Dates: 10/31/2025 - 12/28/2025
📍 Theatre: Benedum Center
237 7th Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone: 412-456-6666
That time of year is approaching – it’s Nutcracker season at the Benedum Center! Featuring staging and choreography by Terrence S. Orr, set to Tchaikovsky’s enduring score, The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s production of the Nutcracker has been a long-standing holiday tradition since the production premiered in 2001. Don’t miss out on Pittsburgh’s favorite holiday performance – choose your show from the list below and get tickets for all the family! Booking early is recommended to get the best seats.
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre has unveiled costume renderings for its upcoming new production of The Nutcracker, featuring designs by Susan Roemer. The Pittsburgh-set adaptation will feature more than 74 original character costumes and nearly 200 costumes onstage during each performance. Check out the images below.
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre announced the characters and storyline for its all-new production of THE NUTCRACKER, set in early 20th-century Pittsburgh, with story by Adam W. McKinney and Trey McIntyre, who also choreographs.
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT)’s magical, time-honored holiday tradition, The Nutcracker, will open on December 5, 2025, at the Benedum Center. Learn more about the show here!
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT) is offering two sensory-friendly performances of its holiday classic, The Nutcracker, this year. The relaxed performances will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Fri., Dec. 16 and Tues., Dec. 27. These family-inclusive and sensory-friendly events are for all audiences, including children and adults with autism spectrum disorder, sensory sensitivities or other individualized needs.
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT) will offer more than six different Nutcracker-themed programs for children of all ages throughout November and December.
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre will present a sensory-friendly performance of “The Nutcracker,” adapted for children and adults with autism spectrum disorder, sensory sensitivities – or any other audience members who would benefit from performance accommodations – at 2 p.m. Fri., Dec. 17, at the Benedum Center.
Pittsburgh Ballet Theater has received three Telly Awards for its “Fireside Nutcracker,” a virtual adaptation of Terrence S. Orr's “The Nutcracker” made available to stream online during December, 2020.
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT) will bring the magic of “The Nutcracker” to homes around the region and beyond with “Fireside Nutcracker,” a virtual program based on Terrence S. Orr's “The Nutcracker.”
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Little Shop of Horrors Paragon Theatre (11/12-11/21) |
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The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show The Dinner Detective Pittsburgh (10/31-10/31) |
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Miracle on 34th Street the Musical The Strand Theater (11/13-11/22) |
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radio island Quantum Theatre (10/23-11/15) |
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The Dinner Detective Pittsburgh True Crime Murder Mystery Show The Dinner Detective Pittsburgh (11/14-11/14) |
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A Night at the Symphony Byham Theater (3/26-3/26) |
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Hadestown Benedum Center for the Performing Arts (10/27-11/01) |
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And A Buoy New Hazlett Theater (11/30-11/30) |
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum The Strand Theater (4/30-5/09) |
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Late, Late At Night (The Rick Springfield Story) The Oaks Theater, Oakmont, PA (11/19-11/19) |
