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As part of Double, Double, Toil and Trouble, imaginary beasts and Whistler in the Dark's month-long exploration of Shakespeare's works, the two companies are throwing open their theatre doors to five local groups for a special, one-night only event that explodes the Bard's most celebrated tragedy, Hamlet. Each group has been randomly assigned an act from the great tragedy and asked to create a 15- minute response piece to it. The only rule? No performing the act as written.

On Saturday, November 12, 2011 from 5:30-10 PM Jonny Reno's at the Pier will host Gilligan's Island Hurrican Relief Party.

In the November 15 episode of GLEE, Harmony (Lindsay Pearce), the girl Rachel met at the NYADA mixer, comes to McKinley High to terrorize Rachel into not applying to the program. Check out photos from the 'Mash-Off' episode below!

Shen Wei Dance Arts celebrates its 10th Anniversary Season from November 29 - December 4, 2011 at Park Avenue Armory with the World Premiere of Shen Wei's Undivided Divided, an ambitious site-specific work commissioned by the Armory, where the company has been Artists-in-Residence for the past sixteen months. Park Avenue Armory is located at 643 Park Avenue (between 66th and 67th Streets), New York City. Tickets are $35 and are available by calling the Park Avenue Armory Ticket Hotline at (212) 933-5812 or by visiting www.ArmoryonPark.org.

Talk show listings for Friday, November 11.

Talk show listings for Thursday, November 10.

Talk show listings for Wednesday, November 9.

Talk show listings for Tuesday, November 8.

Talk show listings for Monday, November 7.

The entertainment industry turned out in full-force tonight in support of the Motion Picture & Television Fund's (MPTF) 'Reel Stories, Real Lives,' a unique evening of powerful readings which told the stories of industry members and their families who have benefitted from MPTF's services over the years. The event, held at Milk Studios, was hosted by Robert Downey Jr. and featured performances put together by renowned Hollywood actors, actresses, writers and directors who have been touched by the generosity the MPTF has been able to inspire within the industry. Hollywood's best and brightest were asked to support the organization's commitment to the entertainment industry and get involved.

The stage of the Ohio Theatre, PlayhouseSquare will glow with good spirits and time-honored tradition when Great Lakes Theater (GLT) presents its annual production of Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol, running December 2 - 23, 2011. The production has delighted more than 570,000 people in its history, making it one of northeast Ohio's most-loved and best-attended holiday events.

New Line Theatre, 'the Bad Boy of Musical Theatre,' will continue its 21st season of rock theatre March 1-24, 2012 with the American regional premiere of the Broadway rock musical CRY-BABY, which The Wall Street Journal called 'the funniest new musical since Avenue Q.' The stage musical is based on the cult classic John Waters film starring Johnny Depp. The original creative team is reworking and re-orchestrating the show for New Line, to make it a smaller, more intimate musical for this first production since Broadway.

The VIP musical wine reception on Thurs., October 20, 2011, hosted by the ONE Campaign at the Embassy of New Zealand in Washington, D.C. for the USO and Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, was a triumphant success. This was the first time that the ONE Campaign teamed up with Irish Tenor Anthony Kearns for the USO, and the second time the New Zealand Embassy hosted Kearns for a military benefit. (The last time was Christmas 2010).

The Phoenix Theater Project is excited to bring their second full-length production to Minneapolis this October at the People's Center Theater.

Local theatre artist Mark Kennedy, hot on the heels of world premiere solo piece Checkers produced in the 2011 Philadelphia Fringe Festival, directs the Philadelphia premiere of Ariel Dorfman's unrelentingly poetic drama Purgatorio under the brand new wings of theatre anti-company [ad hoc theatre project]. Purgatorio runs November 16th through 19th at the Arts Locker on the 3rd floor of the Wolf Building, 1200 Callowhill Street. 80 mins. Tickets are $10. See theadhoc.tumblr.com for more information.

Bruth Media presents a limited off-off Broadway run of Neil LaBute's comedy-drama, The Shape of Things, beginning Wednesday, November 16that Theaterlab (137 W.14th Street,NY, NY).

The first episode of the new web-series Outside The Box is now up and running on YouTube. Episode one stars Beth Leavel, Melody Hollis, Barry Pearl, Sandy Rosenberg, and Brandon Uranowitz. Written and Directed by Bruce Kimmel.

For the 40th year, Peter Schumann's Bread and Puppet Theater (www.breadandpuppet.org) will return to Theater for the New City with two new works, one for adults and one for family audiences.

On Saturday November 5th, Dancing with the Stars siblings Julianne Hough and Derek Hough paid a surprise visit to the cast of the new Twyla Tharp musical COME FLY AWAY, featuring the vocals of Frank Sinatra. Following the performance, Julianne and Derek greeted the smiling cast backstage. Look below for pictures from backstage!

Broadway stars Barbara Walsh (Company) and Stephanie D'Abruzzo (Avenue Q) performed in a sold-out benefit reading of A. R. Gurney's classic play, The Dining Room. Also in the cast were Bill Connington (Zombie), David M. Lutken, (Inherit the Wind), Annmarie Benedict (Robeson) and Tony Wolf (The Action Room).