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Sculptor, painter, printmaker, collagist, poet, diarist, graphic designer, publisher, filmmaker and musician, German-born Swiss artist Dieter Roth (1930-1998) has been described as "a performance artist in all the mediums he touched." Everything Roth made involved the acting out a central concept of art and life as utterly indivisible - a single enterprise in which material stuff is subservient to the emotional and sensual experience for which it stands. Roth was not an artist who tolerated boundaries. In seeking to pulverize them, he elevated the processes by which things happen, embracing accidents, mutations, and accretions of detail over time; inviting nature to have its way with unstable mediums, including fruit, chocolate, and sugar; and perhaps most boldly, inviting the dilution of his own authorship through constant, intensive collaboration with other artists. Those partners included such significant figures as Richard Hamilton, Emmett Williams, Arnulf Rainer, and Hermann Nitsch. But it was Roth's long and symbiotic collaboration with his own son, artist Bjorn Roth, that stands as testament to the enormous and enduring potency of his restless, relentless process.

Phantom features 'a truly stunning score penned by Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit. This mesmerizing Phantom is traditional musical theatre in the finest sense. The Tony award winning authors of Nine have transformed Gaston Leroux' The Phantom of the Opera into a sensation that enraptures audiences and critics with beautiful songs and an expertly crafted book. It is constructed around characters more richly developed than in any other version, including the original novel.'

The X Factor season has come to a close - and crowned the second winner of a $5 million recording contract! Was it girl group Fifth Harmony, teen talent Carly Rose Sonenclar or country crooner Tate Stevens? Read on to find out!

NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG-the group that "charms audiences with programs that combine meticulous research with an infectious strain of vocal hedonism" (The New York Times)-will mark its eighth annual co-presentation with Juilliard's Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts with a program titled A NIGHT AT THE OPERETTA to be performed on Wednesday, January 16 at 8:00PM in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.

After a triumphant fundraising performance of The Producers for the Actors' Fund in 2010, Talk Is Free Theatre (TIFT) is delighted to follow up with a fundraising, concert performance of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. The performance will be held on Sunday, February 10 at 8PM at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, Historic Distillery District in Toronto.

Mauckingbird Theatre Company, best known for its clever, poignant reflection on classic works through a gay lens, takes on a new kind of classic with a staged reading of the 1950s play Bad Seed by Maxwell Anderson. Directed by Mauckingbird Artistic Director Peter Reynolds, the reading includes performances by Barrymore Award winner Amanda Schoonover as 9-year-old Rhoda Penmark, the titular "bad seed," and Michelle Eugene as her suffering mother Christine Penmark. The Bad Seed runs for one weekend only, January 25-27, at the Off-Broad Street Theater. Philadelphia's own Martha Graham Cracker will serve as hostess for the reading, which benefits Mauckingbird, Philadelphia's award-winning professional gay-themed theatre company.

Luna Stage will present the world premiere of Nikkole Salter's Carnaval - a play that was inspired by the author's discovery of the underground world of sex tourism and man-cations in Brazil. The play was developed in part through Luna Stage's New Moon Play Reading Series. Luna Stage Associate Artistic Director/Director of Play Development, Cheryl Katz, will direct. Previews for Carnaval begin on January 31st, 2013. The production runs Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 3pm through March 3rd, 2013, with the official press opening on Friday, February 8th. Tickets range from $25 to $35 and can be purchased in person, on the phone at (973) 395-5551, or on the Luna Stage website: www.lunastage.org.

Preschoolers are intrepid explorers, innately curious about the world around them. Saturday Science, a new Staten Island Children's Museum program designed for 3-5 year-olds and their parents, will help them increase their understanding of the natural world with activities that encourage problem solving and introduce them to the basic elements of scientific reasoning.

The Music Institute of Chicago announces application deadlines and competition dates for the Emilio del Rosario Piano Concerto Competition.

The Utah Symphony, under the direction of conductor Nicholas McGegan, will dive into a lyrical adventure as they pay musical homage to the sea in a concert featuring Handel's colorful "Water Music," one of his most famous symphonic works.

Les Ballets Trockadero Monte Carlo, the sensational all-male ballet company currently at The Joyce Theater for a three-week engagement, will twirl down to Wall Street to ring The Opening BellSM at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday morning, December 24 at 9:30am.

Z2 Entertainment will present Technicolor Tone Factory with Genetics at the Fox Theatre on Saturday, February 23rd. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, December 21st for $10.00 in advance and $12.00 day of show.

With an American Comedy Award for "Best Male Stand-up Comedian" and platinum recording artist among his many impressive credits, Bill Engvall is truly a show business star. Comix At Foxwoods will welcome guests to 'An Evening with Bill Engvall' when he performs at the MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 8 p.m. Tickets for the highly-anticipated show will be available for presale through Comix and Ticketmaster on Thursday, Jan. 3 at 10 a.m., and regular tickets will go on sale Friday, Jan. 4 at 10 a.m. Fans can purchase tickets in advance for $35, $45 and $60.

New York No Limits (NYNL) in collaboration with the Curatorial Art Alliance (CorAAL) has announced award recipients for the New York No Limits 2012 Summit that was held December 12 - 15 in New York City and Brooklyn, NY.

Pop Up Playhouse, Abingdon Theatre's reading series for family audiences, continues in 2013 with SMALL FISH, a new puppet operetta, on Saturday, January 5, at 11 a.m. at Abingdon Theatre Company, 312 West 36th Street, 1st floor, between 8th and 9th Avenues. Tickets are free.

The RRazz Room, San Francisco's premier nightclub, has officially announced its relocation to a new space with a new name "Live at the RRazz." Partners Robert Kotonly and Rory Paull revealed today that the celebrated club will move to its new digs in January, the historic Cadillac Building at 1000 Van Ness Avenue. The new spot will feature an expanded menu by renowned San Francisco chef Bronson Macomber, upgraded service, additional seating, convenient parking, easy public transportation access, and even more exciting programming than ever before. The 7:30 PM and 10:30 PM shows on December 31 (New Year's Eve) by acclaimed jazz vocalist Kim Nalley will conclude its residency at The Hotel Nikko. "Live at the RRazz" will open on January 17 with legendary rock group Jefferson Starship. For additional information, please visit www.TheRrazzRoom.com.

Disney Theatrical Productions announced today that the Broadway production of Newsies has recouped its investment in just over nine months -- the fastest a Disney production has ever turned a profit.

The Ford's Theatre 2012-13 season continues with a production of Thornton Wilder's treasured American drama "Our Town", directed by Stephen Rayne, January 25 through February 24, 2013. Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama presents a timeless commentary on the transience of human existence. Teenagers George and Emily meet, fall in love, marry-and suffer the slings and arrows of everyday life. Wilder transforms their ordinary story into a poignant and captivating exploration of mortality and the interconnectivity of human beings. In celebration of the play's 75th-Anniversary year, Stephen Rayne ("The Heavens Are Hung In Black," "Sabrina Fair" and "Parade") directs a diverse cast, creating an "Our Town" for our time.

Writers' Theatre Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma and Artistic Director Michael Halberstam announce the Writers' Theatre production of Sweet Charity, book by Neil Simon with music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, directed by Artistic Director Michael Halberstam with musical direction by Doug Peck and choreography by Jessica Redish. The production runs January 22 - March 31, 2013 at Writers' Theatre, 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe, IL. Press Opening is Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 7:30pm.

Due to a change in the release date of Sarah Brightman's highly anticipated 11th studio album Dreamchaser, her North American tour is being rescheduled and her March 1st performance at Bass Concert Hall has been cancelled.