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Damian Arnold of The British Stage Company announced the commercial engagement of the popular late-night production The Game Show Show... and Stuff! previewing at The Mercury Theater, 3745 North Southport Avenue, on Friday, October 14-15, opening Saturday, October 22 at 8 pm and closing December 31. The Game Show Show... and Stuff! is a live interactive game show where audience members get a chance to be contestants in the games.

Join Alice as she follows the White Rabbit to Wonderland, where she meets such memorable characters as the Mad Hatter, Queen of Hearts, Cheshire Cat and more in the FVR Performing Arts Academy's Kid's Ensemble production (ages 6-11) of Alice in Wonderland.

The Guthrie Theater's acclaimed production of Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore will open the nine-part PBS Arts Fall Festival of performing arts programming on Friday, October 14 at 8:00 p.m. CST on PBS.

The Winter Play Season at [Inside] the Ford kicks off with Lonnie Carter's OBIE award-winning The Romance of Magno Rubio in English - plus the world premiere of Ang Romansa ni Magno Rubio, a new translation into Tagalog. PAE Live! presents five performances each week, three in English and two in Tagalog, with both versions directed by translator Bernardo Bernardo. The Romance of Magno Rubio opens on November 4, and Ang Romansa ni Magno Rubio follows on November 5.

The Englert celebrates the 99th Anniversary of its historic building this weekend with three days of performances and discussions Thursday, October 6 - Saturday, October 8.

Tacoma Musical Playhouse is in the sixth season of The Tacoma Children's Musical Theater, promising to be more colorful and imaginative than ever before. Presented by TMP's regular adult performers, these fully-staged musicals based on classic children's literature are a great reason to make a family date and enjoy a trip to the theater!

Just in time for the holidays, enjoy Jim Carrey (A Christmas Carol) in MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS, on Blu-ray, DVD and digital download on December 6th from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. The whole family will be full of laughs watching Mr. Popper, a driven businessman who is clueless when it comes to the important things in life until he inherits six, 'adorable' and mischievous penguins.

Actress Brooke Shields, currently appearing in Broadway's The Addams Family, announced today that prior film and television commitments prevent her from continuing with the creative process for the new musical LEAP OF FAITH.

Outside The Box is a new musical comedy web series about a very outré musical theatre group called Outside The Box. Each episode features an entirely new cast, save for one recurring character, the director of the group. Each episode features between one and three musical numbers. The first episode of six (comprising season one) will premiere November 6 on YouTube (the YouTube channel is outsidetheboxseries), with new episodes every two weeks.

Iron Crow Theatre will open their 2011-2012 season with 'Parallel Lives' (based on The Kathy and Mo show), the show that garnered Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney national attention.

David I. Mitchell died yesterday, October 3, in California at the age of 79 due to cancer. Mr. Mitchell designed more than 30 Broadway shows, was nominated for seven Tony awards and won two for ANNIE and BARNUM.

The new hit musical comedy, VOCA PEOPLE, currently playing to standing ovations at Westside Theatre, will be honored by Dylan's Candy Bar (1011 Third Avenue at 60th Street) with a new Voca Ice Cream Flavor. 'Voca Vanilla' is Dylan's classic Vanilla Ice Cream which will be renamed and makes its debut Friday, October 7th at 2pm at Dylan's. 'Voca Vanilla' will be unveiled with a performance in the cafe by the white-faced, red-lipped VOCA PEOPLE. This is the first time Dylan's Candy Bar has renamed an ice cream flavor.

A Celebration of the Life of Doric Wilson will be held on Monday, October 10 at the Lucille Lortel Theater, 121 Christopher St., New York City, from 6-8pm.

FREAK DANCE is a dance musical parody in the vein of Electric Boogaloo, Step Up, Dirty Dancing, You Got Served and every other dance movie ever made. The sexy and wealthy Cocolonia must escape her roots and learn to street dance with the help of Funky Bunch, who dreams of being the best dancer ever. They must save the Fantaseez community center from the Building Department and the evil gang banger dancers before it's too late. Will the duo be able to save their home? Only love can save them now.

This fall, Reprise Records will release a limited edition vinyl Box Set from hard-rock icons DEFTONES. Deftones: The Vinyl Collection, 1995 - 2011, will be available Oct. 25th, 2011, exclusively via www.deftones.com and www.becausesoundmatters.com.

PAGE 73 PRODUCTIONS (Liz Jones & Asher Richelli, Executive Directors), currently presenting the acclaimed New York premiere of Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's Lidless, will present a post-show event on Wednesday, October 12th, The Stress of Guantanamo, featuring Dr. Kate Porterfield, Prof. Ramzi Kassem, and Gitanjali S. Gutierrez and moderated by Michelle Shephard.

This November Minnetonka High School will continue to take theatre to new heights with Dracula - The Musical, their follow up to last year's sold out Minnesota premiere production of The Phantom of the Opera. This thrilling musical romance will run on the Arts Center on 7 Main Stage from November 4-19.

The Lark Play Development Center will host a special event on October 11th celebrating playwright Katori Hall on her Broadway debut with The Mountaintop. (The Mountaintop was extensively developed at the Lark.)

Good and evil, and the consequences of examining man's darker side too closely, is at the heart of the musical 'Jekyll & Hyde,' which opens the 2011-2012 season at the Sturges Center for the Fine Arts.

America's favorite morning show turns 60 on January 14, and to pay tribute, Running Press is publishing From Yesterday to TODAY: Six Decades of America's Favorite Morning Show (On sale November 15, 2011, Hardcover), written by Stephen Battaglio, business editor for TV Guide Magazine.