THEATER
Comtra Theatre, Route 19 in Cranberry Township, is presenting a children's show, "Rapunzel" through Saturday. Tickets are $12. Curtain is at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Box office opens at 6:45 p.m. the day of the show. Call 724-773-9896.
<B>Armstrong Community Theater</B> presents "Sounds and Scenes of the Seventies," a variety show fundraiser, on Friday and Saturday<B> </B>at the Worthington Civic Center, formerly Worthington High School. The show will offer music, television skits and commercials from the 1970s. The all-ages show begins at 7:30 p.m. each night. Admission is $10 at the door. Call 724-763-3680.<B>New Castle Playhouse</B>, 212 E. Long Ave. in New Castle, is presenting the comedy "Fuddy Meers" through Saturday in the Annex Theatre. Shows begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12. Call 724-654-3437 or visit www.newcastleplayhouse.org.<B>Kean Theatre,</B> 5847 Meridian Road, Gibsonia, presents "Bedroom Farce" at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $22 for the show only, or $41 for dinner and the show. Call 724-444-5326 or visit www.keantheatre.com.<B><I><U> </B></U></I>
<B>"Xanadu,"</B> winner of the Best New Musical 2008 — Outer Critics Circle Award, will be staged from Tuesday through Feb. 28 at the Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave. "Xanadu" takes audiences back to 1980s California, following the magical and beautiful Greek muse, Kira, who descends from the heavens to inspire the greatest of artistic achievements — the first roller disco. Xanadu is based on the 1980 movie of the same name that starred Olivia Newton-John. The musical adaptation made its Broadway debut in 2007. Tickets range from $21 to $62 and are available by calling 412-456-6666 or online at www.pgharts.org.<B>Vincentian Academy</B> will stage Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and Feb. 26 and 27 and at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Catherine Thomas Theatre, St. Benedict Center, 4530 Perrysville Ave., Ross Township. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for children age 12 and younger. Call 412-364-1616, Ext. 219.<B>Pittsburgh Public Theater</B> in the O'Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., has added a performance of Shakespeare's comic "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at 7 p.m. Sunday. This will be the final performance. Tickets range from $35 to $55; students and those age 26 and younger pay $15. Call 412-316-1600 or visit www.ppt.org.<B>CLO Cabaret</B> is presenting "Forever Plaid" through March 28 at the CLO Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave. "The Plaids" is the story of a 1950s all-male singing group. Tickets are $39.50 for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings, $44.50 for Saturday evenings, and $34.50 for matinees. Call 412-456-6666.
