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Downtown Aurora is getting ready to deck the halls with laughter with The Second City Dysfunctional Holiday Revue - a comedy act that delivers a healthy dose of seasonal satire with holiday film classics, family gatherings, improvised Christmas carols, even Joseph and Mary - December 13-23 at The Copley Theatre, 8 E. Galena Blvd.

Bring the entire family and join Annie, her canine companion Sandy, and her pint-sized cohorts, Nov. 21-Dec. 30, 2012 at the Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora (now the second largest city in Illinois!)

The latest iteration of the arts and social justice series "WeDaPeoples Cabaret" - curated by arts activist, poet and theater maker Marc Bamuthi Joseph and taking place Saturday, October 27 at the Harlem Stage Gatehouse - features poets and spoken-word performers from the Black Arts tradition. This spirited showcase is anchored by celebratory performances that span the full range of Afro-musical expression and honor the spirit of poet/performer and Cabaret creator Sekou Sundiata.

Current nominees Sergio Dalma, Lila Downs (with Toto La Momposina and Celso Piña), Jesse & Joy, Victor Manuelle, Gerardo Ortiz, Pitbull, Michel Telo, and 3BallMTY are the first performers announced for the XIII Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards® (#LatinGrammy) telecast, it was announced today by The Latin Recording Academy®. Actors Cristian De La Fuente and Lucero once again will co-host the Latin music industry's premier event. The biggest night in Latin music is set for Nov. 15 at theMandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and will air live on the Univision Network(www.univision.com) from 8 - 11 p.m. ET/PT (7 p.m. Central). For updates and breaking news, please visit www.latingrammy.com as well as The Latin Recording Academy's social networks on Twitter and Facebook: www.twitter.com/latingrammys (@LatinGRAMMYs) andwww.facebook.com/latingrammys.

Based on Lawrence Kasdan's 1992 Warner Bros. film, this brand new musical of The Bodyguard, with book by Alex Dinelaris will open at the Adelphi Theatre in Autumn 2012. Previews begin on 6 November 2012, twenty years after the release of the Oscar nominated film.

The technical brilliance of Erth's enchanting Dinosaur Petting Zoo™ returns to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), after sell-out performances at this year's Out of the Box Festival, from 8 to 20 January 2013 on the Melbourne Street Green.

On Saturday, November 17 at 8pm, Grammy award-winning country/pop singer LeAnn Rimes will perform at the Warner Theatre in Torrington, CT.

Carly Sakolove will bring her critically acclaimed "Diva" impersonations to the stage this weekend in I HEAR VOICES at Joe's Pub. The one-woman show, written by Sakolove and Tony Award® nominee Bill Russell now features new divas, new songs, and many more surprises. The revised production, marking Carly's debut at the legendary downtown venue, will play one night only on Saturday, October 27th at 11:30pm.

Trinity Repertory Company has announced that they have received a $50,000 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to the theater and its programming. Through this award, Bank of America is recognizing the economic impact Trinity Rep's performances and educational programs have on the region. The grant is part of a national multi-million dollar investment by Bank of America to create economically vibrant communities that are better places in which to live and do business.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Patrick Willingham) will begin previews for the world premiere production ofTHE TWENTHY-SEVENTH MAN, by Nathan Englander, on Wednesday, November 7. Directed by Barry Edelstein, THE TWENTY-SEVENTH MAN runs through Sunday, December 9 in The Public's Martinson Theater at its Astor Place home, with an official press opening on Sunday, November 18. Tickets are on sale now at(212) 967-7555, www.publictheater.org, or in person at The Public Theater box office.

Hosted by award winning songwriter Victoria Shaw, Under The Covers has become a favorite recurring highlight at Birdland, featuring a wide variety of top-selling songwriters and musical acts from across the pop, rock and country worlds, and offering intimate acoustic performances of huge hit songs - along with the little-known stories behind them. This event is part of the Broadway at Birdland concert series.

Premiere Stages, the Professional Theatre Company in residence at Kean University, seeks submissions to the 9th Annual Premiere Stages Play Festival. This yearly competition for unproduced scripts offers developmental opportunities to four playwrights born or currently residing in the greater metropolitan area (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut).

Craig Shoemaker is a modern day renaissance man. He has shot multiple stand-up specials for TV, starred in numerous films, written two children's books, performed for four US Presidents, invented On Hold Advertising, has his doctorate and is an ordained minister.

The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, now in its 27th season, performs its first Severance Hall concert of the 2012-13 season. James Feddeck, in his fourth season as music director of the Youth Orchestra, conducts a program that opens with Antonin Dvo?ak's Carnival Overture, Opus 92, followed by Sergei Prokofiev's Suite from Lieutenant Kije, Opus 60. After intermission, the program concludes with Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 2 ("Romantic"), Opus 30.

The Madison Theatre at Molloy College of Rockville Centre, New York (Angelo Fraboni, Artistic Director), will present a benefit reading of Long Island Express Plays, written by Eugene Pack, on Sunday, October 28, at 3pm. The reading will star Noah Fleiss ("Fringe"), Helen Hanft (Moonstruck), Carol Kane ("Cheers," Princess Bride, "Taxi"), Natasha Lyonne (American Pie, "Weeds"), and Dayle Reyfel (Drama Desk Winner for Celebrity Autobiography).

New Line Theatre, 'the bad boy of musical theatre,' now in its 22nd season of alternative, adult musical theatre, has announced its cast for the powerhouse Pulitzer Prize winning rock opera NEXT TO NORMAL, running Feb. 28-March 23, 2013 at the Washington University South Campus Theatre.

The cast of the hit Broadway revival of Evita has announced new guest performers and celebrity judges for Broadway Scares: Night of the Singing Dead, the first ever Halloween extravaganza to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, on Sunday, October 28 at XL Nightclub in New York City.

Marin Alsop returns to the Walt Disney Concert Hall stage to lead the Los Angeles Philharmonic in three performances, Friday and Saturday, November 2 and 3, at 8 pm, as well as Sunday, November 4, at 2 pm. All three evenings include Golijov's Azul, featuring rising young cellist Joshua Roman, as well as hyper-accordionist Michael Ward-Bergeman, and percussionists Jamey Haddad and Keita Ogawa. The three evenings close with Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6, "Pathetique," what many consider to be the composer's most profound symphony. The Saturday and Sunday programs open with Barber's Essay No. 2.

OPERATHON 2012, Lyric Opera of Chicago's annual live-radio marathon fundraiser on 98.7WFMT, celebrated its 33rd anniversary by raising $482,465 during its 16-hour broadcast on Saturday, October 20, exceeding the $450,000 goal.

If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet's Jake Gyllenhaal will appear on ABC's "The Chew" tomorrow, Thursday, October 24th between 1:00PM-2:00PM on channel 7.