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A generous, anonymous local supporter of The Human Race Theatre will help the organization close the year in excellent style by offering a $25,000 matching gift between now and December 20, 2010.

For a decade, Bound for Broadway has been letting audiences know about some of the best new shows currently in development. This 10th Anniversary Celebration at Kaufman Center's Merkin Concert Hall will feature four new musicals and then revisit some of the great shows featured over the past 10 years, including the 2010 Pulitzer Prize winner NEXT TO NORMAL, AVENUE Q, MUSICAL OF MUSICALS and THE DROWSY CHAPERONE.

Asolo Repertory Theatre today announced adding a new title to its Asolo Rep Extras series, An Intimate Evening with Frank Wildhorn & Friends. The starry concert features composer Frank Wildhorn at the piano along with some of Broadway's finest voices. Further details will be announced soon. The show, to be held on December 21st at 8 p.m. in the Mertz Theatre, replaces the Holiday concert originally scheduled. Details and prices will soon be released latter this month. Call the box office for more information at 941-351-8000; toll free 800-361-8366, or go online at www.asolorep.org.

What is Hanukkah... or Chanukkah? How do you really spell it, anyway? What's it ever done for me and why should I care? Hash it out (a nice lean kosher hash) with our hosts Marc and Doug for a unique evening of fun and music and story telling. We'll share, we'll kibitz, we'll have a little something to eat! Sure, go see A CHRISTMAS CAROL, (we're going to be on their set... how ironic if that?) but do yourself a favor and spend a little time this year spinning the dreidel with Marc and Doug. Who knows, maybe we'll even learn something about all this holiday mishagas. Maybe, maybe not... you put 3 Jews in a room together you get 5 different opinions. So...what can I tell you, we'll see what happens, but even if we don't solve any baffling Jewish mysteries...we'll have a lot of fun not getting anywhere together. Oy! Did we mention that we'll have a little nosh?

Dallas-Fort Worth arts organizations and cultural instituutions participating in the metroplex-wide Foote Festival have announced festival selections and events. The Foote Festival, March 14 - May 1, 2011, will celebrate the life and work of the late, award winning, Texas playwright Horton Foote (March 14, 1916 - Marc 4, 2009).

On Saturday, December 11th, 2010 the Autry National Center will present, in association with Focus Features, a 5th anniversary screening of the award-winning landmark film Brokeback Mountain followed by a staged reading of messages, essays, poetry, and music inspired by the film. The event is part of the acclaimed program Out West at the Autry, a series of public events focusing on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) history and culture in the West with gallery talks, film screenings, lectures, performances and other cultural events.

Any dream will do at the Whole Backstage. Do you dream of owning a multicolored coat? Hear a crash of drums, see a flash of light? You can see all these at the holiday production of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR COAT.

After a summer of touring and 2 sold out shows at this year's Puppets in the Green Mountains festival, Sandglass Theater is bringing ALL WEATHER BALLADS back for a full weekend in Sandglass' intimate barn theater November 19 and 20 at 8pm and November 21 at 4pm.

LET THEM EAT CAKE is the wedding nightmare your mother warned you about, a gay marriage gone wrong that asks the guests to salvage the situation by interrogating what it means to be married, single, gay, straight, commitment-phobic, a joiner, included or jeering from the outskirts. Come for the cake, if nothing else!

North Coast Repertory Theatre presents a special one-night reading of The Andersonville Trial By Saul Levitt on Monday, November 22, 2010 at 7:30 PM.

Rachel Hundert is attempting the impossible: understanding men (by singing their songs.) Rachel Hundert and Eric Martin present Man Oh Man! A Musical Tribute to the Fairest Sex. Featuring Rachel Hundert and Musical Director/Pianist Eric Martin. Saturday, December 4th at 8pm at Etcetera Etcetera Restaurant. For tickets visit www.smarttix.com

New_York_Philharmonic_20010101 The New York Philharmonic will celebrate the 2010 holiday season with perennial favorites: the annual Holiday Brass concerts; Handel's Messiah, led by Bernard Labadie; and a nationally telecast All-Tchaikovsky New Year's Eve Concert, conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert and featuring pianist Lang Lang as soloist.

Gotham Arts Exchange and Symphony Space present Stam-Pede, an afternoon of the very best in percussive dance by eight celebrated companies. From soulful flamenco to lively Irish dance to innovative body percussion to exhilarating tap dance and mesmerizing Bharatanatyam, this impressive collection of companies offers something for everyone who loves the power and precision of percussive dance. Stam-Pede will be presented Sunday, January 9, 2011 at 3pm at Peter Norton Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, NYC. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at www.symphonyspace.org or by phone at 212-864-5400. Appropriate for ages 5 and up.

David Zwirner is pleased to participate in this year's Art Basel Miami Beach, held at the Miami Beach Convention Center from December 2 to 5, 2010 (Booth J19). For this year's fair, the gallery will present a selection of works by its artists, including Minimalist works by Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, and John McCracken, in addition to works by Francis Alÿs, Stan Douglas, Suzan Frecon, Alice Neel, Neo Rauch, Jason Rhoades, Thomas Ruff, Al Taylor, Luc Tuymans, and Lisa Yuskavage.

The Hartt School, the comprehensive performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford, is pleased to present 'Bang on a Can All-Stars' on Thursday evening, December 9, 2010, at 7:30 PM, in Millard Auditorium on the University of Hartford's West Hartford campus. Individual concert tickets are $30 and Series subscriptions are $100, with discounts on individual tickets and subscriptions for seniors, educators, University of Hartford alumni, students, and groups.

How many times can you say 'pull my finger' before it's ripped off and eaten? A QUIET SIP OF COFFEE is the tale of 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf', as told by two men who haven't learned its lesson. This new creation by ANIMALPARTS may contain: lying for attention, wild optimism, jokes about things one should never joke about, needless rescues, and a ravenous wolf-man.

Antoinette Montague will appear on Saturday, December 4, 2010, in a return engagement as the featured performer in the St. Albans Very Special Holiday Jazz Vespers, St. Albans Congregational Church, 172-17 Linden Boulevard, St. Albans, Queens, NY 11434, 718-657-8282. Antoinette will be accompanied by a group of the jazz world's top professionals, including Bill Easley on saxes, clarinet and flute (who has a new release entitled 'Love Stories' www.billeasley.net) and Jay Hoggart on vibes. Montague will be singing standards from her new recording 'Behind The Smile', which features pianist Mulgrew Miller.

New York City's Lucinda Black Bear will perform songs off their latest CD, 'Knives', at Rockwood Music Hall on Thursday, December 9th at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door.

J. D. Lewis will teach a class at The Actor's Lab on the business and craft of acting. Call for an interview at (310) 621-3900 or email theactorslab@aol.com.

The Community Playhouse of Lancaster County, Lancaster's community theatre, is seeking 4 men, 3 women, 1 teen male, and 2 teen females for its' upcoming production of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK.