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The Broadway community mourns the loss of acclaimed actor Charles Durning, who passed away on Monday at age 89. The marquees of Broadway theatres in New York will be dimmed in his memory tonight, Thursday, December 27th, at exactly 8:00pm for one minute.

The Broadway community mourns the loss of accomplished film, stage, and television actor, Jack Klugman, who passed away on Monday at age 90. The marquees of Broadway theatres in New York will be dimmed in his memory on Friday, December 28th, at exactly 8:00pm for one minute.

After making their television debut in front of 20 million viewers on American Idol earlier this year and wrapping up an incredibly successful coast to coast U.S. and Canadian tour last summer, the Queen Extravaganza have announced the first leg of their 2013 tour at Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood New Jersey on Tuesday January 15, 2013 at 8PM, reserve tickets now at Ticketmaster.com or by calling the box office at 201 227 - 1030 or visit the Box Office at 30 North Van Brunt Street, Englewood, New Jersey.

The end of the year reports were calculated, and the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre has donated over $40,000 in gift certificates to local charities.

The Centre Theater presents its annual spotlight on regionally recognized work and new theatre, The Independent Voices Festival. In it is 4th year, the festival spotlights performers who deserve an encore performance or who have new work to bring to the stage. The three festival highlights fur premieres and performances from four regionally recognized solo performance artists.

Poe Park Visitor Center will host Swamp, an exhibition that explores our shifting relationship with the natural world. The swamp as a bipolar space-half earth, half water-hints at complex connections between the real and fantastic, renewal and abandonment. Fourteen artists explore the delicate balance between visual imagination, illusion and actual environment. Swamp, curated by Kari Adelaide, is on view from December 19, 2012 - January 18, 2013.

The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis has announced the NNPN Rolling World Premiere of a by Caridad Svich, Guapa in the Frank and Katrina Basile Theatre. Opening Thursday, January 3, and running through Sunday, January 20, 2013, with the last 2 performances in Spanish.

Roulette presents The Whammies. This all-star combination features critically acclaimed improvisers from the Chicago, Boston and Amsterdam improvisation scenes, in particular 70-year old Dutch drum icon Han Bennink. The focus will be on legendary soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy's early compositions from the 1970's, a particularly fruitful period during his life in Paris. The line-up is Jorrit Dijkstra (Amsterdam/Boston), Pandelis Karayorgis (Boston), Jeb Bishop (Chicago), Nate McBride (Chicago), Mary Oliver (Amsterdam), and Han Bennink (Amsterdam). The group plays colorful renditions of well-known Lacy tunes such as Bone, As Usual, and Dutch Masters, and some of his more conceptual and experimental works such as The Wire, Ducks, and The Precipitation Suite. Violinist Mary Oliver joins the quintet for a selection of compositions and improvisations.

The Des Moines Community Playhouse is the home for Second Saturday, 7:30-10:00 PM, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. Second Saturday is an alternative Saturday night entertainment for young people in grades 6-12. Cost is $8. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged, and is available online at www.dmplayhouse.com.

The Arts and Education Council is pleased to announce the addition of Stephen Siwinski as Creative Communications and Design Associate. He began his duties on November 12.

Cultural Park Theater in Cape Coral, FL, will not to continue with its run of RUMORS after deciding that the language would be considered inappropriate by its audiences. View a news clip on the decision below.

The Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center announced that tickets are now on sale for its 15th Anniversary MainStage Season! On all of Long Island, no other community of this size boasts a not-for-profit arts organization with such a stellar multi-tiered, year-round, diverse, cultural program in a state-of-the-art, intimate venue. Throughout this upcoming celebratory year, the WHBPAC will continue to showcase only the finest performing artists from across the globe. The WHBPAC invites you to celebrate the transformative power of the arts. From folk to pop, classical to rock, jazz to cabaret and even dance, this texturally rich season will offer something for everyone! Here's what's coming up this spring.

Beginning January 29, The Jewish Museum will present Music Off the Wall, a new music and art series for toddlers on eight Tuesdays from 9:45 to 10:30 am. Led by musician and museum educator Mark Dzula, leader of the innovative and one-of-a-kind kid's band Jukebox Radio, this series offers a hip and playful blend of looking at art through a musical lens. Toddlers and their adult companions can discover fun ways to explore the Museum's galleries together through song, movement and hands-on activities. This series is designed for children ages 2 to 3.

Write down everything and something is bound to be funny. Or at least that's standup comedian Tim's philosophy in International Falls by Thomas Ward. CoHo Productions, as part of the Fertile Ground Festival, will produce the World Premiere. A pay-what-you-will preview performance will be held on January 24th, with opening night on January 25th. The hilarious new show will run Thursday through Sunday through February 16th. Tickets start at $20 with discounts available for students, educators and seniors. Those with a valid International Falls, MN driver's license will receive free admission (pending availability).

Off-Broadway's newest hit comedy HOW TO BE A NEW YORKER is playing a special holiday schedule this weekend with three added performances. Written and performed by Margaret Copeland and Kevin James Doyle, HOW TO BE A NEW YORKER opened on October 17th to rave reviews at Sofia's Downstairs Theater in the heart of Times Square. This week's special holiday performance schedule will be tonight and Friday at 7:30 PM, with two shows on both Saturday and Sunday at 2 & 7:30 PM. Pre-show lunch or dinner is served beginning 30 minutes before each performance at Sofia's Downstairs Theater, 221 West 46 Street (between Broadway & Eighth Ave.)

See his performance of 'When Did I Fall In Love' from FIORELLO below!

The Metropolitan Opera offers a rare opportunity to witness Hector Berlioz's vast epic opera, last performed at the Met in 2003. Les Troyens will be simulcast live on the Peterborough Players big screen on Saturday, January 5, 2013, at noon. This is the 7th production in The Met: Live in HD's 2012-13 season. Tickets are $25 for adults and $20 for students.

Start the year with laughs! The Role in the Hay Players are back for their popular comedy night, Whose Barn Is It Anyway, at the Ridgefield Theater Barn, Friday, January 4th, at 8pm. All proceeds will benefit the Sandy Hook School Fund. Featuring Cheryl Boyd, Pamme Jones, Wayne Leiss, Melissa Power, Mary Shuldman, and Rick Hodder, the group's director and coach, the players are returning to provide an evening of original comedy and hilarious skits.

Broadway vet Jenny Powers recently appeared on THE TODAY SHOW with Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb, demonstrating workouts that can be done with a baby at home. In tow was Powers' Broadway baby with husband Matt Cavanaugh (West Side Story), George. View the video below!

Rachel Potter will play a spirited night of music to celebrate NEW YEAR'S EVE. There is no cover for this special night, but to make dinner reservations, upstairs, before the show, please call 212-255-4544.