WNY Soundstage | Theatre, Arts and Culture Round-up is published at the beginning of each month and features performance, openings, premiers, and other cultural events.
This article is part of Local Matter’s WNY Soundstage series – we invite local theatres, museums, and arts organizations to notify us of events that they have coming up by emailing, events@buffalorising.com.
Theatre
Alleyway Theatre – 1 Curtain Up Alley, Buffalo, NY 14202 | 716-852-2600
Now – April 23 – Berserker
Brazen-Faced Varlots – See listings for performance location | 716-598-1585
Now – April 4 – My Left Breast
Buffalo State Performing Arts Center – 1300 Elmwood Ave in Rockwell Hall, Buffalo NY 14222 | 716-878-3005
April 19 – Buffalo State Percussion Ensemble
April 26 – Buffalo State Jazz Ensemble
Irish Classical Theatre – 625 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203 | 716-853-1380
Now – April 24 – Stage Kiss
Kavinoky Theatre – 320 Porter Ave, Buffalo, NY 14201 | 716-829-7668
April 29 – May 22 – People, Places & Things
Lancaster Opera House – 21 Central Avenue Lancaster, NY 14086 | 716-683-1776
April 29 – May 15 – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Musical Fare Theatre – Damen College, 4380 Main St #123, Amherst, NY 14226 | 716-839-8540
April 20 – May 22 – The Other Josh Cohen
Niagara Regional Theatre Guild / Ellicott Creek Playhouse – 550 Ellicott Creek Rd, Tonawanda, NY 14150 | 716-260-2319
April 22 – May 7 – Spamalot
O’Connell & Company – See listings for performance location | 716-848-0800
Now – April 10 – Working
April 28 – May 1 – Love, Loss and What I Wore
Road Less Traveled – 456 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14202 | 716-629-3069
April 2 – Screen to Stage: A reading of Beverly Hills Cop
April 21 – May 22 – Little Women…Now
Shea’s 710 Theatre – 710 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14202 | 716-847-1410
April 9 – Carmen Ruby Floyd: A Musical Journey
Shea’s Buffalo – 650 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14202 | 716-847-1410
Now – April 2 – To Kill A Mockingbird
April 6 – Alton Brown: Live!
April 8-10 – Riverdance
April 15 – Kansas Point of Know Return Tour
April 19-24 – Anastasia
April 28 – Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me
Theatre of Youth – 203 Allen St., Buffalo, NY 14201 | 716-884-4400
April 17 and May 8 – Once Upon A Time: An Interactive Digital Musical
Torn Space Theatre – 612 Fillmore Ave.,, Buffalo NY 14212 | 716-768-1109
Now – April 9 – Remnants
April 23 – Ladies First
UB Center for the Arts – UB North Campus, 103 Center For The Arts, Buffalo, NY 14260 | 716-645-6259
April 1-3 – Choreolab
April 8-9 – MFA Dance Thesis
April 9 – Nate Bargatze: The Raincheck Tour
April 21-24 – Twelfth Night
Arts
Albright-Knox Northland – 612 Northland Ave., Buffalo, NY 14211 | 716-882-8700
Now – April 10 – Lenses: Ways of Seeing Buffalo and Its Architecture
Now – June 5 – In These Truths
Buffalo Art Movement – 255 Great Arrow Ave STE 200, Buffalo, NY 14207 | 716-939-2445
April 1 – May 8 – Max Collins
April 1 – May 8 – Julia Bottoms
April 1 – May 8 – Fritz Proctor
Burchfield Penney Art Center – 1300 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, New York 14222 | 716-878-6011
Now – May 1 – Charles E. Burchfield: A Lifetime of Themes
Now – May 1 – The Art of Seeing: People Places Things and Beyond
Now – May 1 – Kurt Treeby: Loss Projection
Now – May 29 – Founders: The Early History of the Langston Hughes Center for the Visual and Performing Arts
Now – May 29 – James G. Pappas: Relative to Music
Now – July 31 – Remembering Sylvia L. Rosen (1919 – 2022)
Now – Oct 2 – Gratitude: The Sylvia L. Rosen Endowment Purchase Awards
Now – January 1, 2023 – Totemic
CEPA Gallery – 617 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14203 | 716-856-2717
Now – April 2 – Highlights from Our Education Program
April 1 – 30 – UB MFA Thesis Exhibitions
April 1 – 30 – After the Charm: Chasing Chemistry
April 8 – 30 – Celebrating Erie County
K Art – 808 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14202 | 716-216-2941
Now – June 3 – Moving East
Now – June 3 – Matri Lines
Revolution Gallery – 1419 Hertel Ave., Buffalo, NY 14216 | 716-322-7656
Now – April 26 – Rumble in the Void: | Caitlin Karolczak and Rachel Bridge
UB Center for the Arts – UB North Campus, 103 Center For The Arts, Buffalo, NY 14260 | 716-645-6259
Now – May 21 – Heather Hart: Afrotecture (RE)Collection
Culture
Buffalo History Museum – 1 Museum Ct, Buffalo, NY 14216 | 716-873-9644
Now – November 2022 – Icons: The Makers and Moments of Buffalo Sports
Now – Continuum: A History of Erie County
April 7 – Historic Preservation and the Local Economy
April 13 – Frederick Douglass – The Story, The Man, The Legend with Donald Druitt
April 20 – Paradise Falls with Keith O’Brien
April 27 – The Niagara Movement with Dr. Steve Peraza
April 28 – Cherry Blossom Festival Fundraiser
Buffalo Museum of Science – 1020 Humboldt Pkwy, Buffalo, NY 14211 | 716-896-5200
Now – Senserie
Now – Antarctic Dinosaurs
April 6 – Behind-The-Scenes Collections Tour: Geology Rocks!
April 11 – Discovery Camp: Danger, Discovery and Dinosaurs
April 20 – Conversations in Science: Healthy Habits for Earth Day and Everyday
April 21 – Art of Science
April 27 – Behind-The-Scenes Tour: Cabinet of Curiosities
Buffalo State Performing Arts Center – 1300 Elmwood Ave in Rockwell Hall, Buffalo NY 14222 | 716-878-3005
April 9 – An Evening with Brian Culbertson featuring Marcus Anderson
Kleinhans Music Hall – 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY 14201| 716-885-5000
April 3 – Buffalo Chamber Music Society | Nathan Lee, piano
April 8 – Art of Jazz | Ethan Iverson & Tom Harrell Duo
April 12 – Johan Smith, guitar | Centerstage Concert Series
April 16 – Letterkenny Live!
April 26 – Buffalo Chamber Music Society | Takács Quartet
April 28 – Last Podcast on the Left: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Tour
UB Center for the Arts – UB North Campus, 103 Center For The Arts, Buffalo, NY 14260 | 716-645-6259
April 5 – UB Distinguished Speakers Series: Jeff Corwin
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