THEATER
Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center in Midland, Beaver County, hosts a ’50s concert by River City Brass on Wednesday. Also on the schedule are the British farce “It Runs in the Family” which will be staged Friday through Sunday and March 2 to 4; the dance show “Pop! (And the Art of Dance)” March 9 to 11, and a children’s play based on the book “The Phantom Tollbooth” March 24. For information, call 724-643-9004 or go online to www.lppac.org.
New Castle Playhouse’s Annex Theatre, 212 E. Long Ave., is staging “Greater Tuna” through Sunday. The comedy is about an eclectic band of citizens from Texas’ third smallest town. All the characters are played by only two actors. Curtain is at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $12. Call 724-654-3437.
“Esther, the Musical,” in its sixth season, will go on again at 7:30 p.m. March 2 and at 2 p.m. March 3 at the First Presbyterian Church of Bakerstown, Route 8 and Heckert Road. Written by Jeannie Allen of Valencia, “Esther” is a Broadway-style show featuring 18 original songs in a variety of styles. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children. The performance benefits missions to Honduras. Call 724-910-5132.
PITTSBURGHPittsburgh CLO Cabaret presents Butler native Marlana Dunn in “Ruthless! The Musical” through May 6 at the theater at 655 Penn Ave. Dunn portrays Judy Denmark/Ginger DelMarco in this musical mystery. Also part of the show is Buffalo Elementary School sixth grader Victoria Huston. Tickets are $34.75 to $44.75 and available by calling 412-325-1582 or visiting the website www.pittsburghclo.org.
Pittsburgh Public Theater presents the Pittsburgh premiere of “Freud’s Last Session,” a new play about an imagined meeting between outspoken atheist Sigmund Freud and Christian writer C.S. Lewis. The play will run March 1 through April 1 at the Public’s O’Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave. Tickets are $22 to $55; students and guests age 26 and younger with valid ID pay $15.75. Call 412-316-1600 or visit ppt.org for more information.
