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After five years of ongoing renovations, the popular Upper West Side performance space the Triad Theater (158 West 72nd Street) officially re-launches today as STAGE 72 as a part of the New York Comedy Festival, which will include performances and appearances by Susie Essman, Meredith Vieira, two special editions of Celebrity Autobiography featuring Janeane Garofalo, Tony Danza, Mario Cantone, SNL alum Rachel Dratch, and more.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's Talent Development Program (TDP), which supports the musical development of talented young African-American and Latino students, will hold its annual Fall Musicale on Sunday, December 2, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. The Musicale, held in support of the Azira G. Hill Scholarship Fund, will take place in Atlanta Symphony Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center. The performance is free and open to the public. Tickets are required, and are available at aso.org.

Terrace Plaza Playhouse is pleased to present SCROOGE -- A CHRISTMAS CAROL, November 23 - December 22, 2012 every Friday, Saturday and Monday evenings at 7:30 PM. There will be special performances every night beginning December 18 - 20, 2010. Call the theater for group rates.

Thanksgiving is upon us, and The Rep's PAPA (Portsmouth Academy of Performing Arts) Youth Workshop is serving up all the fixins in their original musical "Run Turkey Run". A musical based on local children's author Diane Mayer's book of the same name, with original music and lyrics by Miles Burns.

WaterTower Theatre Producing Artistic Director Terry Martin announced today the cast for Putting It Together, running January 11 - February 3, 2013 at the Addison Theatre Centre. The cast includes Diana Sheehan, John Campione, Bob Hess, Alex Organ and Sarah Elizabeth Smith.

Rising Sun Performance Company (Akia, Founding Artistic Director) announced today that Hotel Suite, its three-week site specific group of plays set in a real Upper West Side hotel room, will extend performances of Fool for Love by Sam Shepard, and Room 128, a collection of short hotel-themed plays, through November 10th at Hostelling International (891 Amsterdam Avenue at 103rd Street). Originally scheduled to close November 3rd, Hotel Suite was dark for much of its original final week of performances due to Hurricane Sandy.

New York's most spontaneous Shakespeare Company is back this November! The Accidental Shakespeare Company has announced that their "Hit & Run Shakespeare" series will continue with the Bard's tale of love, loss, and redemption -- The Winter's Tale.

T. Schreiber Studio and Theatre (Terry Schreiber and Peter Jensen, Co-Artistic Directors) will host the Salute to New York Theatre to honor four New York theatre luminaries - Tony Award-winning actress Judith Light, Tony Award nominated actress Amy Ryan, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright John Patrick Shanley and NY1 theatre critic Roma Torre - - on Monday, November 12th, starting at 6:00 pm at the Maritime Hotel (363 West 16th Street at 9th Avenue).

In 1946, Frank Capra directed James Stewart and Donna Reed in what would become one of the greatest Holiday classics of all time, It's A Wonderful Life. Now Stoneham Theatre's Artistic Director, Weylin Symes, brings his adaptation of this Holiday favorite to the stage.

Richmond CenterStage has announced that Tony DeSare will be the second performer of the 2012-13 U.S. Trust Life is a Cabaret! Series: A Celebration of the Great American Song Book.

For her first solo exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, multimedia performance artist Martha Rosler (American) will present her work Meta-Monumental Garage Sale, a large-scale version of the classic American garage sale, in the Museum's Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium. MoMA visitors will be able to browse and purchase second-hand goods that are organized, displayed, and sold by the artist and her floor assistants.

Light Opera Works is currently taking enrollments for the new Musical Theater Winter Workshop, to be held January 2 through 6, 2013. Based on the success of the company's Summer Workshop, young people ages 8 to 13 learn singing, dancing and acting in preparation for a public performance on Sunday, where family and friends are invited to watch them perform a mini-musical version of DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. No experience or audition required, and everyone gets a part.

The Drama League presents the 29th Annual DirectorFest, a festival of one-act plays staged by the Fall Directing Fellows of The Drama League Directors Project, beginning December 6 - 9 at The Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex, 312 West 36th street (at 8th Avenue). The performance schedule will be on Thursday, December 6 at 7:00 PM, Friday, December 7 at 8:00 PM, Saturday, December 8 at 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM and Sunday, December 9 at 3:00 PM.

GIRLS NIGHT: THE MUSICAL plays the Times-Union Center's Terry Theater for 5 performances only from Thursday, January 17th - Sunday, January 20th! Share the fun and laughter at this hilarious, feel-good comedy as five girlfriends go from heartbreak to happiness during a wild night of karaoke.

Theatre Uncut at Playhouse on Park is an international play festival featuring brand new one act plays by renowned international playwrights. Countries represented in our production are Spain, the United Kingdom, Greece, and the United States, including a play that has never been previously produced by United States Playwright Neil Labute. Six one acts will be performed on Friday, November 16 and Saturday, November 17 at 8 pm. This event is general admission, advance reservations are not required. Suggested donation is $10 at the door.

Rediscover 25 years of magic in Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre's 25th Anniversary production of The Nutcracker, November 24-December 24, 2012. This Holiday Season Mateo's timeless classic returns to The Duxbury Performing Arts Center (November 24-25), the Company's Sanctuary Theatre in Harvard Square, Cambridge (December 1-16), and The Strand Theater in Dorchester (December 22-24).

Fine literature is the theme of the fall season for Theatre and Dance students at Mercer County Community College (MCCC), as students present memorable performances over three weekends in November and December. Shows take place at the Studio Theatre, located next to Kelsey Theatre on the college's West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. Entertainment Technology students will provide lighting and sound for all productions.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 7pm UWM DEPARTMENT OF ART & DESIGN: ARTISTS NOW! GUEST LECTURE SERIES - HANS GINDLESBERGER: DEAD RECKONING UWM Arts Center Lecture Hall, 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd. Information: (414) 229-6052 or arts.uwm.edu Hans Gindlesberger discusses his most recent project, which combines architectural and photographic processes to create sites that interweave global history with familial memory. Image: Hans Gindlesberger, Untitled #1 (Overlooking Nürnberg, Bavaria from Sinwell Tower) from the series Partial Architectures, 2011-2012

John Schreiber, NJPAC's President and CEO, announced today that the Arts Center will be rolling out an ongoing relief effort for those affected by Hurricane Sandy, including designating 2,000 tickets for upcoming performances as relief fund tickets, where 100% of the ticket price will be donated to the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund. All relief fund tickets will be $25 and will be in locations throughout Prudential Hall and the Victoria Theater. The Center will also become a drop-off site for the ongoing collection of goods that will be donated to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey.

Due to overwhelming demand, Off-Broadway's newest hit comedy HOW TO BE A NEW YORKER today put a new block of seats on sale through December 30th. Written and performed by Margaret Copeland and Kevin James Doyle, HOW TO BE A NEW YORKER opened on October 17th to rave reviews at Sofia's Downstairs Theater in the heart of Times Square.