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Give the theater lover in your life the perfect holiday gift, a CRT Season Flex Pass! Each Flex Pass gives you four tickets for $120 - that's a 10% discount! Reserve your shows and seats later. CRT also offers gift certificates for any amount, giving you even more flexibility! Visit www.creederep.org or call 719.658.2540 x233 to purchase.

Singer-songwriter and multi-million selling artist Lou Christie will perform at the Suncoast Showroom New Year's weekend, December 29 and 30.

The Utah Symphony's family-friendly Lollipops Series will celebrate the season with "Here Comes Santa Claus," an annual concert for families with children ages 5-12. The concert will feature symphonic holiday favorites from around the world and a special visit from Santa Claus.

Slightly Altered States Theater Company presents the World Premiere of THE CHESS LESSON, an absurdist comedy by Sari Caine, a chess champion and teacher. Directed by Elizabeth Miller, previews begin January 4 at IRT Theater. Opening is slated for January 11.

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman announced last week that AOP (American Opera Projects) is one of 832 non-profit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. AOP is recommended for a $15,000 grant to support the creation, development and presentation of Nkeiru Okoye's folk opera Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed the Line to Freedom, during 2013, the 100th anniversary year of Tubman's death and the 150th anniversary of The Emancipation Proclamation. Performances of the opera will occur in states along the Underground Railroad where Tubman was active.

Opening Night is this Thursday, December 6 at 6:45 pm for Lincoln Center Theater's 75th Anniversary production of the Clifford Odets classic Golden Boy, directed by Bartlett Sher, at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44 Street), the same theatre where the play premiered in 1937. Get a complete first look at the all-star cast onstage in the photos below!

Million Dollar Quartet, now in its fifth year in Chicago, continues performances through April 28, 2013 with cast members Brandon Bennett (Elvis Presley), Shaun Whitley (Carl Perkins), Lance Lipinsky (Jerry Lee Lewis), Chris Damiano (Johnny Cash), Tim Decker (Sam Phillips), Whitney Kraus Jones (Dyanne), Marc Edelstein (Jay Perkins/Bass player) and Dan Leali (Fluke/Drummer). The Tony-nominated musical inspired by the famed 1956 recording session that brought together legendary rock 'n' roll icons Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley, celebrates its long run in Chicago, a multiple Tony-nominated New York run, a long-running London production and a national tour that kicked-off in October 2011.

The Charlotte improvisational theatre group, the Chuckleheads, present their A Very Special Holiday (All of Them) Comedy Improv Musical Variety Extravaganza at The Ballantyne Art Center, 11318 Community House Road, Suite 303, Charlotte, on Saturday, December 8 beginning at 8:00pm.

Porchlight Music Theatre is proud to announce the return of BEST MUSICAL! A Completely Improvised Musical Comedy in a new Holiday Edition!, conceived by Second City veteran Matthew Loren Cohen, at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave. Performances are Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m., November 28 through December 19. Single tickets are $15, student discounts are $12 with group discounts available. All tickets are available at stage773.com, porchlightmusictheatre.org or by phone at 773.327.5252.

Moscow City Ballet, one of the longest established visiting Russian companies to the UK, return to the Lyceum Theatre in the New Year with their critically-acclaimed production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake on from Tuesday 8 - Saturday 12 January 2013.

Am Samstag, 8. Dezember 2012, 11.00 Uhr findet im Gustav Mahler-Saal der Wiener Staatsoper die erste in dieser Saison von GMD Franz Welser-Möst gestaltete und moderierte Matinee der Reihe 'Positionslichter' statt. Bei diesem ersten Termin sind Peter Stein und Konrad Paul Liessmann zu Gast und diskutieren das Thema 'Die Gegenwart des Theaters'.

'Scott Alan Live: Special Edition,' is now available digitally, including iTunes (US and UK), Amazon and CDbaby. The album, recorded live at Birdland on April 30th, will also be released as a physical copy in mid-January 2013.

The Break-Away Project will bring together some of Ireland's most talented storytellers and musicians for this special one-night-only Christmas celebration. Guests will hear enchanting stories from Irish folklore and around the world, and will be treated to wonderful musical performances to mark the festive season.

Five finalists have been named in Pride Films and Plays' Great Gay Play Contest for 2013. These five plays will be performed as enhanced staged readings (with movement and design elements) by members of the Artistic Ensemble of Pride Films and Plays during Gay Play Weekend, May 16 to 19, 2013 at Center on Halsted's Hoover-Leppen Theatre, 3656 N. Halsted, Chicago. A full performance schedule for the weekend will be announced in January.

Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, is coming to Portland, ME for a premiere engagement as part of the Portland Ovations Broadway and Beyond Series. Produced by NETworks Presentations, this elaborate theatrical production will come to life on stage at the Merrill Auditorium for three performances from January 4th through 5th. For information on the production, visit www.BeautyAndTheBeastOnTour.com.

The William Inge Center for the Arts at Independence Community College (ICC) has landed a prestigious award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) of $50,000.

In a metropolitan area where golf is king - or, certainly, at least, prince - Ken Ludwig's newest play, The Fox on the Fairway, will bring a hilarious, madcap perspective to the Valley's collective love affair with the sport.

Producer Scott Siegel has announced that Tony Award Winner Debbie Gravitte and Drama Desk Nominee Michael Winther have joined the previously announced CHEYENNE JACKSON (The Performers), NATALIE TORO (A Tale of Two Cities), JULIA MURNEY (Falling), ORFEH (Legally Blonde), ANDY KARL (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), WILLIAM MICHALS (South Pacific, Man of La Mancha), JEFFRY DENMAN (The Holiday Guys), BILL DAUGHERTY (Brother, Can You Spare a Dime), BARBARA WALSH (Tony Nominee, Company, Falsettos, Big), KELLI RABKE (Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), CAROLE J. BUFFORD (Speak Easy, Broadway by the Year, 11 O'Clock Numbers at 11 O'Clock), CHRISTINA BIANCO (Drama Desk Nominee, Forbidden Broadway, Newsical, 11 O'Clock Numbers…), and SCOTT COULTER (The Stephen Schwartz Show, Broadway by the Year, 11 O'Clock Numbers…)

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) has announced the roster of shows for the Winter Season. All performances take place at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). Ticket prices and performance schedules vary. For tickets, call Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or visit www.59e59.org.

Midwest New Musicals continues Words and Music, a concert reading series of original musicals, with THE LAST STORYTELLER, book and lyrics by Caroline Lee and Christina Biggs, music by Margaret James, on Monday, December 17, at 7:30 pm, at the Light Opera Works Second Stage, 1420 Maple (at Lake) in Evanston. Tickets are $15, available at Light Opera Works box office: (847) 920-5360, or at the door.