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First Lady Michelle Obama, the honorary chair of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH), will speak about the importance of after-school and out-of-school arts and humanities education by hosting the PCAH's National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards - the country's highest honor in this field.

Superstar entertainer Terry Fator will continue to call The Mirage Hotel & Casino home following the signing of an almost unprecedented new deal. The agreement will keep him delighting crowds in Las Vegas until at least the year 2016.

Live from the Playhouse, it's Comedy Night! Playhouse on Park's Comedy Night is back for a no-holds-barred, night of laughs on Wednesday, November 21st.

Based on the hit DreamWorks film and the incredible true story that inspired it, the first national tour of the high-flying Broadway musical Catch Me If You Can will make a stop at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center for a limited engagement December 18-23.

The Garden Theatre has announced the Florida premiere of the holiday musical A Christmas Survival Guide, showing November 30 - December 16, 2012.

Bay Street Players' Second Stage Series presents the award winning holiday show Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol for three performances; Nov.25, Dec. 2 & 9 at 7:30 pm. Directed by Joel Warren, Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol is a funny and moving work that brings the ghost of Jacob Marley out of the shadows and into the spotlight to tell his version of the Dickens classic.

Join Anthony Bourdain and his good friend, Eric Ripert - internationally renowned chefs, authors, and television personalities - as they share stories and muse on the place of food in our personal, community, and global life. Their Good vs. Evil tour will visit Pittsburgh for one night only, Monday, May 6, 2013 at The Benedum Center for the Performing Arts. It will be a truly engaging evening of storytelling and observation, providing frank and provocative insight into what really goes on behind kitchen doors.

This December, Signature Theatre welcomes singer and actress Sandy Bainum (Show Boat, Sunset Boulevard) for a special concert and release party as she debuts her new holiday CD This Christmas.

Theatre for the New City will showcase a reading of "VATICAN FALLS," written by Frank J. Avella (author of "CONSENT"), a play set against the backdrop of the Catholic sex abuse scandal, on December 3, 2012 at 7PM.

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is one of nine theatres across the country to participate in #GivingTuesday. Held on November 27, 2012, #GivingTuesday will kick off the giving season for nonprofits across the country. Its goal is to cultivate new donors via social media by harnessing the collective power of charities, families, nonprofit organizations, foundations, businesses, and individuals.

Neil Jacobson, musician and songwriter, has announced all proceeds from sales of his new single, 'It's Thanksgiving Time,' will be donated to the Food Bank For New York City. To purchase the single, please go to http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/neiljacobson.

On Saturday, November 17 at 8pm, the Torrington Symphony Orchestra will perform its Fall Concert in the Warner's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre.

Chicago's Theater Wit has announced that The MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at Prince has awarded the company a three-year, $60,000 grant for general operating support.

Tony® Award-winner George Hearn (La Cage Aux Folles, Scandoulous) joins the The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director), to honor legendary Broadway Music Director and Conductor Paul Gemignani with the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre at the 21st Annual Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala to be held next Monday, November 19, 2012 at The Edison Ballroom (240 West 47th Street).

Impressive. Beautifully lyrical. Stunning. Strange and wonderful concoction. Unconventional. Clever. Whether describing one of her avant-garde works or simply summing up her unique movement style, words and phrases like these flow throughout the reviews of choreographer Helen Pickett.

The Purple Rose Theatre Company will present Jeff Daniels' Onstage & Unplugged for a limited six-show engagement from Thursday, December 27 through Monday, December 31, 2012. (Editors' Note: Please find a full performance / pricing schedule on page 2). All performances will be at The Purple Rose Theatre Company, 137 Park Street, Chelsea, MI 48118.

Performances for two-time Obie Award-winning actor/director/playwright Matthew Maguire's new solo show, Wild Man in Rome, begin tonight at The Wild Project (195 E. 3rd Street). Wild Man in Rome will run for a strictly limited two-week engagement through November 24. Wild Man in Rome is a follow-up to Maguire's smash hit solo show, Wild Man, which premiered at The Wild Project in 2010.

Due to popular demand the Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC's) season of Hairy Maclary and Friends, has been extended until 23 January 2013 in the Cremorne Theatre.

Darlings of the South African cabaret stage, Emile Minnie and Godfrey Johnson, join forces and hands to bring you an evening of fun, humour and fabulous songs.

Australian rock band TRACER won "Best New Band" at last night's Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards. Held at the London Roundhouse, lead singer and guitarist Michael Brown was flown in from Adelaide, Australia to accept the award on behalf of the band.