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Sunday, November 4 at 2pm the Warner Theatre welcomes Ruth Loiseau (Ruth L) to the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre for a look into the White House past and present.

For the first time Road Less Traveled Productions and RLTP Ensemble member Victoria Pérez will join forces to bring a unique play-reading series to WNY. The RAICES series will consist of 4 plays written by Latino playwrights and dealing with the Latino experience.

Anthony Bourdain will bring his Guts & Glory tour to Jacksonville this spring, and tickets go on sale this Friday, November 2nd at 10AM through the Artist Series! The internationally renowned chef, author, and television host will visit the Times-Union Center's Moran Theater for one night only, Thursday, April 25th at 7:30PM. Bourdain will spend the evening sharing candid, often hysterical, insights about his life's work and travels, including an open question and answer session with the audience.

It's the brassy, bright and promising year of 1959. Boston's Colonial Theatre is host to the opening night performance of a new musical. When the leading lady mysteriously dies on stage the entire cast & crew are suspects. Enter a local detective, who just happens to be a musical theatre fan!

Saturday, November 3 will be opening night of Andrew Lloyd Weber's seven-time Tony award -winning musical, Sunset Boulevard at the Warner Theatre. This will be the first community theatre production of Sunset Boulevard in Connecticut.

Winning the prestigious Woodward/Newman Award for best play, while being developed at Rogue Machine for their 2012 season, brought with it a fully funded production mounted at the Bloomington Play Project in Indiana. It turned out to be one of their most successful projects to date. A Holland New Voices Award came shortly afterwards, and now playwright Henry Murray is enjoying an extended run of his new play at Rogue Machine, known for staging new works. This is a World Co-Premiere in one of the country's most vibrant cities for new plays, Los Angeles.

Christian Youth Theater - North Idaho (CYT-NI) says 'Be Our Guest' for something magical! Step into the enchanted world of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Nov 1-11 at the Salvation Army Kroc Community Theater, 1765 W.Golf Course Rd., Coeur d'Alene, ID. Seventy-eight local school children ages 8-18 make up the cast with an additional 25+ on crew all overseen by 65+ adult volunteers. All of the children are currently taking theater arts classes in CYT's fall session of their after-school theater arts education program.

Following the huge success of the Papatango New Writing Festival 2011 in partnership with the Finborough Theatre which saw unprecedented press acclaim for the sell-out production of the winning play, Dawn King's Foxfinder, the partnership between Papatango and one of London's leading new writing venues, the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre, continues...??This year's competition saw 700 entries from all over the world.

Following ATC's UK tour of artistic director Ramin Gray's production of Illusions by Russia's foremost contemporary playwright and screenwriter, Ivan Viripaev in the Spring of this year, the work has been chosen to feature in the Bush's festival of new writing RADAR 2012.

Stages of Discovery will sponsor workshops, on Saturday, November 3rd on Improvisation. The Developing Improvisation Skills workshop for grades 7-12 will begin at 10:00 and conclude at 12:00 p.m.

Hennepin Theatre Trust announced today that individual tickets for Monty Python's Spamalot and Rock of Ages will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. Tickets will be sold online through HennepinTheatreTrust.org, in person at the State Theatre Box Office, by calling 1.800.982.2787 or visiting a Ticketmaster Ticket Center.

The award winning Arvada Center will open Miracle on 34th Street, The Musical directed by Gavin Mayer on November 27 running through December 23, 2012 in the Main Stage Theater. The musical is based on the story "Miracle on 34th Street" by Valentine Davies; book, music and lyrics were written and composed by Meredith Willson (The Music Man and The Unsinkable Molly Brown). Performances are Tuesday - Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday at 1 p.m., Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. Preview performances are November 23 - 25. Moderated talkbacks with the cast are offered on Friday, December 7 after 7:30 p.m. show and Wednesday, December 12 after 1:00 p.m. show. For more information and to purchase tickets, go to www.arvadacenter.org or call 720-898-7200.

South Bend Civic Theatre presents two holiday gifts: the charming musical She Loves Me and the heartwarming A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas Nov 30-December 16.

Adapted by Rex Pickett from his own novel, SIDEWAYS THE PLAY is the story of two friends - Miles and Jack - and their journey across the Santa Ynez wine country, on one last blowout trip before Jack gets married. Miles and Jack must face their uncertain futures…just as soon as they figure out how to survive their chaotic present.

Mavis and Myrtle are at it again with more fun, dysfunction and a sleigh full of terrific singing that would make any Scrooge get up and boogie the night the away with their new Holiday show - HOME FOR THE DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY HOLIDAYS!

Due to extensive power outages in downtown Manhattan as a result of the hurricane, Vineyard Theatre (108 E. 15 St. in Union Square) is cancelling performances of its world-premiere production of CHECKERS until further notice, starting this evening, Tuesday, October 30.

The Smith Center has announced the following events for December.

Featuring a concert version of King's Bessie-nominated piece Astral Epitaphs that was commissioned by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for its final shows at the Park Avenue Armory in Dec. 2011, the music of New York composer John King (www.johnkingmusic.com) will be presented at Brooklyn's Roulette on Friday, December 7 at 8pm.

The final evening of the 2012 American Music Series will present Jim Kweskin and Geoff Muldaur, with special guest, Josh Schurman at the Courthouse Center Stage, West Kingston, RI on Thursday, November 8. Doors open at 7 PM, tickets $25.

Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins (Caroline or Change) and Broadway performer Nick Adams (Priscilla Queen of the Desert) will perform at a benefit on Monday, November 12th at 7:30 PM at Etcetera Etcetera restaurant 352 West 44th street, to help raise money for The International Theatre and Literacy Project ( ITLP). The event is free of charge and open to the public. Reservations can be made at rsvp@itlp.org or by calling 212-620-7128. Donations will be accepted to help support ITLP's programs in Africa, (Tanzania, Rwanda and South Africa) and India.