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The RRazz Room, San Francisco's premier nightclub, presents the return engagement of LESLIE JORDAN, Emmy Award-winning star of the hit TV comedy "Will & Grace" and author of My Trip Down the Pink Carpet. For the Bay Area debut of his new show, "Fruit Fly", Leslie travels back in time using show-and-tell to take the audience on the ride of a lifetime. Do gay men become their mothers? That is the question asked in Leslie's hilarious and touching new romp featuring childhood recollections combined with perilous teenage shenanigans. Jordan's storytelling skills abound and will make for an evening of fun and thought-provoking theater. The show will run December 18 through December 22.

The highest concentration of Shakespeare theatre leaders in the world will occur at the home of the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival in Center Valley, Pennsylvania January 7 - 12, 2013.

Making Books Sing, the critically-acclaimed theater and arts education nonprofit, prepares for a new year by giving back to the New York City communities that have supported the 12 year organization. Starting this month, Making Books Sing will rotate it's small, self-contained staff as volunteers, one day a week, at various Hurricane Sandy relief sites around the city.

Judy Greer, starring in the new Broadway comedy DEAD ACCOUNTS, will co-host "Anderson Live" on Monday, December 10. "Anderson Live" airs locally on Fox 5 at NOON, check local listings outside of the tri-state area.

Flint & Tinder is a curated series of exciting new independent theater presented by The Tank in the heart of Manhattan's theater district. The series showcases ferociously imaginative emerging artists making work that spans (and often flagrantly combines) physical theater, puppetry, dance, clowning, and more. They are storytellers, relentless risk-takers, and theatrical alchemists shaping the future of the medium.

Hyatt Regency O'Hare, 9300 Bryn Mawr Avenue, announces a special "Blizzard Rate" to accommodate stranded travelers and suburban commuters due to inclement weather conditions this winter. Whenever there is more than three inches of snow predicted from now through March 31, the hotel is offering a "Blizzard Rate" of $65 that includes free parking and complimentary toiletries including a toothbrush, toothpaste, shaving cream and razor.

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO) and New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) present Yo-Yo Ma with the NJSO, a one-performance-only program on Thursday, January 10, at 7:30 p.m. in NJPAC's Prudential Hall.

Berkeley Playhouse presents its next KidStage production, DISNEY'S PETER PAN JR. Fantastic adventures await Wendy and her brothers when Peter Pan, the hero of their stories, whisks them away to the magical world of Neverland. With Peter, and his feisty sidekick, Tinker Bell, they explore Peter's secret hideout with the rambunctious Lost Boys, and leap into high-flying battles with Indians, swashbuckling pirates, and the infamous Captain Hook.

The Flea Theater in association with Four Arts Media presents AMERICAN SONG, Episode 4, Swing Blue - a comedy set in the 1930s starring David Hyde Pierce - on Monday, December 17 at 7pm. This episode will take place at Jerome L. Greene Performance Space.

New York No Limits (NYNL) in collaboration with the Curatorial Art Alliance (CorAAL) has announced official selections for the New York No Limits 2012 Summit being held December 12 - 15 in New York City and Brooklyn, NY.

Sugarward, Sean Graney's new play about the governor of the British Leeward Islands circa 1706, will receive its world premiere January 5, 2013, at 7:30 pm at The Side Project. Sugarward will then run Thursday through Saturday nights at 7:30pm and Sundays at 3 p.m. through February 10.

Immediately upon its digital release last night at midnight, Tamar Braxton's brand new single, 'Love and War' [Streamline Records] topped multiple iTunes charts.

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman announced today that Sarasota Opera is one of 832 non-profit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. Sarasota Opera is recommended for a $30,000 grant to support to support performances of Carlisle Floyd's opera Of Mice and Men, as part of the third year of the 'American Classics Series,' accompanied by significant educational programming.

With Irish tunes and ballads, plus a hearty stew of interesting characters 'A Couple of Blaguards' is a rollicking, funny, musical cabaret show that recounts Frank and Malachy McCourt's life in poverty-stricken Limerick, Ireland and their journey to Brooklyn, New York. Professional actors Tim Kniffin and Steven Abbott portray the McCourt brothers and a collection of characters from relatives to rogues, fools and petty tyrants.

The Chicago Jazz Orchestra (CJO) Live From Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase: A Memorial Concert in Tribute to Vocalist Perrian Jordan.

Jet City Improv presents its 10th annual New Year's Eve Spectacular on Monday, December 31st from 8:00pm to midnight. This is an all-ages event that will feature live improvised comedy from Jet City Improv leading up to an audience champagne toast and dance party at midnight as the Space Needle fireworks are projected live on the big screen.

The last time Chick Corea and Béla Fleck performed together was in 2008. Now, five years later, they are back together touring the country, making a stop in Milwaukee at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, April 2 at 8:00 p.m. in Uihlein Hall for one performance only. This performance is presented by the Marcus Center as part of its continuing series Marcus Center Presents. Tickets go on sale on Friday, January 18 at 12:00 p.m. at the Marcus Center Box Office.

In a bi-coastal celebration of the season, internationally acclaimed soprano Lisa Vroman is performing with 150 members of the National Children's Chorus (NCC) and a chamber orchestra in a concert themed "Candlelight." The New York concert is this Saturday, December 8 and the Los Angeles concert was November 29.

Bobby Rydell, the international teenage sensation of the Baby Boom era, performs his carefree chart-toppers at the Suncoast Showroom January 11, 12 and 13.

Mika Newton is an exciting new arrival on the American pop music scene and is more than ready to bring her talent stateside. The Ukraine pop star will officially release her second single, "Come Out and Play", on Randy Jackson's Friendship Collective record label on January 14, 2013. Produced by Rune Westberg (Rebecca Black, Adam Lambert) and Randy Jackson, "Come Out and Play" spreads the positive message to enjoy life no matter what the day brings you.