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Talk show listings for Thursday, October 20.

Talk show listings for Wednesday, October 19.

Talk show listings for Tuesday, October 18.

Talk show listings for Monday, October 17.

Broadway luminaries Loni Ackerman (Evita, Cats), Joy Franz (Into the Woods, Pippin), and Ken Jennings (Sweeney Todd, Urinetown) will perform in a one-night only benefit concert for Marvell Repertory Theatre. Other performers will include Joel Robertson (Les Miserables, Cats), Liz Holtan (The Fantasticks), Rachel Claire, Nicolas Greco, Stephanie Lynne Mason, Mike Rosengarten, Robert Townsend, and Jill Usdan.

EVCT will present The Best Christmas Pageant Ever By Barbara Robinson from December 1-4, Thurs - Sat at 7 pm, Sat at 4 pm, Sun at 2 pm and December 7-11, Wed - Sat at 7 pm, Sat at 4 pm, Sun at 2 pm.

The Centre Theater, the professional theater company at the Montgomery County Cultural Center, will hold their Fall Festival on Friday, October 28, 2011 from 5:30 - 9:00 PM at Savior Hall, 410 Airy Street, Norristown, PA. The event will have live music, singers, a sneak peak at an upcoming world premiere play, food, drinks and more. Awards will be given out to Stan Huskey from the Times Herald and State Representative Mike Vereb for their support of the Montgomery County Cultural Center.

After wrapping an extended run in his own show in Las Vegas Comedian Don Barnhart brings the laughs to Carnival Cruise Line.

The New York International Children's Festival will present TALES OF THE NIGHT - 3D o n Saturday & Sunday, October 15 & 16, 11:00 am at the IFC Center. Recommended ages 7 to adult.

On October 26, 2011 at 9pm, 'Project Paul,' a theater piece bringing to life the Apostle Paul's life and writings through new music, drama, video art and light, will be performed at the Studio Theater at Theatre ROW (410 W 42nd St.) as part of the United Solo Theater Festival (www.unitedsolo.org).

Silhouette Stages will present the Tony Award winning musical comedyThe 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on October 28, 29, 30, November 4, 5, 2011 (Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.).

Playwright, Robert Caisley of Moscow, Idaho, the author of 6th Street Playhouse's current West Coast Premiere of 'Kite's Book: Tales of an 18th Century Hitman,' will be in Santa Rosa to attend final performances of his swashbuckling play about crime and justice. Caisley will also participate in two special events at the theater focusing on the themes of the play.

Grammy Award-winning saxophonist KENNY G will perform his 2011 HOLIDAY SHOW at The VETS on Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 7P. During the concert, KENNY G's well-loved standards will be highlighted by moving and spirited holiday songs. Tickets for KENNY G go on sale Thursday, October 20 at the PPAC/VETS Box Office, located at 220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence; online at www.thevetsri.com or by phone at (401) 421-ARTS (2787). Tickets are $65 - $45; all ticket prices include a $2 per ticket facility fee.

Jimmy Webb, Chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced the slate of 2012 nominees for induction. The organization, which is dedicated to recognizing the work and lives of those composers and lyricists who create popular music around the world, holds annual elections to determine those who will make up the roster of inductees for the following year.

British choreographer Wayne McGregor, one of England's choreographic crown jewels, has science on his mind, a belief that it can partner well with dance, and help inspire new ideas. 'FAR,' McGregor's most recent dance, which premieres at Peak Performances October 27-30, is the product of just such a collaboration.

The Jefferson Performing Arts Society brings the laugh-out-loud comedy THE HALLELUJAH GIRLS (A James Hope Wooten Comedy) to the stage at Teatro Wego! Theatre (177 Sala Ave. in Westwego, LA) October 21-November 6, 2011 with performances Friday and Saturday at 7:30PM, and Sundays at 2PM.

Paramount's 'Footloose' topped the domestic box office on Friday night, grossing around $5.6 million according to Variety.

See 'La Cha Cha' in a rare L.A. appearance, October 30, 2011 only at Barnsdall's Gallery Theatre with Special Guest Artists Manuel de la Cruz, Adam del Monte, Kai Narezo, Jose Cortes, Kina Mendez, Luis de la Tota, Reggie Hamilton and Joey Heredia.

The Michael O'Neal Singers open the 2011-2012 season with a program of bluegrass music including the full chorus, ensemble singers, soloists and a bluegrass band. Carol Barnett's groundbreaking 'Bluegrass Mass' will be featured.

A deeply spiritual art form, the hula, ironically, was long denigrated by the early missionaries who travelled to Hawaii energized by a mandate to convert the 'heathens.'