Almost anything can be improved with music, as evidenced by tuba-accompanied balcony serenades, operatic State of the Union addresses, and yodeled bank statements. Tune your ears to the sweet sounds on stage with today’s Groupon: for $10, you get a ticket to the Pittsburgh Musical Theater's presentation of A Lyrical Christmas Carol at the New Hazlett Theater (a $20 value). Tickets are for best-available seating. Choose one of the following three performances:

• Thursday, December 16, at 7:30 p.m.
• Friday, December 17, at 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday, December 18, at 7:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh Musical Theater add chords and crescendos to the classic holiday story with their performance of A Lyrical Christmas Carol, which includes traditional carols augmented by the music of Bach, Mozart, and Vaughn Williams. You and your family can follow the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future through warm holiday parties and beyond the graveyard gates where Scrooge learns the meaning of giving and the true purpose of the "take a penny, leave a penny" tray. Each of the ghosts’ skillfully wrought notes and spookily plotted dramatic turns will take place at the vibrant New Hazlett Theater, a non-profit organization dedicated to cultivating the arts through cultural events.