Comtra Theatre, Route 19, Cranberry Township, will present "Tom Sawyer's Treasure Hunt" through Nov. 29 at the theater on Route 19. The next show will be "A Christmas Carol" running from Dec. 5 to 20. 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>Monty Python's SPAMALOT</B>, the Tony Award-winning musical, will be staged Tuesday through Nov. 30 at the Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave. The performance schedule is 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays; 8 p.m. Fridays; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays; and 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets range from $29.50 to $73 and are available at the Box Office at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave., and by calling 412-456-6666. <B>Pittsburgh Public Theater</B> brings to life newspaper advice columnist Ann Landers in "The Lady with All the Answers," through Dec. 14 in the O'Reilly Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theater's home at 621 Penn Ave. The curtain goes up at 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays (except Dec. 9 when the show is at 7 p.m.), at 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays (except Dec. 14 when the only show is at 2 p.m.), with additional 2 p.m. matinees on Nov. 29 and Dec. 6, 11 and 13. There will be no performance on Thanksgiving, Nov. 27. Tickets range from $31 to $50; students and those age 26 and younger pay $15.50. Call 412-316-1600 or visit the Web site, www.ppt.org. <B>Pittsburgh International Children's Theater</B> will present Enchantment Theatre Company USA's musical version of "The Velveteen Rabbit" through Sunday at area locations. The show uses puppets, masked actors and magic to relate the bedtime fairytale about the stuffed toy that becomes a real rabbit. Performance locations are: tonight at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. at Pine Richland High School, Gibsonia; Friday at 7 p.m. at Ambridge Area High School; Saturday at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Keystone Oaks Middle School/ High School Auditorium, Mount Lebanon; and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh. Tickets are $11. Call 412-456-6666 or visit www.pgharts.org.<B>The REP</B>, Point Park University's professional theater company, is staging the Pittsburgh premiere of Edward Albee's Tony Award-winning "The Goat," tonight and continuing through Monday as well as Dec. 4 to 14 in the Studio Theatre in the Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave. Call 412-621-4445 or visit the Web site, www.pittsburghplayhouse.com.<B>The Backstage Bar and Cabaret at Theater Square</B>, a project of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, in Theater Square at 655 Penn Ave., is staging "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change," through Feb. 1, at the CLO Cabaret, 655 Penn Ave. Performances start at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays, at 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays and at 1 p.m. select Thursdays, except some holiday dates in November, December and January. Tickets are $39.50 for evenings or $34.50 for matinees. Call 412-456-6666 or visit the Web site, CLOcabaret.com.

<B>New Castle Playhouse</B>, 202 E. Long Ave., New Castle, will stage "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" Friday through Dec. 7. Curtain is at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for senior citizens age 60 and older, and $10 for children age 12 and younger. Call 724-657-9369 or visit www.newcastleplayhouse.org.<B>Grove City High School's fall play "All in the Timing,"</B> six one-act comedies, will be presented at 7 p.m. tonight, Friday and Saturday. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for senior citizens and students.