The latest news on live theater in Buffalo from Broadway shows on tour to regional theater.
This is your last chance to submit for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Buffalo Awards! The 2025 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.
The days when old fashioned musical comedies were drawn from classic love stories, silly high school antics and farces will always be tried and true.
Shea’s Performing Arts Center has announced the 25 high schools selected to participate in the 2025–2026 Shea’s Wonder Awards, a program that celebrates excellence in high school musical theatre across Western New York.
Voting is now open for BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students.
New York's legendary drag icon Lady Bunny is hitting the road again-and this time, she's bringing Broadway down with her In her brand-new national tour.
Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) will continue its season with Mr.
Torn Space Theater will host a celebratory ribbon-cutting ceremony unveiling the latest phase of its transformative capital renovations.
One hundred two RPO seasons in the making, it's the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra's inaugural Beethoven Festival! Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
Last chance to submit for BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage Season 6, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students.
The international Irish dance phenomenon RIVERDANCE will return to Shea’s Buffalo Theatre with its acclaimed new production, RIVERDANCE 30 – The New Generation, playing March 13–15, 2026.
Time is running out to submit for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Buffalo Awards! The 2025 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.
RIVERDANCE 30 - The New Generation, the international Irish dance phenomenon seen by over 30 million people worldwide, will return to the United States in 2026.
Evil Dead In Concert, a new live-to-film production, will launch September 22 in Buffalo, New York, beginning a run of 50 cities this fall, including a special three-night event in Los Angeles for Halloween.
Jerry Seinfeld will perform on the Shea's Buffalo Theatre stage this winter.
Second Generation Theatre will kick off the 2025-2026 season with the musical satire URINETOWN.
Cast members from The Notebook gave audiences a special preview performance of the new musical’s moving score, written by singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson, in the Grand Lobby of Shea’s Buffalo Theatre.
Part romance novel, part heartbreak story of the ravages of Alzheimer's, Nicholas Sparks' novel THE NOTEBOOK is now a Broadway musical.
THE NOTEBOOK, a new musical based on the best-selling novel that inspired the iconic film, will play at Shea’s Buffalo Theatre for eight performances.
MusicalFare Theatre will open its 2025–2026 season and celebrate its residency at Shea’s 710 Theatre with the regional premiere of Come From Away, running October 23–November 9 in Buffalo.
It's time to freshen up your book and warm up those pipes! Next On Stage, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students, is officially back for Season 6, and this season will be bigger and better than ever! Submit a video to enter the competition!
On October 6, Alleyway Theatre joins the nationwide reading of ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence.
BroadwayWorld announced today that its new My Shows platform has surpassed 10,000 user reviews since its launch.
Bert Kreischer will perform at Shea’s Buffalo Theatre on March 1, 2026, as part of his Permission to Party World Tour.
Performances are now underway for the North American Tour of SUFFS, which officially opened in Seattle, WA at The 5th Avenue Theatre on Friday, September 19, 2025.
A modern day Restoration Comedy with a contemporary gender fluid slant takes to the stage in Liz Duffy Adams' play OR, now playing at Buffalo's Irish Classical Theatre.
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The Golden Girls - The Lost Episodes Viii Shea's Smith Theatre (8/14-8/30) |
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Sister''s Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi''s Gold Shea's Smith Theatre (12/23-12/23) |
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Churchill Starring Daniel Payne Shea's Smith Theatre (11/05-11/08) |
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Rent Shea's Smith Theatre (1/29-2/14) |
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The Lion King Auditorium Theatre (4/28-5/16) |
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B-Sides of Broadway: A Cabaret of Cut Songs ESL Rochester Fringe Festival (9/23-9/23) |
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Tony N'' Tina''s Wedding Shea's Smith Theatre (3/05-3/21) |
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SIX (Boleyn Tour) Shea's Performing Arts Center (6/08-6/13) |
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B-Sides of Broadway: A Cabaret of Cut Songs ESL Rochester Fringe Festival (9/19-9/19) |
