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Long View Theater Company presents Pit, a new play by Melisa Annis. Jeff Woodbridge directs a cast of eight including Patrick Eichner, Samantha Jones*, Kurt Kelly*, Jake Levitt, Molly Lovell, Sarah Matteucci, Ted McGuinness, and Michael Mraz. Pit will run at the Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue (bet. 9th and 10th Streets), New York City 10003 for sixteen performances, February 28-March 17, 2013. *Member, Actors' Equity Association. AEA Showcase.

The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce will hold its Winter Gala -- featuring a movie premiere-theme party that includes a red carpet -- tomorrow night at El Caribe Country Club in Mill Basin.

On Monday, December 17, the monthly "Frank & Friends" concert took place as part of the Broadway at Birdland concert series. Once again, multi-Grammy and Tony nominated composer and host Frank Wildhorn gathered some of his talented pals to sing his pop and theater songs, but this night was extra-special. Over the past few months, Wildhorn has used the concerts to raise funds for The Actors Fund, so to celebrate the years end, he presented a check for $4000 to the Fund's Tim Pinckney.

Let's Kill Grandma This Christmas is a twisted new comedy by Brian Gianci, directed by John Dapolito and presented by Robert Nicotra and John Dapolito. It began performances on Sunday, November 25; opened on Monday, December 3 and will celebrate its final New York performance on Sunday, December 30 at 7:30 at the Theatre at St. Clement's (423 West 46th Street). Tickets are $69 and can be purchased by visiting http://letskillgrandmatheplay.com.

The highly anticipated film version of LES MISERABLES doesn't hit theaters for another week, but producer Cameron Mackintosh may already have his eye on another movie musical.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Andrew Lloyd Webber is at work on a musical based on the events surrounding the 1963 Profumo Affair.

Inventing Abstraction, 1910-1925, on view at MoMA from December 23, 2012, to April 15, 2013, explores the advent of abstraction as both a historical idea and an emergent artistic practice. Commemorating the centennial of the moment at which a series of artists invented abstraction, the exhibition is a sweeping survey of more than 350 artworks in a broad range of mediums-including paintings, drawings, prints, books, sculptures, films, photographs, recordings, and dance pieces-that represent a radical moment when the rules of art making were fundamentally transformed. Half of the works in the exhibition, many of which have rarely been seen in the United States, come from major international public and private collectors. The exhibition is organized by Leah Dickerman, Curator, with Masha Chlenova, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art.

Broadway In Chicago and the National Theatre's epic WAR HORSE are thrilled to announce "Heroes Night at the Theatre" honoring teachers, members of the military, police and fire department at the Dec. 23, 2012, 7:30 p.m. performance. Patrons with valid teacher, military, fire and police IDs will be able to purchase $25 tickets to see WAR HORSE (limit four tickets per ID). Use code HERO when ordering online, over the phone, or in person at any Broadway In Chicago box office or Ticketmaster outlet.

Tribeca Film, in a partnership with Emerging Pictures, will be bringing Glee star, Chris Colfer's film debut, Struck by Lightning, to theaters nationwide for a one night only special interactive Q&A screening. This special theatrical event will be hosted by cinemas across the country Sunday, January 6th, the same night as the film's red carpet premiere. Fans all over the U.S. will be virtually united and given the unique chance to see the high school comedy in theaters before its January 11th release date. Colfer will participate remotely from the LA premiere for a live and interactive webcast Q&A at the conclusion of the film. Viewers will have the opportunity to ask questions via social media. A full list of participating theaters can be found at http://www.tribecafilm.com/struckbylightning. Struck By Lightning will also be available on demand starting December 19, 2012 through a variety of video-on-demand offerings, as well as iTunes, Amazon Watch Instantly, VUDU, and many more.

Led by CSO Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni, a frothy operetta overture and a regal waltz by Johann Strauss, Jr. share the bill with the lilting suite from Richard Strauss' (no family relation) oh-so-Viennese opera, Der Rosenkavalier. Piano soloist Marc-Andre Hamelin, hailed as "one of the most complete musicians of his generation" for his debut concert with the Berlin Philharmonic, adds to your enjoyment with playful works by Mozart and Richard Strauss.

Music Director Robert Spano will lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in the world premiere of The Nature of Light, a clarinet concerto by Atlanta School of Composers member Michael Gandolfi, which was written for Principal Clarinet Laura Ardan. The program will also include Rimsky-Korsakov'sScheherazade and the Atlanta Symphony premiere of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 5 with pianist Juho Pohjonen. Tickets are $23-$67.

2013 is a landmark year for Seattle-based guitar virtuoso Andre Feriante; it's the 20th anniversary of Andre's beloved Valentines concert (15 years at Benaroya Hall). And for the first time in years, the concert will actually fall on Valentines Day! From 1994 to 1998 Andre moved from SAM to The Frye, to the Broadway Performance Hall for his Valentines Day concert; then in 1999, a few months after Benaroya Hall opened, Andre settled in at the Nordstrom Recital Hall. Benaroya Hall has been his Valentines Day concert home ever since. February 14, 2013 also marks the release of his new CD, Beatles Masquerade ($15), and features his classical and Spanish style guitar improvisations with Beatles motifs woven throughout.

Diablo Theatre Company's STARS 2000 Teen Theatre presents the musical comedy Avenue Q. Recommended for ages 13+. The show contains adult situations and language.

Surprise! The world didn't explode into nothingness on December 21, 2012, but improv comedy will be exploding off the stage at The Bovine Metropolis Theater in their annual "On The Spot" New Year's Eve celebration.

Performance Network Theatre is currently accepting applications for three young professionals to embark on the year-long Theatre Apprentice Program by sending an e-mail before March 31, 2013 to logan@performancenetwork.org (application guidelines are provided at performancenetwork.org).

New City Stage Company opened the Philadelphia of'RFK' by Jack Holmes on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 and then extended the show into November after 18 straight sold-out houses. Arguably the highest rated play performed in the greater Philadelphia area this fall, it has received rave reviews and was attended by the playwright as well as many other theatre professionals and producers. As a result, 'RFK' in being fully produced 2 more times within the next year by New City Stage Company.

Comedy often comes out of desperate circumstances. Laughter can follow as people try to change those circumstances by making better choices in life. That's the heart of Stephen Adly Guirgis' play The Motherf**ker with the Hat, the Broadway hit at South Coast Repertory Jan. 6-27. The production is directed by Michael John Garcés, artistic director at Cornerstone Theatre Company.

Due to an unforeseen scheduling change, Sarah Brightman's performance at the 2013 Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) Gala on Friday, February 15, 2013 at 7:30P has been cancelled. Ms. Brightman's concerts in Boston, MA at the Boston Opera House and in Hartford, CT at the Bushnell have been rescheduled; Ms. Brightman will perform in Boston on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 and in Hartford on Tuesday, September 24, 2013. Tickets that have been purchased for Ms. Brightman's performance at PPAC are not transferrable.

On Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013 at 8pm and Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013 at 2pm,the Warner Theatre will welcome, once again, the irrepressible Moses Pendleton and the dazzling dancer-illusionists of Momix when they debut their newest show, Alchemia.

French composer Hector Berlioz knew he was taking on a monumental task when he chose Virgil's Aeneid as the basis for his opera, Les Troyens. The story of the aftermath of the Trojan War fueled a creative burst that resulted in an epic opera - so big and so expensive and so complicated that no theater would dare to produce it.