Butler Little Theatre's production of “Christmas Belles” opens Friday and continues through Sunday plus Nov. 29 to Dec. 3 at the theater at One Howard St.

Curtain is at 8:15 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, at 2:30 p.m. Sundays, and at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Tickets are $10. Call 724-287-6781. The box office is open from 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.

SLIPPERY ROCK — Neil Berg's “Broadway Holiday” comes to Slippery Rock University for a one-night performance Dec. 2 as part of the university's performing arts series.The 7:30 p.m. show is in Miller Auditorium.Broadway veterans will perform songs of the holidays such as “We Need a Little Christmas” from the musical “Mame” and “Count Your Blessings” from the musical “White Christmas,” as well as other seasonal favorites.Tickets are $22 for adults; $20 for senior citizens and youths younger than 18; and $8 for SRU students. Reserve tickets by calling 724-738-2018.

NEW CASTLE — Two Butler area residents will play key roles when the New Castle Music Club Chorus performs “Messiah” at 3 p.m. Sunday at Third Presbyterian Church, 1315 E. Washington St.Butler resident Harry Cunningham, senior choir director at First English Lutheran Church, will direct the 70 member chorus along with nine soloists and instrumentalists in its 71st annual performance.Fellow Butler resident Sharon Perschke will provide flute accompaniment on several selections with some Butler residents also participating in the chorus.Admission is free, but donations will be accepted to defray production costs.For information, visit www.ncmusicclubchorus.org.

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre presents its Pittsburgh-themed rendition of “The Nutcracker” Dec. 2 to 23 at the Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave.The traditions and culture of Pittsburgh are remembered in features like a Heinz delivery truck.In the famous snow scene at the end of the first act, Marie and her Nutcracker Prince journey through an artistic rendering of the view from Mount Washington.Curtain is at 7 p.m. Dec. 2, 9, 16 and 22; at 2 and 7 p.m. Dec. 3, 10, 17 and 23; and noon and 4:30 p.m. Dec. 4, 11 and 18.Tickets range from $22.75 to $95.75. Call 412-456-6666 or visit www.pbt.org.

PITTSBURGH — PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh presents “Memphis” Dec. 27 to Jan. 1 at Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave.This tour of “Memphis,” the 2010 Tony Award winner for best musical, is a Pittsburgh premiere.Tickets are $26 to $68 and available by calling 412-392-4900 or online at www.TrustArts.org.

PITTSBURGH — The University of Pittsburgh Press is celebrating its 75th anniversary with the release of “The Pittsburgh Reader: Seventy-Five Years of Books about Pittsburgh.”This book, available for free, contains a list of books about that are about Pittsburgh, including “Bone Wars: The Excavation and Celebrity of Andrew Carnegie's Dinosaur” and “Out of This Furnace” and excerpts from books such as “The Fallingwater Cookbook: Elsie Henderson's Recipes and Memories.”For more information, visit www.upress.pitt.edu.

PENN TWP — A Hosanna! holiday celebration featuring dinner and a show is planned for Dec. 10 in the Penn Christian Academy auditorium, 198 W. Airport Road.Two times are available, noon and 5 p.m.The show will be “One Quiet Night” starring Maxine Smathers, Scott Winter, Emma Herrle, Trey Hixon and Camden Rockcastle and the Sing Hosanna! Choral Ensemble.The menu will include winter salad, ham balls, cheesy potatoes, green beans with bacon and almonds, cherry bomb cake, holiday bread with butter and beverages.Cost is $20 for adults and $7 for children age 10 and younger. Reservations are required by Dec. 6. Tickets are available at May’s Music Shoppe, 247 E. Jefferson St.For more information, call 724-586-0042 or 724-287-8362.