Santa Claus News

PITTSBURGH – Today, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra announced two upcoming one-night-only concerts — Disney in Concert: Tim Burton's THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS on Wednesday, October 21 at 7:30 p.m. and Celtic Woman: Home for Christmas — the Symphony Tour, on Monday, December 7 at 7:30 p.m.

ABC'S award-winning series “Shark Tank,” nominated for a 2015 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Reality Program, is eating up ABC's primetime schedule with the return of the popular “Shark Tank Week,” beginning Monday, September 7 at 8:00 p.m. “Shark Tank Week” will conclude on Sunday, September 13 at 8:00 p.m., gearing up for the Season 7 premiere on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment announce the first show of their 2015-2016 season, FIRST DATE, music & lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner, book by Austin Winsberg, musical direction by Brent Crayon, choreography by Lee Martino and directed by Nick DeGruccio.

Hollywood's legendary El Capitan Theatre will be Halloween Headquarters this October with special engagements of Disney's “Hocus Pocus” Oct. 8-11, 2015; “The Black Cauldron” Oct. 15-18, 2015; and its annual special engagement of Tim Burton's “The Nightmare Before Christmas” Oct. 22 – Nov. 1, 2015, in 3D with spine-tingling interactive 4D sensory effects, including wind, snow, fog and much more. El Capitan guests may also enjoy spellbinding spectacular savings by purchasing tickets for all three movies at once for a 30% savings.

Award-winning Pantochino Productions Inc. led by co-producers Bert Bernardi and Jimmy Johansmeyer will open the online box office Tuesday, September 1st for its 2015/16 season which includes three original musicals for family audiences.

Dive on in with the dazzling cast of Theatre Under The Star's production of Disney's The Little Mermaid!  Back by popular demand, this fun-filled, timeless tale will play for a limited run September 10 - 13 at The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts!

Santa's Magical Kingdom, in collaboration with Santa Claus's North Pole Corporation, has signed an exclusive deal to once again bring all the magic of Christmas to Melbourne from 21 November and for the first time to Sydney from 12 December

Assassins/book by John Weidman; music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim/presented by Red Blanket Productions with Punk Monkey Productions at the Pico Playhouse/directed by Dan Fishbach/thru September 27 A word or two before I start this review. In the film Judgement at Nuremberg, Spencer Tracy who plays the judge of the tribunals, states emphatically at the end that in the light of today's changing values, condoning these actions may seem logical, but it is not - or never is - right. Assassination is murder pure and simple. I will never condone it, even though I may understand the circumstances. I may laugh and enjoy Assassins and weigh the killers' motivations, but I will never accept them.

Rubicon's Broadway Musical Concert Series continues with three performances of a concert reading of THE SECRET GARDEN (based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett with Lyrics by Marsha Norman and Music by Lucy Simon.

One of today's most talked-about standup comics headlines her first HBO special when TIG NOTARO: BOYISH GIRL INTERRUPTED debuts TONIGHT, AUG. 22.

Rubicon's Broadway Musical Concert Series continues with three performances of a concert reading of THE SECRET GARDEN (based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett with Lyrics by Marsha Norman and Music by Lucy Simon.

Renowned comedian Tim Allen will return to The Mirage on Friday, November 6 at 10 p.m. for an additional show as part of the resort's Aces of Comedy series.

THE HOPE OF CHRISTMAS is a new collection of Christmas songs interpreted by multiplatinum-selling singer, Tony nominated actress, pianist and leading champion of the American songbook, Ann Hampton Callaway, with lyrics by two-time Emmy® Award winner William Schermerhorn, and featuring twenty-nine of the world's best jazz musicians, including Five Play, New York Voices, Hubert Laws, Claudio Roditi, Gerald Albright, The Ted Rosenthal Trio and more. The recording will be released on Friday, October 9 by the MCG Jazz record label (Marty Ashby, producer).

Falcon Theatre Founder, Garry Marshall, is thrilled to announce the Falcon Theatre's 2015-2016 5-Play Subscription Season.

CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST, the official kick-off to the 2015 Radio City Christmas Spectacular holiday season, was held today, August 13, in New York City. Featuring Santa Claus and the Rockettes, the event stopped traffic on 6th avenue in front of Radio City Music Hall, while the iconic dancers brought to life the wooden soldiers and rag dolls from Santa's enchanted workshop in the North Pole. Scroll down for photos!

ABC'S award-winning series “Shark Tank,” nominated for a 2015 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Reality Program, is eating up ABC's primetime schedule with the return of the popular “Shark Tank Week,” beginning Monday, September 7 at 8:00 p.m. “Shark Tank Week” will conclude on Sunday, September 13 at 8:00 p.m., gearing up for the Season 7 premiere on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

Although 2015 season tickets had to be purchased by July 1, the award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company continues to offer other savings that are both flexible and affordable.