Cultural Calendar

Buffalo Rising's monthly art, music, and culture guide, WNY SoundStage, has evolved into a full calendar!

The new Arts + Culture Calendar connects our thriving industry to readers in real-time, and seeks to provide Buffalonians with a comprehensive overview of all this region has to offer - including gallery shows and exhibits, live music concerts and events, theatre and dance performances, history tours, and more happening throughout WNY.

Our team will add events to this calendar daily. If your art, music, or performance-based event is missing, please email events@buffalorising.com.

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A Pitch from Satchel Paige

Paul Robeson Theatre 350 Masten Ave, Buffalo, NY, United States

By Loren Keller and James Keller.  Satchel shares his own story from growing up, playing in the phenomenal Negro League & ultimately the Majors. Perseverance lived.  Songs from various time periods will be shared as well.

$25
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PROOF, by David Auburn

Aurora Players Roycroft Pavilion, 166 S. Grove St., East Aurora, NY, United States

Proof tells the story of Catherine, the daughter of a brilliant but mentally unstable mathematician, who is struggling to come to terms with her father’s recent death and her own identity as a mathematician. When a groundbreaking mathematical proof is discovered among her father’s papers, Catherine must confront the legacy of genius and madness that

$18 – $20
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Gutenburg! The Musical

Kavinoky Theatre 320 Porter Ave, Buffalo, NY, United States

Directed by Loraine O’Donnell A pair of aspiring playwrights perform a backers’ audition for their new, ill-advised project—a big, splashy musical about printing press inventor Johann Gutenberg. Bud and Doug sing all the songs and play all the parts in their crass historical epic, with the hope that one of the producers in attendance will

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The White Devil

American Reperatory Theatre 545 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY, United States

A classic yet feisty revenge tragedy featuring fine Jacobean values of angst, murder, vengeance, plotting, and unrequited (and requited) Love. Fun La Familia values for all. Thurs-Friday Performances @ 7:30 pm - Saturday Performances @ 5:00 pm Tickets $25 General/$20 Student/Military Vets

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A Pitch from Satchel Paige

Paul Robeson Theatre 350 Masten Ave, Buffalo, NY, United States

by Loren Keller & James Keller - April 5-April 28 - Premiere Fri-Sat 7:30 p.m., Sun 4pm. Satchel shares his own story from growing up, playing in the phenomenal Negro League & ultimately the Majors. Perseverance lived. Songs from various time periods will be shared as well (Verneice Turner)

$10 – $25
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PROOF, by David Auburn

Aurora Players Roycroft Pavilion, 166 S. Grove St., East Aurora, NY, United States

Proof tells the story of Catherine, the daughter of a brilliant but mentally unstable mathematician, who is struggling to come to terms with her father’s recent death and her own identity as a mathematician. When a groundbreaking mathematical proof is discovered among her father’s papers, Catherine must confront the legacy of genius and madness that

$18 – $20
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THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE WATSON INTELLIGENCE

Road Less Traveled Productions 456 Main St, Buffalo, NY, United States

By Madeleine George April 18 – May 19, 2024 Directed by Katie Mallinson Dr. Watson, Sherlock Holmes’ trusty companion; Thomas A. Watson, assistant to Alexander Graham Bell; Watson, the unstoppable supercomputer Jeopardy! champ; and Watson, a Dweeb Team everyman. Four Watsons in three centuries unite to tell one tale in this playful, time-traveling drama about

$45 – $50
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MFA DANCE THESIS CONCERT

UB Center for the Arts 103 Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY, United States

Directed by Anne Burnidge Choreographers: Natasha McCandless and Hannah Walter The annual MFA Dance Thesis Concert will feature the premier of new works by MFA Dance candidates Natasha McCandless and Hannah Walter. The production showcases the culmination of the duo’s creative research from their Thesis projects, a requirement for the conferral of the degree Master

$7 – $22
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Proof

Aurora Players Roycroft Pavilion, 166 S. Grove St., East Aurora, NY, United States

The play opens on the eve of the 25th birthday of Catherine, an extremely intelligent but troubled young woman. She is dealing with the recent death of her father, Robert, a brilliant mathematician, who, towards the end of his life began slipping into a state of mental instability. Catherine had been his caretaker during this

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A Pitch from Satchel Paige

Paul Robeson Theatre 350 Masten Ave, Buffalo, NY, United States

By Loren Keller and James Keller.  Satchel shares his own story from growing up, playing in the phenomenal Negro League & ultimately the Majors. Perseverance lived.  Songs from various time periods will be shared as well.

$25
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THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE WATSON INTELLIGENCE

Road Less Traveled Productions 456 Main St, Buffalo, NY, United States

By Madeleine George April 18 – May 19, 2024 Directed by Katie Mallinson Dr. Watson, Sherlock Holmes’ trusty companion; Thomas A. Watson, assistant to Alexander Graham Bell; Watson, the unstoppable supercomputer Jeopardy! champ; and Watson, a Dweeb Team everyman. Four Watsons in three centuries unite to tell one tale in this playful, time-traveling drama about

$45 – $50
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Gutenburg! The Musical

Kavinoky Theatre 320 Porter Ave, Buffalo, NY, United States

Directed by Loraine O’Donnell A pair of aspiring playwrights perform a backers’ audition for their new, ill-advised project—a big, splashy musical about printing press inventor Johann Gutenberg. Bud and Doug sing all the songs and play all the parts in their crass historical epic, with the hope that one of the producers in attendance will