Buffalo Theater: Current & Upcoming Shows
The diversity and abundance of performances, put on by nearly 25 professional theaters, makes it easy to find something to see in and around Buffalo. The MusicalFare Theatre stages new and classic musicals. Torn Space Theatre breaks ground with the avant-garde. At the Alleyway Theatre the work of up-and-coming playwrights are on the marquee.
Shows & Musicals for Every Season
The Theatre of Youth’s plays for young people unfold at a restored movie house in the historic Allentown neighborhood. See productions rooted in African American traditions at the Ujima Theatre Company. In the summertime, join the crowd bringing picnics to sit on the lawn and take in the Bard’s comedies and tragedies at a Shakespeare in Delaware Park performance.
From Contemporary to the Classics
West of the city, the Lancaster Opera House continues a tradition of live entertainment that began in 1897. The Kavinoky Theatre’s restored 1903-recital hall on the D’Youville University campus is an elegant, vintage setting. Baroque grandeur suits the Broadway shows at Shea’s Performing Arts Center, a gilded former movie palace on Main Street. For a more intimate production, consider its neighbor on the block, the Irish Classical Theatre Company. Performances suit any proclivity – from murder mystery comedy to a Stephen King movie-turned-play, a Jane Austen interpretation, golden-era shows like Guys and Dolls and the cutting edge. Let us entertain you.
Erie County Theater Companies
With 22 professional theater companies in the Buffalo area, there’s no shortage of show-stopping performances to enjoy. View some of our favorites below!
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More ExperiencesUpcoming Shows & Musicals
“I Ought to Be in Pictures”
02/01 – 03/30
Desiderio’s Dinner Theater at Bobby J’s
As always, Neil Simon finds a way to dig deep into humanity through his deceptively simple characters. Libby, a feisty…
DetailsBeautiful – The Carol King Musical
02/21 – 03/24
MusicalFare Theatre
The untold story of an American musical icon, complete with her greatest hits.
DetailsBlithe Spirit
03/08 – 03/24
St. Edmunds Campus
Noël Coward gets a return engagement to the Ellicott Creek Playhouse stage when his farce, Blithe Spirit, opens on March…
DetailsThe 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
11/01 – 11/17
Williamsville Meeting House
Winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee features…
DetailsThe Pajama Game
03/08 – 03/24
Lancaster Opera House
The Pajama Game was awarded the 1955 Tony for Best Musical and, over half of a century later, claimed the…
DetailsThe Polish Cleaning Lady’s Daughter
03/08 – 03/24
Paul Robeson Theatre
$10-$25
As part of the mission to bring understanding & realization of the commonality we all share, we are brought into…
DetailsMamma Mia!
04/09 – 04/14
Shea’s Buffalo
A mother. A daughter. 3 possible dads.And a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget!Set on a Greek island paradise where…
DetailsThe Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence
04/18 – 05/18
Road Less Traveled Productions
$10-$50
Pulitzer Prize-WinningTHE CURIOUS CASE OF THE WATSON INTELLIGENCE By Madeleine George April 18 & May 19, 2024 Directed by Katie…
DetailsThe Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence – Sunday Matinee Performance
04/21 – 05/12
Road Less Traveled Productions
$10-$50
Pulitzer Prize-WinningTHE CURIOUS CASE OF THE WATSON INTELLIGENCE By Madeleine George April 18 & May 19, 2024 Directed by Katie…
DetailsMERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
04/26 – 05/12
Shea’s Smith Theatre
$15-$45
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by George FurthStephen Sondheim’s beloved cult classic, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG is seeing…
DetailsParticle: A New Musical
04/26 – 05/18
Alleyway Theatre
When seventeen year old Cora is recruited by a professional eSports gaming team, she leaves her twin brother at home…
DetailsCrossing Delancey
05/09 – 06/01
Jewish Repertory Theatre of WNY
Joan Micklin Silver’s delightful romantic comedy stars Amy Irving as a lovelorn New York bookseller who tries to push away…
DetailsOn Golden Pond
05/17 – 05/26
Williamsville Meeting House
$20
On Golden Pond is a classic American comedic drama that’s every bit as touching, warm, and witty today as when…
DetailsThe Producers
06/07 – 06/23
Lancaster Opera House
Bialystock and Bloom! Those names should strike terror and hysteria in anyone familiar with Mel Brooks’ classic cult comedy film.…
DetailsMJ the Musical
06/11 – 06/16
Shea’s Buffalo
The music. The moves. The icon. Now, the unparalleled artistry of the greatest entertainer of all time comes to Buffalo…
DetailsThe Falling and the Rising
06/29 – 06/30
Nichols Flickinger Performing Arts Center
THE FALLING AND THE RISING is a powerful story based on interviews with real service members and Veterans. It follows…
DetailsHundred Days
07/10 – 08/11
MusicalFare Theatre
An exhilarating true story about taking a leap and embracing uncertainty.
DetailsBachelors of BROADWAY: Gentlemen of the Theater
08/20
Tickets start at $50
Take a trio of dashing men, add soaring melodies from stage and screen with lush symphonic arrangements of songs from…
DetailsThe Niceties
02/14 – 03/02
Shea’s Smith Theatre
The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess, begins when Zoe, a black student at a liberal arts college, is called into her…
DetailsHedwig and the Angry Inch
05/02 – 05/18
Shea’s Smith Theatre
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, starring celebrated Buffalo drag queen, Vanna Deux. This award-winning cult favorite tells the story of…
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