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An Evening of Short Plays by Don Orwald will be presented at 8 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Succop Theater at Butler County Community College. The plays include "Hungarian Rhapsody: An Electroglide in Blue," a prize winning script from the 76th Annual Writer's Digest competition; "Armageddon Forgiven," an honorable mention winner in the 77th Annual Writer's Digest competition and "The Spirit of '76 2004." A Butler native, Orwald was active in the Butler Little Theatre and Musical Theatre Guild. He has performed a one-man show as Mark Twain and now lives in Granbury, Texas. Tickets are $15 in advance, or $18 at the door; students pay $10. For tickets, call 724-284-8505 or toll-free 888-826-2829, Ext. 8429.

Comtra Theatre, Route 19 in Cranberry Township, is presenting the musical "Snow White" Friday through Feb. 28. 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.

<B>"Fiddler on the Roof" </B>starring Topol in his farewell performance opens Tuesday and continues through Feb. 22 at the Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave. Topol will appear as Tevye, a humble milkman from the Russian village of Anatevka, in the tale of love and laughter, devotion and defiance, and changing traditions. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays, at 8 p.m. Fridays, at 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and at 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets range from $20.50 to $62 and are available by calling 412-456-6666 and online at the Web site, www.pgharts.org.<B>"My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra" </B>opens today and continues through May 10 at the Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave. "Fly Me to the Moon," "It Was a Very Good Year," "The Lady Is a Tramp," and of course "My Way," are among the 56-song revue that will played that evening. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, 1 and 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Fridays, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $39.50 for evening shows and $34.50 for matiness. Call 412-456-6666.<B>Pittsburgh Public Theater</B> begins the new year with "Metamorphoses," through Sunday in the O'Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave. Based on the myths of the Roman poet Ovid, the theme of "Metamorphoses" is transformation, and as created, it allows each new director and design team to transform the production according to their own vision. Curtain is 8 p.m. tonight and Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets range from $40 to $61; students and patrons age 26 and younger pay $15.50. Tickets are available at 412-316-1600 or online at www.ppt.org. Call 412-316-1600 or visit www.ppt.org.<B>Attack Theatre</B> presents "Passion Reflected," an evening of quirky and quixotic relationships with compelling dance, new songs, Spanish love, and modern art, at 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday and Feb. 20 and 21 at the New Hazlett Theater, Allegheny Square East on the North Side. Tickets are $20 in advance, or $25 at the door; students and senior citizens pay $15. Call 412-441-8444 or visit the Web site, www.attacktheatre.com.<B>The REP</B>, Point Park University's professional theatre company, is staging the Pittsburgh premiere of Thom Thomas' "A Moon to Dance By" through Feb. 22 in the Rauh Theatre in the Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave. Call 412-621-4445 or visit www.pittsburghplayhouse.com.

<B>"Chapter Two,"</B> the Neil Simon comedy, will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Kean Theatre, 5847 Meridian Road. The cast includes Casey Bowser and Heidi Nicholls, the husband and wife team from Center Township. Tickets are available for $22 for general admission by calling 724-444-5326 or by visiting www.keantheatre.com.<B>Barrow-Civic Theatre</B>, 1223 Liberty St., Franklin, presents the four-part harmony of "Forever Plaid" by Stuart Ross with musical arrangements by James Raitt at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday. For tickets, call 814-437-3440 or 800-537-7769.

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