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Broadway veteran Liz Callaway is set to release her first holiday album, titled 'Merry and Bright', on November 26. To purchase, visit: http://www.amazon.com

'The Thin Book of Fat Lies' (ISBN-10: 1492857815) is part childhood autobiography, part unbridled imagination- 'The Thin Book of Fat Lies' is a seriously funny and imaginative collage of debatable truths and fiction from composer and writer Gary Paul Bryant. While none of these eight short stories compares to a Greek tragedy, the author delivers where it counts- humor. In 'Stall' the reader explores a typical day at the end of time. In 'The Phone' Quigley Smith discovers his own childhood family phone at a local antique store and gets a startling surprise when he makes his first call. Drawing on Bryant's own childhood experience, 'Spaceships' shows us what can happen when we try to emulate our rocket-driving heroes. Gleason Snickell shows us what life is really all about in 'Gleason Snickell and the Search for Love' and 'The Bitter Climb' finds an unhappy young man getting some important choices made for him. 'The Fourth Grade: My First Oral Report' would make Twain's Huck Finn smile, and Robert Levenplatter gets to live just a bit longer in Awkward: The First Resurrection of Robert Levenplatter. Finally, the Bryant's first foray into short fiction, 'The First Ride: The Real Story of Santa Claus,' rounds out the collection. An award-winning composer with more than two hundred published songs, Gary's 'blue-collar' songwriting has placed his music in thousands of YouTube videos while his fiction writing continues to intrigue and entertain readers the world over.

Christmas is coming a few weeks early in the form of a special sneak peek at the recently rumored and now confirmed holiday episode of GLEE, currently filming on location in Los Angeles, with a musical preview leaked via social media.

Walnut Street Theatre continues its landmark 205TH season with an all-new production of Broadway's family musical, ELF. Based on the Hollywood hit, and directed and choreographed by Marc Robin, this production will bring the Sparklejollytwinklejingley to Philadelphia audiences this holiday season. ELF began previews on November 5th, opens tonight, November 13th and runs through January 5th on the WST Mainstage. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Theatre Out, Orange County's gay and lesbian theatre company, is pleased to announce the return of the holiday classic, LAST CHRISTMAS I GAVE YOU MY HEART BUT THE VERY NEXT DAY YOU SAID YOU WERE GAY by Darcy Hogan. The show received it's world premiere performance at Theatre Out in 2007 and became an immediate audience favorite. Since that time, the show has been presented annually to rave reviews.

Usher in the holiday season with Popcorn Hat Players' unique brand of a yuletide tale. Help Tinker the Elf and a crazy cast of characters assist Santa find his lost bag of toys. Start the season off with PHP and make the season merry!

After 23 years of entertaining the world, The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies will be closing their doors May 18, 2014 after completion of this their last season The Last Hurrah!

Christmas is celebrated by most countries all over the world. It is the most-awaited event for children as they will most likely get a gift or two from Santa Claus. It will always be a cherished practice that will be handed down from one generation to the next, but what if someone aims to put an end to this tradition? Author D.M. McNamara weaves a compelling tale that will capture the hearts and imagination of children with the first book in her series, 'The Girl Who Grants Wishes.'

This holiday season, Tennessee Repertory Theatre will once again present the holiday cult classic and Nashville's All-American Holiday Tradition A Christmas Story adapted by Phillip Grecian and based on the motion picture by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, and Bob Clark. A Christmas Story runs November 30 - December 22 at TPAC's Johnson Theater (with preview performance November 29). This season, Sunday matinee performances have been added to accommodate more families.

A record-breaking 788 people attended Liberty Hall Museum's annual harvest celebration on October 26th, signaling the museum - the former residence of New Jersey's first elected governor, William Livingston - may be enjoying its most successful fall to date.

Walnut Street Theatre continues its landmark 205TH season with an all-new production of Broadway's family musical, ELF. Based on the Hollywood hit, and directed and choreographed by Marc Robin, this production will bring the Sparklejollytwinklejingley to Philadelphia audiences this holiday season. ELF began previews on November 5th, opens on November 13th and runs through January 5th on the WST Mainstage. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Two holiday classics, RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER and FROSTY THE SNOWMAN are heading to CBS this season.

The holiday season is looking bright at Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre. Four special events in December will give families a way to celebrate while they enjoy live performances, dance, and even a sing-along film. Kelsey Theatre is located on the college's West Windsor Campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road.

Put your tap shoes on and get ready to dance the night away at the Festival Theatre as Adelaide Festival Centre celebrates Broadway Proms - Christmas on 42nd Street, with special guests Mitchell Butel and Chelsea Gibb on 13 - 14 December. Christmas Proms is the perfect event to get you in the festive spirit and what better way to celebrate than with two of Australia's leading entertainers.

The twentieth season of Broadway Onstage Live Theatre and the thirty-third, and final, season of Dennis Wickline Productions, Inc. continues with the return of CHRISTMAS BELLES, a delightful Holiday Comedy by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten when it opens on Friday, December 6 at the Eastpointe Theatre. Running Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm through December 21, the production will also be offered during two special 2pm Sunday Matinees on Sunday, December 8 and Sunday, December 15.

It may be winter, but Denver heats up during the holidays. Throughout the Mile High Holiday Weekends, enjoy millions of twinkling lights, dazzling parades, outdoor ice skating, free festivities, heartwarming holiday theatrical productions, horse-drawn carriages and lively concerts.

The Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC) heralds Christmas with two matinee performances of its delightful seasonal concert, "Festival of Carols," Saturday, December 7, 2013, 2 pm, and Saturday, December 14, 2013, 2 pm, at Disney Hall. Silent Night, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, White Christmas, Deck the Hall and Santa Claus is Coming to Town are among the cherished holiday carols and traditional favorites setting a joyous mood and sung to glorious perfection by 115 members of the Chorale under Music Director Grant Gershon's baton. Also featured are the world premieres of arrangements by LAMC Swan Family Composer In Residence Shawn Kirchner - the French carol Pat-a-Pan, which he has intricately layered for women's voices and describes as "rhythmic and vibrant," and the Czech Rocking Carol, a lullaby setting for men's voices he calls "tender and soothing." Pianist Lisa Edwards and organist John West, who performs on Disney Hall's iconic pipe organ, add a delightful sonic flourish to the concert.

The CW will air the two-hour movie “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” on Wednesday, November 27,2013 (8:00-10:00 p.m. ET) (TV-PG, DL) (HDTV)