Theatre, Arts and Culture Round-up is published at the beginning of each month and features performance, openings, premiers, and other cultural events. 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
May 12-28 – The Oregon Trail
May 25 – June 5 – GRINDRMOM
American Repertory Theatre of WNY | 12 Partridge Run, Lower, Buffalo, NY 14228 | 716-697-0837
May 19 – June 11 – The Paradigm Bomb
Aurora Players – 480 Prospect Ave, East Aurora, NY 14052 | 716-687-6727
May 27-June 12 – Clue: On Stage
Brazen-Faced Varlots – See listings for performance location | 716-598-1585
May 6-22 – Anton in Show Business
The Jewish Repertory Theatre of WNY – 2640 N Forest Rd, Getzville, NY 14068 | 716-650-7626
May 5-29 – Modern Orthodox
Kavinoky Theatre – 320 Porter Ave, Buffalo, NY 14201 | 716-829-7668
May 5-22 – People, Places & Things
Lancaster Opera House – 21 Central Avenue Lancaster, NY 14086 | 716-683-1776
Now – May 15 – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Musical Fare Theatre – Damen College, 4380 Main St #123, Amherst, NY 14226 | 716-839-8540
Now – May 22 – The Other Josh Cohen
New Phoenix Theatre | 95 Johnson Park, Buffalo, NY 14201 | 716-853-1334
Now – May 28 – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Niagara Regional Theatre Guild / Ellicott Creek Playhouse – 550 Ellicott Creek Rd, Tonawanda, NY 14150 | 716-260-2319
Now – May 7 – Spamalot
O’Connell & Company – See listings for performance location | 716-848-0800
Now – May 1 – Love, Loss and What I Wore
Now – May 15 – Anything Goes
May 11 – Diva By Diva: A Celebration of Women
Road Less Traveled – 456 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14202 | 716-629-3069
Now – May 22 – Little Women…Now
Rocking Horse Productions – 5658 Main St., Williamsville, New York. 14221
May 13-22 – The Odd Couple
Shea’s 710 Theatre – 710 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14202 | 716-847-1410
May 22 – Alyssa Edwards: Life, Love & Lashes Tour
Shea’s Buffalo – 650 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14202 | 716-847-1410
May 3 – Celtic Illusion
May 7-8 – Trolls Live!
May 10-15 – Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations
May 22 – Theresa Caputo Live! The Experience
Starry Night Theatre Inc.- Ghostlight Theatre, 170 Schenck St, North Tonawanda, NY 14120 | 716-743-1614
May 12-22 – Lottie & Bernice: Get Off My Cabbage!
Theatre of Youth – 203 Allen St., Buffalo, NY 14201 | 716-884-4400
May 7 – 22 – Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
May 8 – Once Upon A Time: An Interactive Digital Musical
Torn Space Theatre – 612 Fillmore Ave.,, Buffalo NY 14212 | 716-768-1109
May 6 – 水土Water/Soil Discontent不服
May 13-22 – The Encounter: Buffalo
UB Center for the Arts – UB North Campus, 103 Center For The Arts, Buffalo, NY 14260 | 716-645-6259
May 5-8 – Violet
May 13-14 – Dancers Workshop
May 15 – Senior Dance Showcase
Ujima Theatre Company – 429 Plymouth Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14213 | 716-281-0092
May 13-29 – Spunk
Arts
Albright-Knox Northland – 612 Northland Ave., Buffalo, NY 14211 | 716-882-8700
Now – June 5 – In These Truths
Buffalo Art Movement – 255 Great Arrow Ave., STE 200, Buffalo, NY 14207 | 716-939-2445
Now – May 8 – Max Collins
Now – May 8 – Julia Bottoms
Now – May 8 – Fritz Proctor
Buffalo Arts Studio – Tri-Main Center, 2495 Main St., Suite 500, Buffalo, NY 14214 | 716-833-4450
Now – May 14 – Crystal Z Campbell, VIEWFINDER
Now – May 31 – Tommy Nguyen, new gods, old America
May 5-18 – Ashley Mercurio, Perfekt
May 5-18 – Maria Falanga, Attraverso il tempo
Burchfield Penney Art Center – 1300 Elmwood Ave., 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 – June 26 – Edreys Wajed: The Bridge
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
C. Stuart and Jane H. Hunt Art Gallery – Brisbane Bldg, 403 Main St Suite 105, Buffalo, NY 14203 | 716-225-2098
Now – June 11 – Susan Copley and Bunny Leighton: Force(s) of Nature
May 14 – Open Studios Day – 10am-1pm
CEPA Gallery – 617 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14203 | 716-856-2717
May 22 – 16th Charitable Auction
K Art – 808 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14202 | 716-216-2941
Now – June 3 – Moving East
Now – June 3 – Matri Lines
Niagara Arts & Cultural Center – 1201 Pine Ave, Niagara Falls, NY 14301 | 716-282-7530
Now – May 21 – Alternating Currents
Squeaky Wheel – 617 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203 | 716-884-7172
Now – May 14 – Crystal Campbell: Viewfinder
Now – June 15 – Tech Art for Girls
Now – June 25 – DATA: 3D Animation
May 27 – Aug 29 – Jenson Leonard: GLAND PRIX
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
May 16 – Until It Breaks
WNY Book Arts Center – 468 Washington St., Buffalo, NY 14203 | 716-348-1430
Now – June 18 – Things I Might Need: An Exhibition by Shana Agid
Now – June 18 – Monsterity 物之怪: An Exhibition by SuDi Wang
May 18 – Screen Print Basics
May 19 – Letterpress Basics
May 21 – Gallery Meditation & Conversation
May 26 – Letterpress Basics
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
May 1 – Pan-Am Walking Tour
May 4 – Buffalo’s Outer Harbor: What’s to Love?
Buffalo Museum of Science – 1020 Humboldt Pkwy, Buffalo, NY 14211 | 716-896-5200
Now – Senserie
Now – Antarctic Dinosaurs
May 6-7 – We’re Having A Yard Sale
May 11 – Behind the Scenes Tour: Geology Rocks!
May 15 – WNY Invention Convention: Inventor Showcase
May 18 – Conversations in Science: A Dash For Ash: Critically Endangered Ash Trees
May 21 – Dino PJ Party
Buffalo State Performing Arts Center – 1300 Elmwood Ave in Rockwell Hall, Buffalo NY 14222 | 716-878-3005
May 3 – Buffalo State Wind Ensemble and Choirs
May 10 – Buffalo State Philharmonia Orchestra
Kleinhans Music Hall – 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY 14201| 716-885-5000
May 3 – NAT GEO LIVE | Vincent J. Musi: Where the Wild Things Live
May 13 – Art of Jazz | Catherine Russell
May 20 – Buffalo Niagara Concert Band – Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
May 22 – The Ithaca Klezmer Quartet
UB Center for the Arts – UB North Campus, 103 Center For The Arts, Buffalo, NY 14260 | 716-645-6259
May 3 – Center For 21st Century: Slee Sinfonietta
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