburghfestivalopera.org
• Pittsburgh Youth Symphony | Heinz Hall | December 15, 2025 | https://pyso.org/tickets
• A Lyrical Christmas Carol | Pittsburgh Musical Theater | Gargaro Theater | December 17–21, 2025 |https://pittsburghmusicals.com
• Clue the Musical  | PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh | Benedum Center | December 30 – January 4, 2026|  https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/pnc-broadway-in-pittsburgh/broadway-shows

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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