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Continuing its popular tradition, The Jewish Museum will be open on Christmas Day, Tuesday, December 25 from 11 am to 4:30 pm. When many families are looking for something special to do, The Jewish Museum offers an eagerly anticipated, fun-filled way to spend the day. A highlight this year is three ticketed concerts for families starring The Macaroons at 11:30 am, 1:15 pm and 3 pm. Concert tickets are $20 per adult, $15 per child.

Forum Theatre presents a special engagement of Stephen Spotswood's We Tiresias ('Best Drama' at the 2012 Capital Fringe Festival) January 3 - 13, 2013. Shows are Thursday - Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm. Tickets are $15 for all performances. To purchase, visit www.forum-theatre.org or call the Round House box office at 240-644-1100.

Songwriter, singer, actor, and Tonight show favorite, Paul Williams was a cultural icon throughout the 1970s and 1980s. His remarkable career, including his recent comeback, will be showcased in a weekend retrospective at Museum of the Moving Image, January 25 through 27, 2013. Williams will be present for all screenings, including a new digital restoration of Ishtar (which was filmed across the street from the Museum at the Kaufman Astoria Studios), Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise, The Muppet Movie, and the acclaimed new documentary Paul Williams: Still Alive.

Eye Rhymes is a collection of 47 humorous verses based on words that look as if they should rhyme but don't, and words that rhyme but don't look like they should.

InFusion Theatre Company is proud to announce the world premiere of Mark Mason's Allotment Annie, directed by InFusion Company Member Bridgette Harney, January 3 - February 3, 2013, at Strawdog Theater, 3829 N. Broadway, Ave. Preview performances are Thursday, Jan. 3 and Friday, Jan. 4 at 8:00 p.m. with the opening night performance Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. Performances are Thursdays - Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m. Preview tickets are $10. Tickets are $25 for general admission and $15 for students and seniors. Tickets may be purchased by calling 773.528.9696 or by visiting infusiontheatre.com.

The original cast recording of the acclaimed TRIASSIC PARQ The Musical is now available through iTunes, CD Baby, Google Play, Xbox Music, Rhapsody, Spotify, Omnifone, Rdio, eMusic, Muve Music, Bloom.fm, MediaNet, GreatIndieMusic, Last.fm, Myspace Music, Simfy, iHeartRadio, and Tradebit.

Pumpkin Theatre continues our 45th Anniversary Season, "A Celebration of Imagination" with Quest of the ZIZ Bird. A NEW PLAY with book and lyrics by Pumpkin Theatre Producing Artistic Director, Jimi Kinstle and music by Ryan Michael Haase (Artistic Director, Stillpointe Theatre Initiative) based on the children's book The Hardest Word, by Jacqueline Jules. Quest of the Ziz Bird has been adapted to the stage by Pumpkin Theatre in collaboration with the Louise D & Morton J Macks Center for Jewish Education (CJE) (www.cjebaltimore.org) and the PJ Library as part of an outreach project for both organizations.

T. Schreiber Studio and Theatre (Terry Schreiber and Peter Jensen, Co-Artistic Directors) announced today that the studio will launch the TSS Young Adult Conservatory for Theatre and Film in January 2013.

Croatian cellists Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser, known as 2CELLOS, are back with a brand new music video and a new album. Entitled IN2ITION (pronounced Intuition) and produced by the legendary Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, KISS), the album is set for release on January 15, 2013 through Sony MASTERWORKS and is currently available for preorder at Amazon and iTunes.

STOMP, the international percussion sensation, returns to Houston for four performances on Friday, Jan. 25 (8 p.m.), Saturday, Jan. 26 (2 & 8 p.m.) and Sunday, Jan. 27 (2 p.m.) in Jones Hall.

Court Theatre Artistic Director Charles Newell and Executive Director Stephen J. Albert present Skylight, written by David Hare, and directed by William Brown. Skylight will run January 10 - February 10, 2013 at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue. Press Opening is Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 8:00 p.m.

Contemporary classical group Musiqa will present its first 2013 concert, Percussive Illusions, at the Hobby Center's Zilkha Hall on January 12 at 7:30 p.m. The concert features the award-winning University of Houston Percussion Ensemble, directed by Blake Wilkins. The concert explores the evolution of percussion throughout the past century, highlighting its rhythmic virtuosity and timbral richness through a variety of works and instrumentation. Percussion's capacity to shape the experience of film is also explored in a trio of films curated by Aurora Picture Show.

Z2 Entertainment will present The Pharcyde (Live Band) at the Fox Theatre on Thursday, January 31st. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, December 21st for $20.00 in advance and $23.00 day of show.

City Theatre begins the New Year with Seminar, a sharp, Broadway comedy about power, sex, and art by Theresa Rebeck. Directed by Tracy Brigden, Seminar runs on City Theatre's Mainstage from January 19 to February 10, 2013, with an Opening Night performance on Friday, January 25 at 8pm.

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College (BCBC) continues its 2012-2013 Target Storybook Series with The Little Prince on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 2pm. All tickets are $7 and can be purchased by phone at 718-951-4500 (Tues-Sat, 1pm-6pm), or online at www.BrooklynCenterOnline.org. Recommended for ages eight to eighty.

Opening Thursday, January 17th, 2013 and running until Sunday, February 3rd, 2013, Alemaedae Theater & Xavier Films present in cooperation with Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP), the hilarious comedy stage play The Wonderful World of Peter Williams. The play, a highly anticipated prequel to the hit comedy stage play So Fierce: Peter Williams, was written and produced by Alemaedae Theater's CEO / Founder Phil Davis Sr. and stars RLTP Ensemble member Barry Williams as Peter Williams. The play will be presented at the Road Less Traveled Theater, in Downtown Buffalo's Theatre District.

Off-Broadway's newest hit comedy HOW TO BE A NEW YORKER will be playing a special holiday schedule next week 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.

Lincoln Center Theater's Platform Series, a forum for public discussion between Lincoln Center Theater artists and interested theatergoers, continues its 15th season with two pre-performance talks with actors from its two current productions - Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike and Golden Boy.

Catellier Dance Projects turns chemical energy into kinetic energy with "E," the third part of a series of evening-length work based on the four elements of dance, January 24-26 in the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts.

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO), led by Music Director Marin Alsop, welcomes back award-winning pianist Garrick Ohlsson to perform Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto as part of an all-Rachmaninoff program on the Classical Concert Series, which also includes Rachmaninoff's Isle of the Dead and Cinq Etudes-tableaux on Thursday January 17, 2013 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 3 p.m. at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.