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Janice L. Mayer has been named Executive Director of Musica Sacra by the President of the Board of Directors, Scott Lethbridge. Ms. Mayer's leadership of the nonprofit choral organization will be effective January 2, 2013. In announcing the appointment, Mr. Lethbridge said, "Janice's long experience with the classical music world combined with her business acumen will be an invaluable asset to Musica Sacra."

Southern Rep Theatre kicks off its 26th Season Mainstage Series with VENUS IN FUR by David Ives at The Contemporary Arts Center directed by Aimée Hayes starring Todd d'Amour and Veronica Russell. In what The New York Times describes as 'seriously smart and very funny,' VENUS IN FUR is a frisky game of cat and mouse in which the lines blur between reality and play, seduction and power, and love and sex. The production runs forfourteen performances only opening January 9 and running through January 24.

Dutch Apple proudly opens its 28th Season with everyone's favorite crooners in The Rat Pack Lounge, playing December 30 through February 9, 2013. Dutch Apple also announces a new Season Opener Special with all evening shows at $42 and all matinees at only $39!

John Pinette will present a hilarious evening of stand-up comedy at Hershey Theatre on Saturday, February 9 at 8:00 p.m. This is an all ages show.

SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody is the 'hilarious new musical that brings all the naughty fun of the best-selling book to life' onstage at the City Theatre for 7 performances, Wednesday, January 30 through Sunday, February 3.

For a second time this season, early demand has prompted Lantern Theater Company to announce an immediate extension of an upcoming production. Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane, directed by Lantern Associate Artistic Director Kathryn MacMillan and featuring Mary Martello and Megan Bellwoar in the lead roles of Mag and Maureen Folan, will now run January 10 - February 10, 2013 (press opening Wednesday, January 16, 7 p.m.).

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College (BCBC)concludes its 2012-2013 Target Storybook Series with Sleeping Beauty on Sunday, March 10, 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 four and up.

Stars of the London stage will come together on Friday 21 December, 4-5pm for carol singing and festive merry-making in support of ITV's Text Santa appeal to raise money on behalf of charities offering life-changing services to vulnerable people throughout the UK.

As a historic performing arts organization in PBC, the Lake Worth Playhouse has announced its 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee with guest of honor Burt Reynolds.

The Brimmer Street Theatre Company's fifth annual Blueprint Series is now accepting submissions, with a deadline of Friday, January 11 to submit applications. The Blueprint program provides opportunities for playwrights to work with the BSTC ensemble, in collaboration with other artists, to develop new projects.

Three-time GRAMMY® winner and renowned sitar player Ravi Shankar was a true pioneer in introducing Indian music to the West. He influenced artists across classical, jazz, pop, rock, and world music genres, including the Beatles, John Coltrane, Philip Glass, and his daughters, Norah Jones and Anoushka Shankar.

Originally produced by the National Theatre of Scotland, the English premiere of Iain Finlay Macleod's Somersaults opens at the Finborough Theatre on Wednesday, 2 January 2013 (Press Night: Thursday, 3 January 2013 at 7.30pm) for a limited four-week season, directed by Russell Bolam.

Cavalia: A Magical Encounter Between Human and Horse, an innovative multi-media and multi-disciplinary production created by Normand Latourelle, one of the co-founders of famed Cirque du Soleil, announces the addition of two more cities to its debut tour of Australia. Cavalia will open in Sydney on May 15, 2013, under its signature White Big Top, on The Showring at the Entertainment Quarter in Moore Park. In Melbourne, Cavalia will open on August 7, 2013, at The Docklands. Tickets for Cavalia, one of the world's most critically acclaimed shows, will go on sale tomorrow, November 28, online at www.cavalia.com.au or by calling 1800-765-955. Prior to the Sydney and Melbourne seasons, Cavalia will play in Brisbane from March 6 under the company's famed White Big Top in the parking lot adjacent to DFO at Brisbane Airport. Tickets for the Brisbane season are already available online and by phone.

American Repertory Ballet has announced upcoming events throughout New Jersey this Spring 2013. Based in Princeton, ARB has been consistently designated a "Major Arts Institution" by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts for the past two decades, and, in 2008 and 2011, was voted Jersey Arts' People's Choice for Favorite Dance Company. Presenting innovative choreography to music by such greats as Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Vivaldi, ARB's upcoming performance season promises to be inspiring.

The demand for CSC's popular annual holiday production of "Every Christmas Story Ever Told" has become so great that CSC has just announced the addition of 4 performances to help meet this demand.

Quest Theatre Ensemble rings in the new year with it's 11th annual production of BLUE NATIVITY on Tuesday, January 1st, 2012 at 5:00 pm. The show will take place at St. Gregory the Great Church, 5535 North Paulina in Chicago. The performance is free to the public. Donations are greatly appreciated.

Broadway's smash hit musical comedy The Addams Family comes to spooky and spectacular life premiering on 23 March 2013 at Sydney's Capitol Theatre. Today, Producer Rodney Rigby announced the Ensemble who will make up the cast of The Addams Family.

During January and February the Brooklyn Museum will present an array of public programs for adults, teens, and kids, including performances by the Grammy Award-winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, pianist Joe Alterman, the Fat Afro Latin Jazz Cats, and Balmir Studio's salsa team; conversations with artists El Anatsui and Duron Jackson; a panel discussion about the Black female body in art; the premiere of the season finale of The Outs and a discussion with the team behind the acclaimed web show; screenings of the films La Playa D.C., Hilde Holger: Her Legacy (pictured), La Pirogue, Ethel, and Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story; a tour of the new installation Life, Death, and Transformation in the Americas with curators Nancy Rosoff and Susan Zeller; and a variety of art-making classes and workshops.

Ring in the holiday season with a special one night-only performance of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY, to be performed on December 22, 2012 at 8pm at the Riverdale YM-YWHA, located at 5625 Arlington Avenue (just off of Riverdale Avenue and West 256th Street), in Riverdale, Bronx, NY.

The Recording Academy(www.grammy.com) announced its Special Merit Awards recipients today, and this year's honorees are: Glenn Gould, Charlie Haden, Lightnin' Hopkins, Carole King, Patti Page,Ravi Shankar and the Temptations as Lifetime Achievement Award recipients; Marilyn & Alan Bergman, Leonard & Phil Chess and Alan Livingston as Trustees Award honorees; and Ikutaro Kakehashi & Dave Smith and Royer Labs as Technical GRAMMY Awardrecipients. A special invitation-only ceremony will be held during GRAMMY Week on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, and a formal acknowledgment will be made during the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast, which will be held at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles onSunday, Feb. 10, 2013, and broadcast live at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the CBS Television Network. For breaking news and exclusive content, join the organization's social networks as a Twitter follower at www.twitter.com/thegrammys, a Facebook fan at www.facebook.com/thegrammys, and a YouTube channel subscriber at www.youtube.com/thegrammys.