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Just in time for Halloween and The Day of the Dead, Neil Nathan debuts the video for 'Darling Friend,' his lap steel infused re-interpretation of Ludwig Von Beethoven's 'Fur Elise.' In it, Nathan, bedecked in a Beethoven meets T Rex composer jacket serenades the coffin of his lost love while surrounded by a twirling, ghoulish dance troupe. 'Darling Friend' is directed by Vaj Potenza (My Brightest Diamond's 'Freak Out Gold Chains Remix') and choreographed by Suzanne Rydz. Vaj also co- directed two of Nathan's latest videos, 'California Run' and 'When The Rain Falls.' The song is the second single off Neil's covers EP, Songsmiths, which was produced by long time steel collaborator Mike 'Slo-Mo' Brenner (Slo-Mo, Marah, Jason Molina).

Ms. Tina Cione' and Ms. Shane Webb bring you a night of bumpin' and grindin' with comedic timin' at their vaudeville themed variety show. Every last Friday of the month The Bowery Poetry Club hosts un spectacle of vintage cartoons from Tom Stathes' Cartoons on Film, burlesque, comedie, and sideshows. Shows are hosted by Juliet Jeske as Fraulein Shtup.

After completion of major renovations to the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International, the Academy celebrates the return of 'Monday Nights with Oscar' by presenting the crowd-pleasing movie musical FUNNY GIRL, based on the hit 1964 Broadway musical Monday, November 15 at 7:00 pm.

Tenor Paul Appleby is joined by pianist Brian Zeger for a solo recital as the winner of Juilliard's 14th annual Alice Tully Vocal Arts Recital Award on November 30 at 8 PM in Alice Tully Hall (Broadway at 65th Street). The program features Schubert's song cycle, 'Die schöne Müllerin', on poems by Wilhelm Müller.

If you're looking for an excuse to party, reminisce, dress in your best 70's discowear or simply be entertained, don't miss the world's number one touring ABBA tribute concert in its one-night-only stop in Salt Lake City. ABBA MANIA will perform at Kingsbury Hall on the University of Utah campus on Thursday, November 11 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $29.50 and are available by calling 801-581-7100 or visiting www.kingtix.com.

The Tank presents MEDITATION ON A THEME: BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY next Wednesday, November 3, at 7:30 pm. All tickets are $10. The Tank is located at 354 W. 45th Street, New York, NY 10036. It is accessible by Subway by taking the A, C, E, to 42nd Street or the 1, 2, 3, S, 7 to Time Square.

24th Street Theatre's LA RAZON BLINDADA has extended again until November 14. The show was named LA Times Critic's Choice by F. Kathleen Foley who said, 'Echoes of Kakfa and Beckett resound throughout in effusive, elliptical interchanges that are often nonsensical, sometimes didactic...the effect is hallucinatory, trance-inducing and surreal, an absurdist construct that hammers home man's gross capacity for inhumanity - and his transcendent ability to endure.'

Goodman Theatre's acclaimed production of CANDIDE, directed and newly adapted by Mary Zimmerman, must close Sunday, October 31 at 2pm. Tickets are still available for the final seven performances, October 26 - October 31.

One of Broadway's brightest stars comes to Irvington for an evening of show tunes and more! Sutton Foster will give a concert at the Irvington Town Hall Theatre on Sunday, December 12 at 7:30.

Court Theatre continues its 56th season with Edward Albee's THREE TALL WOMEN, directed by Artistic Director Charles Newell. The production will run January 13 - February 13, 2011 at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue. Performances are Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 pm, Fridays at 8:00 pm, Saturdays at 3:00 and 8:00 pm, and Sundays at 2:30 and 7:30 pm. Tickets range from $30-$60.

Everyone needs a good laugh these days...and there couldn't be a better place to let yourself go than at the next Windham Theatre Guild show. It's a musical comedy event you just can't miss...I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE! opens Friday, November 5th at the Burton Leavitt Theatre, 779 Main Street, Willimantic. The genius behind this great show is Joe DiPietro (books and lyrics), who also wrote two other shows that were WTG super hits... ALL SHOOK UP (July 2010) and OVER THE RIVER & THROUGH THE WOODS (September 2003).

Double Grande Pianos' on Tour show LEGENDARY DUETS starring Wayland Pickard and Deborah Johnson, America's Premier Vocal/Piano Duo and 2009 Grammy contenders, sold out last night at the Lonny Chapman Theatre in NoHo, California. Upcoming Southern California engagements include November 6th at the Grove Theatre in Upland, and November 20th at the Norris Center for the Performing Arts in Rolling Hills Estates.

Just in time for the holiday season, Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF presents CHAPS! A JINGLE JANGLE CHRISTMAS with a book by Jahnna Beecham and Malcome Hillgartner and vocal arrangements by Malcome Hillgartner and Chip Duford. The show runs December 1-26 and tickets are on sale now.

Broadway In Chicago will celebrate the new Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place by opening its doors to the public for exclusive tours and hosting a special appearances by the first cast to grace the stage of the new theatre, TRACES this Saturday, October 23 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. The event will take place at The Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place at 175 E. Chestnut Street.

Le Petit Theatre brings the long-running Tony Award-winning revue FORBIDDEN BROADWAY to the Main Stage November 5-19. This hilarious and ever-evolving show, tailored for New Orleans audiences, features parodies of hits and hitmakers old and new that will strike the funny bone of even those with only the most glancing knowledge of the Great White Way. And for even the most hardened aficionado, it's fall-down funny. Cast members Leslie Castay, Dianna Duffy, Vatican Lokey and Cliff Thompson - accompanied by one-man-piano-orchestra Jesse Reeks - sing and dance their way through rapid-fire costume changes and madcap impressions in a loving satire of Broadway's biggest songwriters and stars.

Today, Kay Thompson is remembered largely as the author of the iconic 'Eloise' books and for her picture-stealing turn as the Diana Vreeland-like fashion editor in 'Funny Face'. But the preternaturally talented Thompson was so much more: singer, vocal arranger, nightclub star, radio personality, fashion innovator, sometimes shrewd businesswoman, mentor-and world-classeccentric. In 'Kay Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise', film director and producer Sam Irvin delivers the first full-length biography of this inimitable personality who left her indelible mark on show business-and on the lives of millions of readers. The book will be released November 2, 2010.

Shelby Company presents the world premiere of THE LAND WHALE MURDERS, a dizzying tale of murder and deceit from the mind of playwright Jonathan A. Goldberg (LUCK OF THE IBIST, My FATHER IS A TETRIS GAME), directed by Tom Ridgely (#9, THE|KING|OPERETTA).

Youth Music Theatre UK is thrilled to announce that you can now book your place for their 2011 national auditions, either by visiting their website at http://www.youthmusictheatreuk.org, or by calling 0844 415 4858. They are looking for around 300 young people to perform in their 2011 productions. Auditions will take place throughout January and February in cities across the UK.

On Thanksgiving weekend, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Jacques Lacombe present a vibrant program featuring Elgar's timeless Enigma Variations and NJSO Concertmaster Eric Wyrick performing Princetonian Edward T. Cone's Concerto for Violin and Small Orchestra, as part of the Orchestra's New Jersey Roots Project. The program also includes Webern's orchestration of Bach's 'Ricercare' from The Musical Offering.

Arlo Guthrie will appear on stage at the Palace Theatre on Sunday, November 14, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. Arlo began his 'Journey On' tour in October 2010. Long fascinated by the myth of Orpheus who with song could coax wild beasts and entice trees to dance, folk legend Guthrie embarks on his own odyssey. As a masterful storyteller, humorous philosopher, and uncompromising artist, Guthrie proves that folk music is alive and well. Having previously accompanied Arlo on a hugely successful tour, 'Journey On' reunites Arlo with The Burns Sisters whose Siren song brings evocative, exquisite support to Guthrie's seasoned and celebrated performances. A full band will also be joining Arlo on this voyage, allowing him make his new songs and best-loved classics come to life.