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

• 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/
• It’s a Wonderful Life | Pittsburgh Savoyards | Margaret Partee Performing Arts Center in Bellevue | December 5 – 20, 2025 | https://www.showclix.com/event/2025-wonderful-life
• 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
• The Nutcracker | Texture Contemporary Ballet | December 6th at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center and December 12th & 13th at the Palace Theatre in Greensburg with the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra | https://www.textureballet.org/the-nutcracker.html
• 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
• 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
• Annual Winter Concert | Pittsburgh Youth Chorus | Westminster Presbyterian Church | December 7, 2025, 4:00pm

Continuing Their Run

• Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women | City Theatre | November 15 – December 13, 2025 | https://citytheatrecompany.org

Opening Next Week (December 8th to 14th)

• 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  | World Premiere | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company | Madison Arts Center Cabaret | December 11 – 22 2025 | https://www.pghplaywrights.org/season-info/dinah-xmas/
• A Christmas Carol | Steel City Shakespeare Center | West View Hub | December 12- 14, 2025 | https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/steel-city-shakespeare-center/6912b2f5027d5c4b4e250074/tickets#/productions-view
• 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
• Sounds of the Season | New Hazlett Theatre | December 13th, 2025 | https://ci.ovationtix.com/36406/production/1254154?performanceId=11705487
• 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

Opening Later in December

• 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/

Opening in January

• Paul Vigil in Doors of Deception | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | Liberty Magic | January 8 – February 1, 2026 | https://trustarts.org/production/102087/paul-vigil-in-doors-of-deception  https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/liberty-magic
• Marc-André Hamelin | Chamber Music Pittsburgh | Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland |Monday, January 12, 2026, 7:30PM | https://www.chambermusicpittsburgh.org
• Wicked | PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh | Benedum Center | January 14 – February 15, 2026 |  https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/pnc-broadway-in-pittsburgh/broadway-shows
• Sibelius’ Second (BNY Classics) | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | Friday, January 16, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. & Sunday, January 18, 2026, at 2:30 p.m. | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/calendar
• Malcolm X and Redd Foxx Washing Dishes at Jimmy’s Chicken Shack in Harlem | City Theatre | January 17 – February 8, 2026 | https://citytheatrecompany.org
• Pittsburgh Youth Symphony | Calvary United Methodist Church | January 18, 2026 | https://pyso.org/tickets
• Chatham Baroque: Christina, Sweden’s Queen of the Arts | Chatham Baroque | January 23–24, 2026, 7:30 PM – Hicks Memorial Chapel, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary | January 25, 2026, 2:30 PM – Levy Hall, Rodef Shalom Congregation | https://www.chathambaroque.org/25-26-concert-series
• Freedom House: Giving Life a Second Chance | Prime Stage | New Hazlett Theater | January 23 – February 1, 2026 | https://primestage.com
• Špaček Plays Dvořák (BNY Classics) | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | Friday, January 23, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. & Sunday, January 25, 2026, at 2:30 p.m. | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/calendar
• Curlew River | Pittsburgh Opera | Calvary Episcopal Church, Shadyside | January 24, 27, 30, February 1, 2026 | https://pittsburghopera.org/season/curlew-river
• Martha Graham Dance Company | Pittsburgh Dance Council | Byham Theater | January 28, 2026 |https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/pittsburgh-dance-council
• South Pacific (PSO Pops Series) | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | January 30–February 1, 2026 | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/calendar
• Bob James Quartet | MCG Jazz | Saturday, January 31, 2026  6:00pm (SOLD OUT)  & 8:30pm | https://www.mcgjazz.org

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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