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A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, offers a free, one-night-only reading of TENNESSEE WILLIAMS' holiday themed PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT on Wednesday, December 12, 7 pm, in its new state-of-the-art Pasadena theatre. Directed by Deborah Strang and featuring A Noise Within resident artists, this rarely performed play about two couples on Christmas Eve is Williams' only comedy. The reading, for which reservations are recommended, is designed to compliment ANW's production of Charles Dickens' masterpiece A Christmas Carol, which plays in repertory from December 8 to 23, 2012.

Rosalind Productions Inc.'s Off-Broadway premiere of Jennifer Maisel's The Last Seder is set to open tonight, Tuesday December 4th (7pm). This Off-Broadway limited engagement at Theater Three (311 West 43rd Street) began December 1st and has been extended to January 13th. The show runs 100 minutes without an intermission.

The short animation 'I Have Your Heart' is a collaboration between New York illustratorMolly Crabapple, international rockstar Kim Boekbinder, and animator Jim Batt (the director behind recent popular stopmotion music video 'Want It Back' for Amanda Palmer.) The film is the story of a good girl with a bad heart, and the boy whose death will save her life. Told through darkly whimsical stopmotion, the film was inspired by Kim Boekbinder's rollicking, accordion sing-a-long song about love, loss, and open-heart surgery - "The Organ Donor's March."

Chanticleer will have a new home in New York City at Christmas, on the Sacred Music in a Sacred Space concert series at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola on Park Avenue at 84th Street. Beginning in December 2013, Sacred Music in a Sacred Space is delighted to present 'A Chanticleer Christmas' annually in New York City.

On Saturday, Dec. 29th, at the Park West, 322 W. Armitage, Chicago, just days after Frank Zappa's 72nd birthday, the Chicago Jazz Orchestra (CJO) presents an adventurous tribute to this great American musical genius. The show, which begins at 7:30 p.m., will feature the 15-piece CJO along with saxophonist Ernie Watts, who was in Zappa's band for the original recording of The Grand Wazoo. Electric violinist Mark Wood (Trans-Siberian Orchestra) and electric bassist Dave Morgan, who created the arrangements for this show, are also featured. Conducting the performance will be CJO artistic director Jeff Lindberg.

The David Lynch Foundation will host an"An Historic Night of Jazz" benefit to raise money for free meditation instruction to inner city kids, veterans suffering from PTSD, low-income communities and women and girls who have been victims of violence and abuse. The event will be on Thursday, December 13th starting at 6:00PM at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Theatre, featuring performances by jazz legends Wynton Marsalis, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Esperanza Spalding and Corinne Bailey Rae. This unprecedented gala event will be hosted ABC news anchor George Stephanopoulos and filmmaker David Lynch.

In 1994 Anthony Rapp was working at a Starbucks and about to audition for Rent a new musical by a young guy named Jonathan Larson. An inspiring story about friends and artists struggling in New York's Lower East Side, it was based loosely on Puccini's La Boheme. Anthony got the part, but Jonathan died suddenly the night before the musical's off-Broadway premiere.

The Emelin Theater announced today several of their upcoming events for Decemeber 2012.

Fleetwood Mac, one of rock's most enduring, beloved and successful bands, announced today the group will embark on their first major tour "Fleetwood Mac Live 2013" in three years to include a performance at Joe Louis Arena on Wednesday, June 12 at 8 p.m.

The Art Institute of Chicago and Chicago Shakespeare Theater partnered to co-present The Fashion History Symposium, November 27-28 at their respective venues in Chicago. The two day fashion event included lectures, panel discussions and displays focusing on the 19th century fashions that were showcased in CST's fall production of the Sondheim and Lapine musical, Sunday in the Park with George, inspired by Georges Seurat's most famous work A Sunday on La Grande Jatte-1884, on display and in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

TNT Music is pleased to announce the fourth edition of 'Are You Working On Something New?' this coming December 2-3 at 7:00pm at Don't Tell Mama.

For the first time ever, The Jim Henson Company's Pajanimalsare packing their bags and hitting the road to bring a brand new live musical production to PlayhouseSquare on Saturday, April 27 for one performance only.

Lee Summers, a veteran performer having made his Broadway debut in the original production of Dreamgirls, continues as a voice in the American Musical Theater. His works have been presented at numerous New York and regional theatres such as The Milwaukee Repertory, The Arkansas Repertory Theatre, The Long Wharf Theatre, The Phoenix Theatre, Karamu Theatre, The Phoenix Theatre, The Meadow Brook Theatre, The Madison Theatre, Theaterworks Palo Alto, The Triad Theatre, New World Stages, Urban Arts Theatre, AMAS Musical Theatre, Crossroads Theatre, RACCA's Seaport Salon, The Kirk Theatre, The Gramercy Theatre, Radio City Music Hall's workshop spaces and many others.

Featuring a concert version of King's Bessie-nominated piece Astral Epitaphs that was commissioned by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for its final shows at the Park Avenue Armory in Dec. 2011, the music of New York composer John King (www.johnkingmusic.com) will be presented at Brooklyn's Roulette on Friday, December 7 at 8pm.

The Ellison Ballet, Edward Ellison, founder/director, will present its Winter Showcase 2012, an evening of romantic and classical ballet masterworks performed by the ensemble of 35 students of Ellison's Professional Training Program, along with guests from other major NYC dance organizations performing both classical and contemporary works. Performances will benefit two Staten Island families especially hard-hit by Hurricane Sandy: Colleen Cericola, whose home was totally destroyed, and Patricia Dresch, whose husband and 13-year old daughter perished in the storm. Two performances December 7 & 8 at 8 PM at MMAC , 248 West 60th Street.

People's Light & Theatre is expanding its support of local charities during the holiday season. Funds raised this year following performances of Aladdin: A Musical Panto and This Wonderful Life will support four organizations: Chester County Food Bank, Home of the Sparrow, the regional chapter of the American Red Cross Disaster Relief, and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

TexARTS is pleased to announce a new cabaret series beginning in December 2012. The TexARTS Cabaret Series will feature a starry line up of some of Austin's most dynamic voices in the intimate Kam and James Morris Theatre. Courtney Sanchez and Matt Wilson will kick off the series with the holiday-themed cabaret Coming Home for Christmas.

Spend New Year's Eve at ZACH Theatre with the original members of The Family Stone-soul legends from Woodstock and Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame inductees-as they perform some of their funkiest hits of all time. The Family Stone will play not one, but two unforgettable New Years Eve live concerts in ZACH's intimate, new Topfer Theatre.

Revelations 12:19 will feature live music by the multi-talented creator of White Girl Problems (www.babewalker.com) and star of the 2008 film Were the World Mine, Tanner Cohen, Blondes' veteran guitarist Seon Gomez of Pictures of the Sun, and folk-singer Sarah Mischner of Thee Shambels.

Rosie's Theater Kids (RTKids), New York City-based non-profit organization founded by Rosie O'Donnell, is thrilled to announce the release of its original song, "Sing My Own Way," now available on iTunes. It was recently performed live by the students at Rosie's annual Building Dreams for Kids Gala in October, which raised over $900,000 for the organization. Founder Rosie O'Donnell says, "I know what it's liked to be saved by a school. By a Sondheim song. By a cast of people who understand that being different is your biggest strength in life. That's Rosie's Theater Kids."