THEATER
Comtra Theatre, Route 19 in Cranberry Township, presents "Tom Sawyer's Treasure Hunt" through Saturday at the theater on Route 19. "A Christmas Carol" is planned for Dec. 5 to 20 with "Sweeney Todd" following Jan. 9 to 17, 2009. 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 through Sunday at the Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave. The performance schedule is 7:30 p.m. tonight and Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday; and 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday. 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>The original Christmas musical "Come to the Well" </B>will be staged at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5, 6 and 8 at Memorial Park Church, 8800 Peebles Road, Allison Park. The full-scale musical set near the time of Christ's birth at a well just outside Bethlehem features two acts with 12 main characters, a full choir and professional instrumental ensemble. Tickets are $10. Call 412-364-9492.<B>The REP</B>, Point Park University's professional theatre company, is staging the Pittsburgh premiere of Edward Albee's Tony Award-winning "The Goat," 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, 2009, 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.
