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 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

Continuing Their Run

• Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women | City Theatre | November 15 – December 7, 2025 | https://citytheatrecompany.org

Opening Next Week (December 1st to 7th)

• 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
• Charles Dickens, Conjurer | 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
• 1984 | Playbox Productions | 937 Liberty Ave., Downtown | December 4-7, 2025 | https://www.playboxproductions.com/
• The Sound of Music | The Theatre Factory | December 5 – 13, 2025 | https://www.thetheatrefactory.org/season
• Sounds of the Season | Pittsburgh Concert Chorale | December 5, Trinity Cathedral – December 6, Westminster Presbyterian Church – December 7, 2025, Ingomar United Methodist Church | https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=298950
• 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

Opening Later in December

• A Christmas Carol Live Radio Show | R-ACT Theatre Productions | Segriff Stage in Rochester, PA | December 5, 2025 at 7:30pm, December 6 & 7, 2025 at 2:00pm | https://www.ractproductions.com | https://www.showclix.com/events/17764
• Handel’s Messiah | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | Tuesday, December 9, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/calendar
• Contemporary Choreographers | Pittsburgh Playhouse Conservatory Dance Company | December 10 – 14, 2025 | https://playhouse.pointpark.edu 
• 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
• Take 6 | MCG Jazz | Saturday, December 13, 2025  – 6:00pm (SOLD OUT)  & 8:30pm | https://www.mcgjazz.org
• Winter Dreams 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
• We The Messiah | DNAWORKS | Kelly Strayhorn Theatre | December 19 & 20, 2025 | https://www.dnaworks.org/we-the-messiah
• 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
• Sing and Ring in the New Year Gala | Pittsburgh Frestival Opera | Pittsburgh Field Club | December 31, 2025 | https://pittsburghfestivalopera.org/upcoming/2025-season/sing-and-ring-in-the-new-year-gala/

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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