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Levi Kreis, who won a Tony Award for playing Jerry Lee Lewis in MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, visited Chicago, where he began the role and performed a concert on November 1. The night before the show, he played with the current Chicago MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET cast in a post-curtain call performance.

Andy has a sweet Catholic mother, a sour Catholic father, and a severely retarded younger brother named Mickey. When he brings his Jewish atheist fiance to meet the folks on Christmas Eve, his worst fears about family blow ups are realized. But Mickey, whose entire vocabulary is 'oh boy' and 'wow,' suddenly says 'Greetings!' An ancient, wise and witty spirit who is set upon healing the family has borrowed Mickey's body.

Former artistic director of Little Fish Theatre Melanie Jones has joined the cast of The Little Flower of East Orange by Stephen Adly Guirgis, it was announced today by Elephant artistic director David Fofi. Ms. Jones replaces the previously announced Katherine Helmond, who has left the production due to prior contractual obligations. Opening night is set for Friday, November 12, and The Little Flower of East Orange will play a strictly limited engagement through December 19.

Eugene Marlow's The Heritage Ensemble will perform two sets this coming November 9, 2010 at the 140-seat Dizzy Gillespie Auditorium. World-renowned multi-Grammy-nominated drummer Bobby Sanabria will perform with the group.

Creative and Performance Development for Actors, Dancers, Singers, Writers, Musicians, Visual Artists, Poets, Playwrights, Choreographers, Film & Theatre Directors, Screenwriters, Songwriters and Composers.

Friday, November 19, Village Light Opera presents Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University.

In a spirit of outrageous fun, The Mama Doni Band brings its special brand of 'funky music with a Jewish twist' to an all-ages Chanukah show at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 8 in the performance space at 100 Reade Street, NYC. This concert is sponsored by the SoHo Center for Jewish Life.

Redtwist announces the opening of LOBBY HERO by Kenneth Lonergan on Thursday, December 2, at 7:30pm.

Producer John Frost today revealed the full cast of the explosive new musical romance DOCTOR ZHIVAGO. Already announced are the lead cast members-­? ANTHONY WARLOW as the ardent young Doctor Yurii Zhivago; LUCY MAUNDER as the alluring Lara; TANEEL VAN ZYL in the role of his wife Tonia; MARTIN CREWES as political radical Pasha Antipov; BARTHOLOMEW JOHN as corrupt attorney Viktor; and PETER CARROLL and TRISHA NOBLE in the roles of Alexander and Anna, Tonia's parents. The ensemble supporting cast includes a brilliant and talented mix of experienced and new performers.

Nationally acclaimed vocalist Spider Saloff will make a rare appearance in South Bend for this elegant and romantic evening at the Palais Royal. Saloff will present a priceless collection of songs about love, many from the Great American Songbook as well as some lesser known material. She will also interject her own special brand of humor into the performance with antidotes about the songs and love itself!

Weekend movie box office estimates: October 29-October 31, 2010.

Kate Shindle (Legally Blonde), John Arthur Greene (West Side Story), and Matt Doyle (Bye Bye Birdie) will join host Marti Gould Cummings for this year?s 2nd Annual Very MARY Holiday bene?t on Monday, November 29th at Dixon Place in New York City.

After an absence of three years, critically acclaimed jazz singer, Martha Lorin, returns to the NY nightclub scene. Martha has appeared worldwide form Japan to New York to Los Angeles and Colorado to the Chicago jazz circuit.

Register by November 30 and receive over 25% discount.

In this classic farce by Molière, Orgon has brought religious man Tartuffe into his house, where he proceeds to inflict his insane brand of piety on everybody else. The rest of the family and the servants can all can see the new guest is a fake, but will they be able to bring Orgon to his senses before Tartuffe becomes the true master of the house?

WHAT?: 'Picasso at the Lapin Agile' by Steve Martin (yes, THAT Steve Martin!). Directed by Kellie Holway.

Los Angeles pianist, composer and arranger Ted Howe is going deep undercover into the land of James Bond, aka Agent 007, bringing new arrangements of more than a dozen Bond film themes including From Russia With Love, Diamonds are Forever, You Only Live Twice and many more in Shaken Not Stirred: The Music of James Bond, Nov. 6. The show features a five-piece band, two vocalists and Howe at the Steinway. Palladium members receive 2 for 1 tickets for this show! Call the box office for tickets or call 727-341-7918 to join!

Harry Smith, the co-anchor of 'The Early Show' on CBS, chose to dress up as Sue Sylvester for Halloween. Sue Sylvester, the GLEE character played by Jane Lynch. Smith's costume was complete with a red track suit, bullhorn and Slushie.

Talk Show Listings for Friday, November 5, 2010.

Talk Show Listings for Thursday, November 4, 2010.