Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh stages this week and through the end of May from 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: the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (Heinz Hall), the New Hazlett Theater and the Pittsburgh Playhouse.

For discounterd tickets and more shows visit: https://www.goseeashowpgh.com

Participating companies are shown in our listings in BOLD.

Opening This Week

• Falstaff | Pittsburgh Opera | Benedum Center | April 28, 30, May 1, 3, 2026 | https://pittsburghopera.org/season/falstaff
• Spring Dance Concert | Pittsburgh Playhouse Conservatory Dance Company | April 29 – May 3, 2026 | https://playhouse.pointpark.edu
• Little Shop of Horrors | Pittsburgh Playhouse Conservatory Theater Company | April 29 – May 3, 2026 | https://playhouse.pointpark.edu
• Dear Evan Hansen – Pittsburgh Regional Premiere | Pittsburgh Musical Theater | Gargaro Theater | April 30 – May 24, 2026 | https://pittsburghmusicals.com
• Dial “M” for Murder | Little Lake Theatre | April 30 – May 17, 2026 | https://www.littlelake.org/tickets
• Impulse Festival | The Center for New Work | Carnegie Mellon School of Drama | May 1 – 3, 2026 | https://drama.cmu.edu/event/impulse-festival
• Dreamscapes – Songs of Hope and Adventure | South Hills Chorale | Christ United Methodist Church, Bethel Park | May 1 – 2, 2026 | https://www.southhillschorale.org
• Speak | Prime Stage | New Hazlett Theater | May 1 – 10, 2026 | https://primestage.com
• ATC One Acts | Alumni Theater Company | May 1 – 3, 2026 | https://www.alumnitheatercompany.org/upcoming-events
• The Music of George Gershwin | Strand Theater | May 1 – 3, 2026 | http://thestrandtheater.org/events
• Hairspray the Broadway Musical | Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center | Main Stage Theater | May 1- 3 & 8 – 10, 2026 |  https://www.lincolnparkarts.org
• Oscar Nods: Choral arrangements of Oscar-nominated songs | Bach Choir of Pittsburgh | Agnes & Joseph Katz Performing Arts Theater | May 2 & 3, 2026 | https://www.bachchoirpittsburgh.org
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch | City Theatre | May 2 – June 7, 2026
  Downtown at the Greer Cabaret | https://citytheatrecompany.org
• Music of the 90s | Pittsburgh Concert Chorale | Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church on May 2, and at Ingomar United Methodist Church on May 3, 2026 | https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=298952

Continuing Their Run

• The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 | South Park Theatre | April 23 – May 9, 2026 | https://sites.google.com/a/southparktheatre.com/south-park-theatre
• A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder | Old School House Players | April 24 – May 3, 2026 | https://www.osptheater.com

Opening Next Week (May 4th to 10th)

• Jared Kopf in We Phantom Figures | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | Liberty Magic | May 7 – 17, 2026 | https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/liberty-magic
• Wine and Spirits | Haunted Theatre Company | The Margaret Partee Performing Arts Center | May 7 – 17, 2026 |
  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wine-and-spirits-2026-haunted-theater-company-opener-tickets-1984758141028?keep_tld=true
• August Wilson’s Jitney – in Italian | Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company | Carter Redwood Theatre at Madison Performing Arts Center | May 8 – 10, 2026 | https://www.pghplaywrights.org/season-info/august-wilsons-jitney-in-italian
• Steel Magnolias | Stage 62 | May 8 – 17, 2026 | https://www.stage62.org
• Dare to Dream Spring Concert | Belle Voci | Sewickley United Methodist Church | May 8, 2026 | https://www.bellevocipgh.com
• Anything Goes | Mon River Arts | May 8 – 9, 15 -17, 2026 | https://www.monriverarts.org/shows
• Shakespear’s R&J | Julia Production | City Theatre Mainstage | May 8 – 10, 2026 | https://citytheatrecompany.org/production/107930/list_performances
• The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane | McKeesport Little Theater | May 8 – 17, 2026 | https://mckeesportlittletheater.com
• Wynton Marsalis’ All Rise | Pittsburgh Symphony & MCG Jazz | Heinz Hall | May 9, 2026 |  https://pittsburghsymphony.org/production/102074/all-rise
•  A.I.M by Kyle Abraham | Pittsburgh Dance Council | Byham Theater | May 9, 2026 | https://trustarts.org/production/101602/aim-by-kyle-abraham

Opening Later in May

• Cheyenne Jackson | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Cabaret Series | Greer Cabaret Theater | May 11, 2026 | https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/trust-cabaret-series
• Foolish Assumptions | Corning Works | George Roland White Studio at PPU | May 14 – 23, 2026| https://www.corningworks.org/upcoming-productions.html
• Dear Evan Hansen | Geyer Performing Arts Center | May 14 – 17, 2026 | https://geyerpac.ludus.com/index.php
• Sixty-Nine — Seventy | City Theatre | May 14 -24, 2026 | https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/sixtynineseventypgh/sixtynine-seventy
• Working | Front Porch Theatricals | New Hazlett Theater | May 15 – 24, 2026 | https://newhazletttheater.org/events/working
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the PBT Orchestra  | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre | Benedum Center | May 15 – May 17, 2026 | https://pbt.org/performances/a-midsummer-nights-dream-with-the-pbt-orchestra
• Prescription Murder – a Columbo Mystery | Greensburg Civic Theatre | May 15 – 17, 2026 | https://www.gctheatre.org
• Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique | BNY Classics | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | May 15 & 17, 2026 | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/calendar
• A Winter’s Tale Fundraiser Staged reading | Carnegie Stage | May 16 & 17, 2026 | https://pictclassictheatre.ludus.com/index.php
• Saturday Sessions: Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | May 16, 2026 | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/calendar
• Ladies of Laughter | Dentons Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents | Byham Theater | May 16, 2026 | https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/trust-presents
• Pittsburgh Youth Symphony | Heinz Hall | May 15, 2026 | https://pyso.org/tickets
• Talley’s Folly | South Park Theatre | May 21 – 31, 2026 | https://sites.google.com/a/southparktheatre.com/south-park-theatre
• An Evening with Tamara Tunie | MCG Jazz | May 23, 2026 | https://www.mcgjazz.org
• The Great Gatsby – North American Tour premiere | PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh | Benedum Center | May 26 – 31, 2026 |  https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/pnc-broadway-in-pittsburgh/broadway-shows
• Pickleball | Little Lake Theatre | May 28 – June 14, 2026 | https://www.littlelake.org/tickets
• Coconut Cake | New Horizon Theater | May 28 – June 14, 2026 | https://www.newhorizontheater.org
• We Crossed the River | Kamraton | Eddy Theater @ Chatham University | May 29 & 31, 2026 | https://www.kamraton.org
• PSO360  Stefan Jackiw, violin | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall | May 30, 2026 | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/calendar
• Scheherazade | BNY Classics | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Hall |
  May 29 &  31, 2026 | https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/calendar
  

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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