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Chelsea Peretti was most recently a writer on the Emmy-nominated NBC show Parks and Recreation and can be seen in the Special All-Star Comedy Issue of Vanity Fair. Judd Apatow describes Peretti as "one of six truly inspired comics doing great work right now."

Eddie Mekka returns to Naples to headline TheatreZone's first-ever gala fundraiser Sunday, March 24, 2013, performing his nightclub act, singing with a live band songs by Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Tom Jones, Louis Prima and many more, and storytelling in a charity show to benefit the Equity, non-profit theatre group at Cloyde's Steak & Lobster House on Venetian Bay in Naples.

Off-Broadway's rap guide to dating, Ingenious Nature, led by Baba Brinkman with turntablism by Jamie Simmonds at the SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street), is offering its final Human Nature Talkback during the last week of the show's run. The weekly Talkback Series has invited experts from the science community to speak to Ingenious Nature's audiences. On Friday, January 4, following the 7:30 PM performance, audience members are invited to stay for the post-performance talk back by guest speaker Christopher Chabris, Associate Professor of Psychology and Co-Director of the Neuroscience Program at Union College in Schenectady, NY. For his talk back, Dr. Chabris will be discussing his research on cognition, intelligence, and behavior genetics and taking questions from the audience.

The African & African American Performing Arts Coalition and K*Star*Productions announce the schedule for the 9th Annual Black Choreographers Festival: Here & Now (BCF) with three weeks of programs at venues inOakland and San Francisco, February 9-24, 2013. BCF is an all-community event offering performances, mentoring, master classes, symposia, and special events celebrating African American Art and Culture. Tickets ($10-$20) and information are available at www.bcfhereandnow.com.

Come one, come all, to The Nakedest Show On Earth! In the center ring, New York's 'Best Story Hour' (The Village Voice Best of NY) shares tales of life under the big top as Naked Girls Reading JOINS THE CIRCUS! The hit nude literary salon begins its 2013 season with carnival yarns, tightrope tales and stories straight from the sideshow in this three-ring extravaganza of great literature stripped bare.

Rock 'n Roll is here to stay! Pink poodle skirts, greased hair and black leather jackets are back in style on the big screen when Theater To Go presents a sing-along of the fun-loving 1950s in the classic film "Grease!" at Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre. This interactive presentation will take place on Friday, Jan. 25 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 26 at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Jan. 27 at 2 p.m. Kelsey Theatre is located on the college's West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road.

In celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, CENTERSTAGE will be having a special performance of The Mountaintop at 7:30 pm. In order to make this performance affordable and accessible, 100 Pay What You Can tickets for that performance will be made available on January 4 and 5.

Academy Award nominee and Tony Award-winner John Lithgow returns to the English stage in the title role of Arthur Wing Pinero's uproarious Victorian farce, The Magistrate.

Rich, bright and highly expressive, chamber works by the masters showcase Pacific Symphony's woodwind musicians at their finest during "Woodwind Magic," the next concert in the Cafe Ludwig chamber series. Charming piano sensation and host Orli Shaham leads principal Symphony musicians in works from the 18th to 20th centuries. On flute, Benjamin Smolen captures the expressive melodies and quick trills of Prokofiev's energetic Flute Sonata in discourse with piano. Then the velvety smooth sound of the clarinet, played by Benjamin Lulich, is featured in four movements from Bruch's Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, with Robert Becker on viola, and Stravinsky's Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo. The concert concludes as Jessica Pearlman, oboe; Rose Corrigan, bassoon; and Keith Popejoy, horn, join Lulich and Shaham for Mozart's Quintet in E-flat Major, known for its perfect balance among the five instruments.

Ars Nova (Jason Eagan, Artistic Director; Jeremy Blocker, Managing Director) announces a January lineup featuring ew comedy, music and theater programming.

Vital Theatre Company has announced that its newest hit Fancy Nancy The Musical is making a very special homecoming back to the McGinn/Cazale Theatre. After taking an excursion--that's fancy for trip--downtown to Culture Project, Nancy returns to Vital Theatre beginning February 2nd, with performances every Saturday and Sunday at 3:30 pm, following performances of Vital's newest world premiere musical, Show Way. Performances of Fancy Nancy will close at Culture Project on January 13. Tickets are $29.50. Premium seats are available for $49.50. For reservations, visit www.vitaltheatre.org, call us at (212) 579-0528, or visit McGinn/Cazale box office Mondays-Fridays from 9-5. The McGinn/Cazale Theatre is located at 2162 Broadway at 76th Street.

The Barrow Group Acting Studio announces the New York premiere of Save Me at The Barrow Group Studio Theatre, January 18, 2013 thru February 10, 2013. Written by award-winning playwright Stefanie Zadravec, Save Me was named "Best New Play" at the Baltimore Playwrights Festival and was the recipient of the Phoenix Theatre's National Playwriting Competition.

Making it on Broadway is one thing - but staying on Broadway is quite another. Four Broadway legends - Joel Grey, Barbara Cook, Sheldon Harnick and Mary Rodgers - visit 92Y on Monday, Jan. 21 to share unique and intimate insights on how they endured as entertainers over the long haul, and how they remain active and relevant in their octogenarian years. The talk, moderated by WNYC's Leonard Lopate, is part of 92Y's ongoing "Relevant Octogenarians" series. It also includes Dennis S. Charney, M.D., Dean of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and co-author of the new book, Resilience. Dan Kaplan, former 92Y Board Chairman and President who has produced many 92Y galas, is the event's producer and the creator of the "Relevant Octogenarians" series.

Imitating the dog, one of the UK's most original and innovative performance theatre companies are set to premiere two new productions on a UK tour this winter.

Vier Vorstellungen von Rossinis 'L'italiana in Algeri' stehen ab 7. Jänner 2013 auf dem Spielplan der Wiener Staatsoper: KS Agnes Baltsa, soeben als Überraschungsgast beim Fest des Prinzen Orlofsky in der Silvester-Fledermaus bejubelt, ist in der Titelpartie zu erleben, KS Ferruccio Furlanetto als Mustafà. Ihre Rollendebüts an der Wiener Staatsoper geben Antonino Siragusa als Lindoro und Alessio Arduini als Haly. KS Alfred *ramek singt den Taddeo, Ileana Tonca die Elvira und Rachel Frenkel die Zulma.

Armonia Celeste will perform a program titled "Udite Amanti - Lovers Beware!' on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 as part of Houston Early Music's Emerging Artists Series. The pre-Valentine's Day concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church and feature rarely heard music from the Italian Renaissance and early Baroque eras.

Lyons Wier Gallery will present The Origin of Nymphs, by New York based artist Jeff Muhs.

San Francisco's cutting-edge Cutting Ball Theater announces that the company has been awarded a grant for $166,000 from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund a three-year residency for resident playwright Andrew Saito. The grant will give Saito a full time salary and health benefits at Cutting Ball for the entire three years, with options to receive additional developmental funds. The grant is Cutting Ball's largest grant to date.

Ford's Theatre Society announced that a donation drive during performances of A Christmas Carol has raised $88,040.67 for the Washington-based charity Martha's Table. Donations were collected November 18-December 26, 2012. In addition to the curtain call collection, patrons also were encouraged to make donations through the Ford's Theatre Box Office and members of the Ford's Theatre Society staff donated money to the campaign. On December 12, members of the cast of A Christmas Carol volunteered by preparing meals at Martha's Table.

Gulfshore Playhouse continues their spectacular seventh season with the one-man Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "I Am My Own Wife" by Doug Wright, playing January 18 through February 3, 2013, with a preview performance on January 17th.