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On November 9, 2012, The New York Pops orchestra will be the star of the performance at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. Music Director and Conductor Steven Reineke - described by The New York Times as a "polished, welcoming host" who is "young and vigorous, with a playful attitude" - will lead the orchestra in a highly-anticipated performance featuring a program of popular and familiar classical repertoire.

Stages Theatre Company (STC) begins a five-city tour of "The Diary of Anne Frank," an emotional and historical account of her experiences while hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. The five-city tour is part of the Stories for the Stage, an arts-integrated residency and touring project that provides selected middle schools with 60 hours of theatre arts residency programming. Concluding the arts residency is a free, public performance of "The Diary of Anne Frank" produced by STC. This professional production is performed by eight adult actors and two STC youth actors.

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey will present its third annual Something Wicked This Way Comes - a one-night-only event - on Monday, October 29 at 7:30 p.m. The event kicks off Halloween week and will be held at the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, 36 Madison Ave. in Madison. Tickets are $32 and can be purchased online at www.ShakespeareNJ.org or by phone by calling the Shakespeare Theatre box office at 973-408-5600.

The Drama League announced today that five-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald will be the Honoree of The Drama League's 29th Musical Celebration of Broadway, on February 11, 2013 at the famed Pierre Hotel (2 East 61st Street).

Shakespeare on the Sound, a non-profit committed to producing free, professional open-air productions of the plays of William Shakespeare and offering year-round educational programming for the community is in pursuit of raising $17,500 for Anti-Bullying Program "Speaking Daggers" on crowd source funding website, Indiegogo.com. The campaign lasts only for 35 days between October 1 - November 4.

There are only six more performances to see Mike Bartlett's hit play COCK before it completes its critically acclaimed limited run on Saturday, October 6 at 8pm.

International opera star and Grammy Award winner Mark S. Doss proudly announces his return to the Teatro Regio di Torino to perform lead roles in the upcoming globally celebrated productions of The Flying Dutchmanand Carmen. Mr. Doss will take to the stage as the Dutchman in The Flying Dutchman - a first in his career - on October 12, 14, 16, 19 and 21, 2012, and as Escamillo in Carmen, one of his most acclaimed signature roles, on November 13, 15, 18, 21, 23 and 25, 2012.

Broadway's A Christmas Story, The Musical has found its Ralphie. Following a nationwide search, producers of the musical have announced that Johnny Rabe will don Ralphie's trademark spectacles for the holiday engagement at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Rabe will make his Broadway debut in the role.

As reported back in June, Rob Marshall has made Stephen Sondheim's INTO THE WOODS his next project at Warner Bros/Disney - and a starry reading just has kicked the project off.

Like some of her major inspirations and influences-Sophie Tucker, Patti LuPone, Richard Pryor, John Beluschi and Freddy Mercury-Everett is a true original who has carved out a space in New York City's bustling cabaret, comedy and theater worlds that is all her own. The next Bridget Everett and The Tender Moments dates at Joe's Pub are: October 17, November 7, and December 6. All shows at 9:30 PM. Read this Sunday's New York Times feature Only The Songs Remain The Same.

The Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Foundation presents CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG--LIVE! in the Fred Kavli Theatre at 7:00 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) announces the following concerts going on sale this week.

Z2 Entertainment is proud to present The Intergalactic Nemesis Book One: Target Earth at the Boulder Theater Saturday, March 2nd, 2013. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, June 8th , 2012 at 10:00 am for $25.00 - $40.00 for Reserved seating types and $47.50 for Gold Circle.

David L. Reese, the former Curator of Gracie Mansion and Resident Director of Gunston Hall, historic home of George Mason, joins Louis Armstrong House Museum (LAHM) filling the newly created position of Curator as part of LAHM's Strategic Plan.

Texas Performing Arts at the University of Texas at Austin welcomes Sarah Brightman on herDreamchaser World Tour, Friday, March 1, 2013, 2013 at Bass Concert Hall. Tickets go on sale Monday, October 15 at 10 a.m. at authorized ticket outlets, which include the Bass Concert Hall Box Office, most H-E-B stores and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at www.TexasPerformingArts.org, or by calling (512) 477-6060 or (800) 982-BEVO.

Aurora Theatre Company presents a "house" concert for the holidays with A DOWN HOME CHRISTMAS WITH NELL & JIM. Featured performers at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, the Strawberry Music Festival, and the Kennedy Center, Nell Robinson and Jim Nunally write and record roots music reminiscent of classic country duos such as Tammy Wynette and George Jones. Filled with country and Christmas classics ("Christmas Time's a Comin," "If We Make It Through December," "Daddy Looked a Lot Like Santa"), as well as original numbers from Nell and Jim's new album House & Garden, A DOWN HOME CHRISTMAS re-creates that home for the holidays feeling with a joyous, intimate concert full of harmony and heart.

Portland Ovations brings Grammy-award winning and legendary musician/songwriter Glen Campbell to Portland for a very special concert as part of his Goodbye Tour on Tuesday, October 16, 7:30 pm at Merrill Auditorium.

Come one, come all to the inaugural Little York Fall Fiber Arts Festival, to be held on October 13 and 14, 2012. This fine arts and crafts festival, the first of its kind in Cortland, will be held at the Little York Pavilion in Dwyer Memorial Park at 6799 Little York Lake Road in Preble. It will be hosted by the Board and Guild of Cortland Repertory Theatre with proceeds benefitting the theater's seasonal expenses as well as their capital campaign for the new "CRT Downtown" facility.

The Warsaw Philharmonic, known as the national orchestra of Poland, performs Nov. 2 at Emory's Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. The orchestra will perform works by composers Witold Lutoslawski, Frederic Chopin, and Antonin Dvo?ak. The concert is the first in Atlanta since their 2008 sold-out show at the Schwartz Center.

Broadway In Chicago ihas announced that single tickets for DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL go on sale to the public Friday, Oct. 5, 2012 at 10 a.m. DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL will play the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 West Randolph St.) Dec. 5 - 16, 2012.