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Comedy Works has announced that John Novosad will perform at Comedy Works Downtown in Larimer Square for two nights only: Friday, November 26 (7:30 & 9:45 PM) & Saturday, November 27 (7:30 & 9:45 PM). Advance tickets are available.

As part of its 2021 Fall virtual programming and in conjunction with the opening of Hecho en Puerto Rico: Four Generations of Puerto Rican Puppetry, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut is pleased to present The Pura Belpré Project by Teatro SEA on November 20 at 11 a.m. ET via Zoom

The Marcus Performing Arts Center announced yesterday that single tickets for the First National Tour of Mean Girls— the record-breaking new musical comedy produced by Lorne Michaels, Stuart Thompson, Sonia Friedman, and Paramount Pictures based on the hit film—are now on sale.

Frank Giordano, President of The Philly POPS, will receive the prestigious Crystal Award from the Union League of Philadelphia, November 16, 2021. The Crystal Award honors individuals for their service to the arts and culture in the Philadelphia community.

My Theatre Mates announced that the Chichester Festival Theatre 60th anniversary season is underway. While a full season announcement won't come until February, the first two productions were announced: new plays by Kate Mosse and Alecky Blythe.

International singing superstar, Sarah Brightman is the world’s biggest selling soprano. She pioneered the classical crossover music movement and is famed for possessing a vocal range of over three octaves. Her crystalline voice is immediately recognizable across the globe: earthy yet ethereal, haunting yet angelic.

Musical Theatre of Anthem (MTA) announced their upcoming production of Seussical, a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza will run in Spring 2022.

Justice Ginsburg’s family honored her love for WNO with a gift to the company of her piano, her costume from her appearance in WNO production of The Daughter of the Regiment in 2016, and some of her personal opera recordings, books, and memorabilia.

Willard Manus’ adaptation of A Journal of the Plague Year, by Daniel (“Robinson Caruso”) Defoe, will be performed by Write Act Rep from Nov. 13th - Dec. 19th, 2021 at the Brickhouse Theatre in North Hollywood. Produced by Write Act’s artistic director John Lant and by Anne Mesa, the play is directed by Daniel E. Keough.

The Bell Rang is an installation that stands with Mills College's rich tradition of experimentation and a glimpse into the future of a broad range of musical practices. In the annual Mills Music Now series, faculty, students, and visiting artists come together to define the cutting edge of music, from electronic to classical performance to jazz 

Pulitzer Prize winning play Sweat will take the stage at Fair Lawn's Old Library Theatre this November. Sweat is about a group of friends that have shared a lot at the local bar after working together on the factory floor in a proud, blue-collar community in Reading, Pennsylvania. The group must contend with layoffs and picket lines, putting them at odds with each other. This is a political and heart-wrenching play about employment, race, and self-identity.

Boy George & TEG Live have joined forces to create FANTABULOSA, a recognition of the LGBTQIA+ community’s powerful impact & contribution to modern popular culture. FANTABULOSA will be a sparkling, sophisticated & memorable event, headlined and curated by Boy George, featuring reinterpretations & tributes to some of the greatest songs ever written.

On Veterans’ Day - November 11 - at 7pm, New Musicals Inc is hosting a special online concert to help celebrate the day and pay respect to veterans around the world. The free concert will feature excerpts from the musical webseries, “So Proudly We Hailed” which honors veterans by dramatizing and musicalizing their story in their own words.

Lee Goldsmith, lyricist and book writer for what is thought to be the first musical on Broadway to feature lead characters who were gay (“Sextet,” which played the Bijou Theatre in 1974), died Oct. 5 in Cutler Bay, FL, at the age of 98. 

Los Altos Stage Company will welcome audiences back to live theatre for the 2nd production of its 2021-2022 Back in the Barn Season. Every Brilliant Thing, by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe, is a one actor show that will feature two actors (Tamarin Ythier or James Schott) alternating the solo performance role on different dates during the run.

Miller Theatre's 2021-22 season sees the beloved, bold venue return to in-person programming for the first time since March 2020, a boon to NYC’s cultural landscape. Executive Director Melissa Smey, lauded for the integrity of her curating, has produced an invigorating season of “immersive, cutting-edge work that sets the bar high”

With photos, old diary entries, and the occasional angst-filled musical number, performers at The Roast Of Your Teenage Old Self are guaranteed to make you feel better about all the embarrassing things you did as a teen.

SITTOPERA ™  will present Champagne and Opera with Magnificent Matshikiza, a recital by South African lyric soprano Pumeza Matshikiza to be held at the Rand Club Ballroom  in Johannesburg on Friday 12 November 2021. She will be accompanied on piano by Marnus Greyling.

LITTLE WOMEN, based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Book by Allan Knee, music by Jason Howland, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein, directed by Anne Gesling, music direction by Daniel Koh, choreography by Michael Marchak, produced by Evelyn Vizzi, Eve Keller, and Cori Goldberg. The production runs November 13 – 28.

Leah Sprecher, as the fictional Barbara Dixon, satirizes the autobiographical cabaret shows of song-and-dance broads like Elaine Stritch, Liza Minnelli, and Barbara Cook in this uniquely hilarious show. You won’t believe your eyes (or ears) as Barbara over-shares her way through a whirlwind tour of her life and career.