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Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) presents the new holiday classic, Elf The Musical, running tomorrow, Dec. 6 - 22 at Hobby Center's Sarofim Hall. Making his TUTS debut as the loveable 'elf' Buddy is Tommy J. Dose. He played Alfred Doolittle in the national tour of My Fair Lady and has circulated the regional theatre scene with companies including the Fulton Theatre, the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, and the Cumberland County Playhouse. Check out a first look at highlights below!

Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris is now running at Portland Stage through December 22, 2013. Check out the videos below!

Washington National Opera (WNO) continues its 2013-2014 season with the world premiere of a new holiday family opera: The Lion, The Unicorn, and Me, December 14-22 in the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. Check out a behind-the-scenes look below!

Henry V, opened at the Noel Coward Theatre last week. Starring Jude Law in the title role, it runs through 22 February 2014. Let's see what the critics had to say:

The 5th Avenue Theatre presents a singing and dancing spectacular not to be missed: Lionel Bart's beloved classic, Oliver!, the holiday treat that will have audiences saying 'Please sir, I want some more.' The iconic musical returns to the celebrated 5th Avenue stage for the first time in 20 years, and will feature stunning costumes, dazzling sets, and a massive local cast of 66 (including 36 youngsters), singing and dancing their way through the streets and alleys of Victorian London. Based on the classicCharles Dickens novel, Oliver! is filled with memorable tunes including 'Who Will Buy?', 'I'd Do Anything,' and 'As Long As He Needs Me.' Oliver! features direction by David Armstrong and will starDavid Pichette as Fagin, Grayson Smith as the Artful Dodger, Hans Altwies as Bill Sikes, andMerideth Kaye Clark as Nancy. Oliver Twist will be played by Jack Fleischmann and Mark Jeffrey James Weber at alternating performances.

Marina Poplavskaya and Peter Mattei take on the roles of the lovestruck Tatiana and the imperious Onegin in Deborah Warner's new production of Tchaikovsky's fateful romance, which opened the Met season in September, directed by Fiona Shaw. Rolando Villazón is Lenski, Onegin's friend-turned-rival, in his first performances on the Met stage since 2009. Russian maestro Alexander Vedernikov makes his company debut on the podium. Check out a sneak peek below!

'Violin goddess" (The Washington Post) Anne-Sophie Mutter joins the Orchestra for an all-Dvo?ak concert brimming with Bohemia, the composer's colorful Violin Concerto at its center, One Night Only on December 10, 2013.

Yale Repertory Theatre presents ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST, the explosive political farce by Nobel Prize winning Italian playwright Dario Fo, adapted by Gavin Richards from a translation by Gillian Hanna. Directed byChristopher Bayes (The Servant of Two Masters, A Doctor in Spite of Himself), ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST plays November 30-December 21 at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street). Opening Night is Friday, December 6. Check out a sneak peek below!

BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE, with a book and lyrics by Nell Benjamin and music by Duncan Sheik, and based on the popular 2000 novel by Kate DeCamillo, will have its word premiere this winter at Arkansas Repertory Theatre, with AVENUE Q's John Tartaglia at the helm. The production is set to run Dec. 6 - Dec. 29, 2013. Check out a sneak peek below!

Working Theater, in its 29th season off?Broadway, will in a co?production with the Harold Clurman Lab Theater, offer a piercing perspective on healthcare reform in the United States, with MERCY KILLERS, written and performed by Michael Milligan. The play, directed by Tom Oppenheim will make its off?Broadway premiere on January 7th at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, 31 West 27th Street. The production will have its official opening on January 15th and will be performed in various communities throughout New York City in order to directly realize Working Theater's mission to bring theater to communities where working people live. Check out a behind the scenes look below!

Olivier Picasso, grandson of Pablo Picasso, is raffling off his grandfather's famous painting, 'L'HommeAu Gibus' (Man with Opera Hat), for 100 Euros ($135 US) per ticket on December 18 in Paris. Check out the video by Fox NY below!

TSO's 15th year of touring presents the encore and final performance of their multi-platinum rock opera, 'The Lost Christmas Eve.' TSO's 2013 Winter Tour will play over 100 shows in 67 cities across North America, presented by Hallmark Channel.

New data shows that of all races, everyone prefers dating Asian Women the most. Funny lady Kristina Wong breaks down how hot an Asian woman is in this interview with 'Alicia Menendez Tonight' and Josh Fischer of Facebook's 'Are you Interested?' app. On the Fusion Network.

Seattle Children's Theatre features Tony nominees Justin Paul and Benj Pasek's musical version of James and the Giant Peach as a part of its 2013-2014 Mainstage Season. The musical features a book by Timothy AllenMcDonald, and is based on the book by Roald Dahl. Check out a sneak peek below!

Theatre at the Center celebrates the holidays by bringing audiences an endearing combination of a treasured tale and soaring music by a Disney musical genius, A Christmas Carol: The Musical. Composer Alan Menken (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin) infuses the Charles Dickens holiday classic with music the whole family will cherish. Full of cheer for all ages, A Christmas Carol: The Musical opened November 14 and runs through December 22. Theatre at the Center's production will be directed by Artistic Director William Pullinsi and stars five time Jeff-Award nominee Larry Adams as 'Scrooge'. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

The Joffrey Ballet celebrates the 26th annual presentation of Robert Joffrey'sThe Nutcracker, Chicago's most popular holiday tradition and America's #1 Nutcracker, in a 23-performance engagement at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 E. Congress Parkway, December 6 - 28, 2013. Check out a sneak peek below!

Joan Rivers thinks everyone is way too uptight about hurling racial and other epithets ... so he hurled against Italians, Blacks, Jews, Chinese, gays and don't forget the Irish. Check out the video from TMZ below!

John Miller-Stephany talks with Guthrie Artistic Director about Garson Kanin's classic comedy 'Born Yesterday.' Garson Kanin had a golden career spanning more than 60 years with credits including Tracy and Hepburn classics 'Adam's Rib' and 'Pat and Mike.' Harry Brock, a junk-dealer millionaire on the rise, heads to Washington with his chorus girl girlfriend Billie Dawn in tow, hoping to influence a senator in some personal business dealings. But he soon gets advice suggesting that his seemingly dim-witted blonde will need a little polish to get ahead in D.C. society. Brock hires a newspaperman for the task but gets more than he bargained for when, in a deliriously funny turn of events, he discovers a little bit of learning can be a dangerous thing! Check out the video below!

The Allen County Public Library Authors Fair featured Susie Duncan Sexton, Mark Carboni, and Blake Sebring - the panel topic is non-fiction writing from these authors who specialize in food, culture, and sports respectively.

The award-winning Olney Theatre Center closes its 75th Anniversary season with Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic THE KING AND I, starring Paolo Montalban, November 14 through December 29 on the Mainstage. Check out highlights of the show below!