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On December 1 and 2, Hans Graf and the Houston Symphony will welcome internationally renowned pianist Martin Helmchen in an evening of serenely powerful music. Schumann's beautifully romantic Piano Concerto will open the program and will be followed by Bruckner's 6th Symphony.

MARY POPPINS celebrates its sixth anniversary today, November 16, 2012. It began previews at the New Amsterdam Theatre (214 West 42nd Street) on October 14, 2006 before officially opening on November 16, 2006.

Mumford & Sons are featured in an encore presentation of Austin City Limits (ACL) airing November 17 on PBS. The British folk band with a huge stateside following are riding high with the bestselling Babel, one of the biggest releases of 2012. The episode, which originally aired in October 2011, finds Mumford & Sons making their Austin City Limits debut and is a must-see for fans and a primer for those new to the band's cathartic live shows. Highlights include a performance of their current single "Lover of the Light," which at the time had not been recorded. Viewers are treated to a high-octane night of contemporary music's best folk rock practitioners, including a set by Celtic folk-punkers Flogging Molly. Check local listings for times.

Gotham Arts Exchange presents the seventh annual presentation of FOCUS 2013: DANCE GOTHAM from January 11-13, 2012 at New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566 LaGuardia Place (at Washington Square South), NYC. Tickets are $18 ($15 for NYU faculty, staff and alumni) and are available by phone at 212-352-3101 or 866-811-4111 or online at nyuskirball.org.

The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today the lineup for the 21st edition of SPANISH CINEMA NOW, December 7-16, featuring the latest, most exciting films from Spain, as well as a salute to surrealist master, Luis Buñuel.

The Wagner College Theatre will stage David Ives' "School for Lies" from Nov. 27 through Dec. 2 in its Stage One studio theater. The show will be directed by Staten Island theater mainstay and Wagner College faculty member Mickey Tennenbaum.

The Charing Cross Theatre will present the British premiere of Jerry Herman's musical DEAR WORLD, starring Betty Buckley and Paul Nicholas and directed and choreographed by Gillian Lynne, from 4 February - 30 March 2013, with a press night on Wednesday 13 February.

54 BELOW, Broadway's acclaimed nightclub and cabaret venue, located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, announces its student rush policy.

Based on the classic novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edna Ferber, Giant is a new American musical that spans generations in an epic chronicle of the state that's like no place else on earth: Texas. The show opened last night, November 15. Directed by Michael Greif, Giant runs through Sunday, December 2. Find out what the critics thought of the new musical below!

TDF's Autism Theater Initiative (ATI) today announced a slate of autism-friendly performances of Broadway shows for 2013.

The Bard's Town Theatre has announced it's final show of the 2012 season--Doug Schutte's The Kings of Christmas.

Fair Lawn Recreation Department's resident theatre company, Old Library Theatre, invites submissions for its new logo design.

Executive Director Walter Stearns announced today that he will launch a subscription series at the Mercury Theater including four full productions, which will transform the Mercury into the largest producer of musicals in the city of Chicago; employing almost one hundred theater professionals. Plans are to produce Rogers and Hammerstein's A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING which features songs such as 'Oh What a Beautiful Mornin', 'Some Enchanted Evening' and 'If I Loved You' in January. In March, the Mercury will stage a revival of BARNUM, the Cy Coleman circus musical centered around legendary showman P.T. Barnum, complete with professional circus performers. August brings the regional premiere of THE COLOR PURPLE, the Broadway hit based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel and subsequent Steven Spielberg film. The season concludes with the return voyage of the popular holiday musical,THE CHRISTMAS SCHOONER. Single tickets are available for $29 and up, and 3 show subscription packages start as low as $80. Season packages and A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING tickets go on-sale November 16th.

Portland Ovations brings holiday cheer to Merrill Auditorium with its presentation of virtuoso Cape Breton fiddler Natalie MacMaster: 'Christmas in Cape Breton' on Tuesday, December 4th at 7:30pm.

And I Am Not Lying is cock-rocking the NPR crowd with one of New York's most innovative and eclectic storytelling-based variety shows, featuring comedy, storytelling, music and sideshow.

Sherman Chamber Ensemble (SCE) and Music in the Nave at St. Andrew;'s Church present a performance and sing-in of Handel's Messiah (Christmas portion). Come to participate in chorus sections, or just to listen. Bring your own score or purchase/rent at the door.

Ever since he began making dances in 1968, audiences and critics worldwide have sung the praises of British choreographer Richard Alston's adventurous response to a score and spirited sense of invention. Three Alston dances, including the American premiere of "Ceremony of Carols," will be seen when the Richard Alston Dance Company makes its Peak Performances debut in Montclair, NJ, December 13-16. The work was co-commissioned by The Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury; Sadler's Wells in London and Peak Performances at Montclair State (NJ).

The highly anticipated film adaptation of Les Misérables hits theaters on Christmas Day, and you can order the soundtrack on December 25 as well: according to Amazon.com, Universal Republic records will be releasing the recording, featuring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks, with Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen.

Ars Nova (Jason Eagan, Artistic Director; Jeremy Blocker, Managing Director) announces a jam-packed end-of-year lineup featuring exciting new comedy, music and theater programming.

Manhattan Theatre Club's New York premiere of GOLDEN AGE, the new play by four-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie begins previews tonight in preparation for a Tuesday, December 4 opening night at MTC at New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street).