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The Mall at Partridge Creek will light up the holiday season at 7 p.m. Saturday, November 13, 2010. Santa, led by the Detroit Pistons illustrious drumline, will help transform the shopping center into a magical winter wonderland when he turns on the tree lights at the mall's annual tree lighting ceremony. Partridge Creek's Center Court will be the focal point of the event where a majestic 42-foot tree will light up the sky. Guests will be given free Glitter Wands, courtesy of The Mall at Partridge Creek (while supplies last), to help Santa make the evening glow. More than 300,000 twinkling lights will also be illuminated, showcasing the shopping center's breathtakingly beautiful holiday décor. Starting at 6:30, the Michigan Opera Theatre will set the tone for the evening with an enchanting holiday music performance. Guests will not only get a jump on holiday shopping, but may also take pictures with Santa inside Parisian (bring cameras, please) until 9 p.m. Take a break and get cozy near the Center Court's 30-foot fireplace and enjoy delicious apple cider and donuts provided by Nino Salvaggio (while supplies last).

The origins of Sweet and Nasty Burlesque are shrouded in mystery, soaked in whiskey, and protected by several binding legal injunctions. Their grand experiment in striptease culminated in a weekly burlesque cavalcade of fantastic proportions that ran Sunday nights on East 11th Street from June 2006 until that venue's sudden destruction by hipsters in August, 2008. Now on Sunday, November 14th, Nasty Canasta - 'Brooklyn's greatest burlesque star' (The Brooklyn Paper) - brings her tassel-twirling minxes back to the Lower East Side for one night only at the Bowery Poetry Club.

The renowned investigative theatre company, The Civilians has announced casting and opening night for its world premiere of IN THE FOOTPRINT: THE BATTLE OVER ATLANTIC YARDS, a new play with music, beginning previews November 12 prior to an official opening night on November 22 at the Irondale Center (85 South Oxford St.) in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

DAVID AMRAM: The First 80 Years Jazz, a spectacular, historic celebration of a true American original whom the Washington Post has described as 'one of the most versatile and skilled musicians America has ever produced,' will be presented by Jazz Forum Arts on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 7:30 PM at Peter Norton Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, in Manhattan, it was announced by Mark Morganelli, Executive Director of the presenting organization. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Clearwater, the organization founded by Pete Seeger, as well as the Woody Guthrie Foundation. Tickets for DAVID AMRAM: The First 80 Years are: $75, $55 and $35 (members, students, seniors: $70, $50 and $30; children: $65, $45 and $25) and can be purchased at the Symphony Space Box Office, 212.864.5400, or at http://www.symphonyspace.org. For information about Jazz Forum Arts, call 888.99.BEBOP, or visit http://www.jazzforumarts.org/.

Award winning composer/lyricist BOBBY CRONIN will make his Birdland debut as part of Jim Caruso's Broadway at Birdland Series, on Monday November 29th at 7pm.

The Music Box Theatre is proud to announce their exciting fall season of shows! This season is sure to bring a variety of entertainment for all ages!

The Golden Apple Dinner Theater is pleased to announce their 2011 winter theater season. This season will include a Tony winning Best Musical, as well as an appearance by Dame Edna! Take a look at what the Golden Apple will be presenting this winter!

The Staten Island Reading Association will bring the importance of family literacy to the forefront on Saturday, November 6, 2010 from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM at the Staten Island Children's Museum located on the grounds of Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Gardens, Livingston. This third annual Family Literacy Celebration, 'Fuel Your Mind...Read and Get Green!' will focus on the importance of our fragile environment through ongoing story readings, the Cell Motion Bio Bus, ecologically friendly arts and crafts, music and free book giveaways. The Staten Island Reading Association will be joining thousands of literacy and educational organizations and communities across the nation in celebrating National Family Literacy Month by focusing on special activities that focus on the importance of family literacy.

The week of November 2 - 7 will be Literacy Week at the Staten Island Children's Museum. The following is the schedule of events:

On Friday, October 29, 2010, hundreds of New Yorkers will get a sneak peak at this year's Circus Berzerkus Haunted House. From 4pm to 7pm, come to Central Park (enter at 72nd Street to Bethesda Fountain Terrace). Designed by recreation staff from each borough, the FREE Circus Berzerkus Haunted House will make its debut this Friday. Check out the Bronx's Voodoo Lounge and find out how spooky your Halloween will be in Manhattan's Fortune Teller room. March with the clowns in Queens' clown room and beware of Brooklyn's Freak Show! Have a scream in Staten Island's Fun Room. The Circus Berzerkus Haunted House is free and open to the public. Visit the haunted house again at this year's Pumpkin Festival in Central Park on Saturday, October 30, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, please visit www.nyc.gov/parks, keyword: Pumpkin Festival!

Dave Stryker and Vic Juris with the Les Paul Trio to perform on Les Paul Tribute Monday's, Monday Nov. 8th - 8 and 10 pm at Iridium, which is located at Broadway and 51st, NYC. http://www.iridiumjazzclub.com, 212-582-2121. Dave Stryker spent over 13 years with Stanley Turrentine, and also worked with Jack McDuff, Kevin Mahogany and Eliane Elias. He has 20 CD's out as a leader, and has been a sideman on over 50 others. Visit http://www.davestryker.com/ for more info. From the wilds of Manhattan to the shores of Japan and Germany, jazz guitarist Vic Juris has covered an impressive range of territory, musically as well as geographically. Inspired by rock and roll legend Chuck Berry, the Jersey City native first picked up a guitar at the age of ten. http://www.myspace.com/vicjuris

The Orange Players will present the long-running Off-Broadway musical comedy 'I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE!', directed by Ian Galligan, on November 5th, 6th, 12th and 13th, 2010. With book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro and music by Jimmy Roberts, 'I LOVE YOU...' takes a hilarious and tuneful joyride through the dizzying spectrum of modern male-female relationships. This hilarious musical revue explores the trials and tribulations of being single, dating, marriage, loss, and heartbreak, addressing everything in the relationship process that you have ever secretly thought about. Some of the satire includes what it means to be a part of the crazed, hopeless single scene; cold feet and the pre-wedding realization; the in-laws; the 30 years of marriage - Basically everything that you are afraid to admit! With 5 actors playing over 40 characters, 'I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE!' played over 4,000 performances in 10 years at New York's Westside Theatre - becoming the second longest running show and longest running revue in Off-Broadway history. The musical has been showcased in more than 250 cities world-wide. In addition to its enormous success, the Off-Broadway production was the site of over 50 marriage proposals!

A hilarious cast comprised of Carol Kane, Rachel Dratch, Mario Cantone, Scott Adsit, Alan Zweibel, and co-creator Eugene Peck comes to NJPAC's Victoria Theater on Saturday, October 30 at 8pm to perform passages from the memoirs, word-for-word, of a wide range of celebrities in the New York hit, Celebrity Autobiography. Created and developed by Emmy award nominated writer-performer Eugene Pack and Dayle Reyfel, Celebrity Autobiography, features passages that run the gamut from the 'poetry' of Suzanne Somers to the shocking 'romance tips' from Tommy Lee to what it takes to turn the letters on Wheel of Fortune by Vanna White. Tickets are $35, $45 and $60 (which includes a VIP post-performance 'Meet and Greet' with the cast at NJPAC's Theater Square Grill), and may be purchased by telephone at 1-888-GO-NJPAC (1-888-466-5722), at the NJPAC Box Office at One Center Street in downtown Newark, or by visiting the NJPAC website at www.njpac.org.

The new CBS reality-competition series LIVE TO DANCE, which will feature one of the most inclusive talent searches ever on television, will debut with a special two hour episode, Tuesday, Jan. 4 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Paula Abdul will serve as executive producer, mentor and lead expert of the series. LIVE TO DANCE will move to its regular time period on Wednesdays (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on Jan. 5, and then be broadcast LIVE starting Wednesday, Jan. 12.

We are proud to announce the return of CHITA RIVERA to the Broadway at Birdland concert series. There will be four performances Friday/Saturday, November 26/27 at 8:30 and 11pm

Let's do the Time Warp, Gleeks! This week Glee takes on one of the most provocative musicals of all time, The Rocky Horror Picture Show. After talking to Emma about her date with Carl to see Rocky Horror, Will decides to take on Rocky Horror for a full production (he plans to charge admission to finance the club's trip to New York for Nationals) as an assignment for the Glee Club. Initially, the Glee Clubbers are confused by Mr. Schue's choice of show, but soon begin to dig into the idea of performing the racy musical.

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BLUE HILL TROUPE PRESENTS LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS TO BENEFIT THE CARTER BURDEN CENTER FOR THE AGING November 12-20, 2010 at Theatre at St. Clement's When Seymour, a down-and-out floral assistant, discovers a mysterious man-eating plant, he names it after the girl he loves and offers up her sadistic ex-boyfriend as its first meal. The plant tempts Seymour with fame and fortune, but before long, it grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore bent on world domination. Can Seymour save his girlfriend? Can he save himself? Can he save the world from the inexorable appetite of 'Audrey II'? One of the longest-running Off-Broadway shows of all time, this affectionate spoof of 1950s sci-fi movies has become a household name, thanks to a highly successful film version and a score by the songwriting team of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken. Charming, tuneful and hilarious, with tongue firmly planted in cheek, Little Shop of Horrors never fails to entertain.

During the week of October 19 - 23 a new generation of Austrian jazz musicians will hit the New York scene. For this year's installment of the annual series, the Austrian Cultural Forum has found a new partner in Dizzy's Coca Cola Club. The Festival will showcase Austria's foremost young artists on five consecutive nights, and tap into a unique blend of Austrian and American creativity. This year's Festival kicks off on Tuesday, October 19th at the Austrian Cultural Forum: one of Austria's leading jazz musicians, Wolfgang Puschnig will perform with his American musical partner and free funk bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma. Martin Reiter will also present his new solo program. Join us for some late night jazz sessions at exclusive Jazz Club Dizzy's where Christian Maurer's band Mausi will appear together with Jack Walrath and versatile alto voice Ali Gaggl on Wednesday, October 20th. On Thursday October 21st, the program at Dizzy's continues with young jazz singer Simone Kopmajer, who will perform with talented young musicians from New York. The Austrian-born drummer Gernot Bernroider and his band Oulipians will appear together with the extraordinary vocalist Chanda Rule on Friday the 22nd. The series will conclude with Franz Hackl and his Acoustic Band on Saturday, October 23rd, featuring Kenny Davis and special guest Randy Brecker.

You asked for it! BROADWAY BARES OPENINGS, the cd of thirteen original opening numbers written to open Broadway Bares is now available for digital download on iTunes and Amazon MP3.