Butler Little Theatre is presenting "The Miracle Worker" by William Gibson 8:15 p.m. tonight and Saturday at the theater at One Howard St. Tickets are $10; call 724-287-6781 between 7 and 9 p.m. or visit the Web site, www.bltgroup.org.

A Hosanna! Holiday Celebration will take place on Dec. 12 in the Penn Christian Academy auditorium, 198 W. Airport Road, Penn Township. Seatings will be at noon and 5 p.m. The show will be "I'll Be Home for Christmas," a musical about family and hope during World War II. The dinner menu will include blueberry salad, ham balls, baked potatoes, broccoli in cheese sauce, stuffing balls, pumpkin cake and beverages. Cost is $20 per adult and $7 per child age 10 or younger. Reservations are due by Tuesday. Tickets are available at May's Music Shoppe, 247 E. Jefferson St. Call 724-586-0042 or 724-287-8362.

The Young Actors Christian Kompany will present a Christmas musical "Scrooge" at 7:30 p.m. tonight and Sunday plus Dec. 11 and 12. The only matinee will be at 2 p.m. Saturday. The cast consists of 10th to 12th graders from Seneca Valley High School. Admission is free but donations are accepted. Call 724-452-4767.

The 12th annual 'Tis the Season ... A Christmas Spectacular," a music and theatrical production by the Esquire Players, will begin at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Succop Theater at Butler County Community College. Tickets are $10 for seating in the center section and $8 in the side sections. Tickets are available at May's Music Shoppe, 247 E. Jefferson St.

Comtra Theatre, Route 19 in Cranberry Township, will present the musical "White Christmas" opening today and continuing through Dec. 19. 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>Franklin Civic Operetta</B> will present Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" at 8 p.m. tonight and Saturday and Dec. 11 and 12 and at 2 p.m. Dec. 13 at the Barrow-Civic Theatre, 1223 Liberty St., Franklin. Tickets cost $14 and are available by calling the box office at 814-437-3440 or online at www.barrowtheatre.com.<B>New Castle Playhouse</B>, 212 E. Long Ave. in New Castle, is staging "Beauty and the Beast" through Sunday. Shows start at 7:30 p.m. tonight and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10. Call 724-654-3437 or visit the Web site, www.newcastleplayhouse.org.<B>Kean Theatre,</B> 5847 Meridian Road, Gibsonia, presents the comedy "It Had to be You" at 8 p.m. tonight and Saturday. Cost is $22 for a show only or $40 for a show and dinner at any of the Atria's Restaurant & Tavern locations. Tickets are available by calling 724-444-5326 or at www.keantheatre.com.

<B>CLO's "A Musical Christmas Carol"</B> will go on stage Dec. 10 to 23 at the Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St. The 18th annual holiday production begins at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays plus some other weekdays, at 4 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, and at 2 and 6 p.m. most Sundays. Tickets range from $26.50 to $44.50 with half-priced tickets for children ages 3 to 14. Call 412-456-6666 or visit the Web site, www.pittsburghCLO.org.<B>The 2009 Radio City Christmas Spectacular</B> starring the Rockettes concludes on Sunday at the Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave. Tickets range from $30.50 to $100.50. Call 412-456-4800 or visit the Web site, www.pct-arts.org.<B>Pittsburgh Public Theater</B> continues its 35th season with Lillian Hellman's tale of greed and family, "The Little Foxes," through Dec. 13 at the O'Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave. Curtain is at 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays (except this coming Tuesday when the show is at 7 p.m.), and at 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets range from $35 to $55; students and anyone younger than 26 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.