Comtra Theatre, Route 19, Cranberry Township, is staging the drama "Return to the Secret Garden" opening Friday and continuing through Sept. 27. Curtain is at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Admission is $12 for plays and $15 for musicals. Box office opens at 6:45 p.m. the day of the show. Call 724-773-9896.

The musical <B>"Wicked"</B> is being performed through Oct. 5 at the Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays.; 8 p.m. Fridays; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays; and 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sundays. Ticket prices begin at $29.50. Call 412-456-4800.<B>The Backstage Bar and Cabaret at Theater Square</B>, a project of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, in Theater Square at 655 Penn Ave., is showing "Shear Madness" through Sept. 28. Performances start at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays, at 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays and at 1 p.m. select Thursdays. Tickets are $39.50 for evenings or $34.50 for matinees. Call 412-456-6666 or visit the Web site, CLOcabaret.com.

<B>New Castle Playhouse</B>, 202 E. Long Ave., New Castle, is staging "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams through Sept. 21. For tickets and show times call 724-654-3437.