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Joseph Calleja is the latest artist to be chosen as the featured soloist at the Nobel Prize Concert, held annually in Stockholm on December 8 in honor of the year's Nobel Laureates. For the 2011 concert, Calleja will perform a selection of favorite Italian and French opera arias with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic under Marcello Mottadelli. It was with a similar program that the singer's most recent solo album, The Maltese Tenor, debuted last month in the number one spot on the Billboard Classical Traditional Chart in the US, having already topped similar lists in the UK and Germany. The disc includes an aria from Gounod's Faust, and it is in the title role of a new production of this grand opera that Calleja returns to New York's Metropolitan Opera in January 2012.

The Laurel Little Theatre Presents A TUNA CHRISTMAS on December 8, 9, and 10 at 7:30PM and December 11 at 2PM.

The Menlyn Barnyard Announced Upcoming Shows.

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is about to commence its new development program Deadly Funny Kids in schools. Funded by Arts NSW, it is a crash course comedy workshop program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders aged 13- ?17.

The Broadway Theatre of Pitman presents A Broadway Family Christmas from December 9 - 18.

SARTA announces VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION NIGHT on SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2012 from 5:00 - 8:00 PM AT KUUMBA COLLECTIVE ART GALLERY, 1001 DEL PASO BLVD, SACTO.

It was announced today that Moonshadow, a new musical written by Yusuf, featuring the music and lyrics of Cat Stevens/Yusuf, will make its World Premiere at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne, in May 2012. This $5 million production will have an Australian cast and creative team other than the director, Anders Albien from Sweden.

Since 1976, Circa Theatre has built a reputation as one of New Zealand's liveliest and most innovative theatres. Champions of quality playwriting and performance for 35 years, home and host to New Zealand's most influential theatre-makers, Circa continues to lead New Zealand theatre with a musical, magical, masterful season of work.

The city of Burlington, Ontario celebrated the opening of its new performing arts theatre today. The $40-million Centre is poised to be a catalyst for a renaissance of the arts in the region and bring renewed vitality to downtown.

The Duluth Play Ground presents the Tony Award-Winning musical AVENUE Q. It will perform on Jan. 19-21, 26-28, Feb. 2-4, 9-11 at 7:30 p.m. and Jan. 21, 28, Feb. 4, 11 at 11 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at http://www.duluthplayhouse.org/.

Mike Birbiglia's MY GIRLFRIEND'S BOYFRIEND will play at the Guthrie Theater as part of their Live at the Guthrie series. The performance will be on Monday, February 13 at 7:30 p.m. on the Wurtele Thrust Stage. Tickets are $33 and $35 and can be purchased at http://secure.guthrietheater.org/tickets/calendar/view.aspx?id=10212.

Flaming Saddles Saloon, NYC's hot new country western gay bar, will be holding an open call for male DANCERS WHO BARTEND and BARTENDERS WHO DANCE for immediate and future positions. The audition will be held on Tuesday December 13th, 12 noon at Flaming Saddles Saloon, 793 9th Avenue at 53rd St. In addition to serving customers, the Dancing Bandit Bartenders perform fully choreographed dances on the bar, as well as free-form boot, scoot and boogieing. Auditions will be led by choreographer Jacqui Squatriglia. Auditioners should wear hard sole shoes and be prepared to move.

Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, sung in English, will return to the Met December 16 as the company's annual holiday presentation. Performances of the opera this season will include weekday matinees and special ticket prices designed to appeal to families with children. The fairy tale adaptation, which will be seen in Richard Jones's fanciful production, will star Aleksandra Kurzak in her Met role debut as Gretel, opposite Alice Coote and Kate Lindsey (also making her Met role debut), who alternate in the role of Hansel. Michaela Martens and Dwayne Croft will sing the roles of the adventurous children's parents, Gertrude and Peter, while Robert Brubaker will sing the Witch who wants to turn them into gingerbread cookies. Jennifer Johnson Cano will sing the Sandman, who coaxes the children to sleep, and Lindemann Young Artist Development Program member Lei Xu the Dew Fairy, who awakens them. The rising British conductor Robin Ticciati, currently music director of the Glyndebourne Festival, will make his Met debut.

The Warner Theatre Announced tickets on sale and upcoming performances and events.

The Community Theatre of Little Rock announced open auditions forAndrea Gilbert's Drama "Holland's Cell."

The Eagle Theatre announced upcoming performances for December through January:

This is it, everyone- the final 7 results show! After tonight, we will be left with just 5 contestants! We are coming down to homestretch and it is getting harder and harder to lose such great performers. It is especially difficult on nights like tonight when two acts must go home. While some contestants struggled, most conquered Michael Jackson songs wonderfully last night. It is tough to decide who should be leaving, but it certainly is easy to know who deserves to stay. We can only hope that America got it right tonight and put the strongest competitors through to next week!

Tonight is going to be a "thriller," people- its Michael Jackson night! The finalists take on the King of Pop as they compete live for your votes. The competition is getting tough! We lost two acts last week, Lakoda Rayne and LeRoy Bell, and are now down to the top 7. Paula no longer has any contestants left in the competition and Nicole only has one. Not only do they have the weight of performing songs from the world's greatest stars, but another two acts will be sent home tomorrow night. The number of acts is shrinking and we can now see the finish line. Who will do the superstar's music justice? Who will choke under the pressure of taking on such a large feat? We will soon find out!

LIVE NATION AND THE KENTUCKY CENTER PRESENT DAILY SHOW FUNNY MAN LEWIS BLACK AT THE BROWN THEATRE.

PETER PAN Starring Cathy Rigby is at THE THEATER AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN from December 14 - December 30. Buy now to discover the magic of Peter Pan this December and SAVE up to 27% on tickets!