Comtra Theatre, Route 19 in Cranberry Township, presents “Pinocchio” through March 17. “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” runs March 23 to April 7. Curtain is at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Tickets are $12 for “Pinocchio” and $15 for “Joseph.” Call 724-773-9896.

St. Ferdinand Roman Catholic Church will sponsor “Late Nite Catechism 2: Sister Strikes Again!” March 24 in the church’s Oldenski Hall. There will be two shows: a matinee at 1:30 p.m. with tickets costing $32.50 and $37.50, and an evening show at 7:30 p.m. with tickets costing $42.50 and $47.50. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Call 724-452-9589.

REGION

Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center in Midland, Beaver County, will be the site of the dance show “Pop! (And the Art of Dance)” Friday through Sunday, and a children’s play based on the book “The Phantom Tollbooth” March 24. Ticket information is available by calling 724-643-9004 or online at www.lppac.org.

New Kensington Civic Theatre presents “Drinking Habits,” a comedy in two acts, opening today and running through Sunday at the Penn State Forum Theatre, Carl Avenue and George Street, New Kensington. Curtain is 8 p.m. today through Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for senior citizens and students. Call 724-339-3140.

“Oliver Twist” will be staged with Victorian paper toys, music and voice actors March 17 with an 11 a.m. show for children and a 2 p.m. show for children and adults followed by a half hour talk on the history of toy theater, both at the Kittanning Public Library, 280 N. Jefferson St., Kittanning. Call 724-543-1383 to register.

Kean Theatre in The Washington Place at St. Barnabas, 5847 Meridian Road, Gibsonia, presents Beatlemania Magic at 8 p.m. Saturday. Cost of the show only is $21; with dinner at 6 p.m., the cost is $43. Call 724-444-5326 or visit www.keantheatre.com.

PITTSBURGH

Pittsburgh 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 runs through April 1 at the Public’s O’Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave. The performance schedule is 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, and 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays, with some exceptions. Tickets range from $22 to $55; students and guests age 26 and younger with valid ID pay $15.75. Call 412-316-1600 or visit ppt.org.

The Tony Award-winning show “La Cage Aux Folles” starring George Hamilton and Christopher Sieber, presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and PNC Broadway Across America — Pittsburgh, will run Tuesday through March 18 at the Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave. Curtain is at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through March 15, at 8 p.m. March 16, at 2 and 8 p.m. March 17 and at 1 and 6:30 p.m. March 18. Tickets are $20 to $71 and available by calling 412-456-6666 or visiting www.TrustArts.org.