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The hit that ran away with hearts last winter comes back for a honeymoon engagement in 2013: today Berkeley Repertory Theatre announced 26 hot dates with The Wild Bride. A splendid reception of ovations and rave reviews ensured that this enchanting Bride enjoyed a three-week extension of its original run. Now Kneehigh Theatre comes back to America for a three-week encore - 26 performances only - from January 26 to February 17, 2013. Don't miss this devilish mix of vivid music and sweet romance from Britain's extraordinary theatrical troupe.

Kenny Rogers is teaming up with the Bergen Performing Arts Center and the Englewood Fire Department in Englewood, New Jersey, with the help of sponsors Fisher-Price and Mattel, to collect toys this holiday season for children in need in Bergen County, New Jersey, including areas severely hit by Hurricane Sandy. Always an important event in the community, the annual holiday toy drive will carry special significance this year taking into account the devastation Hurricane Sandy caused throughout the state of New Jersey.

n the last few months, Judy Garland memorabilia has earned record-high prices at auction; The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences acquired a pair of the iconic ruby slippers from 'The Wizard of Oz' for their forth-coming museum at a price of more than $2 million dollars and Dorothy's signature blue gingham dress fetched nearly a half million dollars.

York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) presents Broadway's Marc Kudisch (9 to 5; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) and Jeffry Denman (Irving Berlin's White Christmas; Yank! at the York) in the Off-Broadway premiere of a new holiday variety entertainment, The Holiday Guys in Happy Merry Hanu-Mas, under the music direction of Timothy Splain with Mitt Henn (Bass) and Mike Croiter (Drums/Percussion), for a limited two week engagement, December 18 - 31, 2012 at The York Theatre at Saint Peter's (Entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue).

Golden Globe and Emmy Award® nominated Singer, Actress, Producer and Writer Lorna Luft along with Broadway's Constantine Rousouli and Kate Rockwell join the previously announced Tony Award® winner Harvey Fierstein as part of the star-studded cast for the New York City debut of SPARKLE: An All-Star Holiday Concert at XL Cabaret (XLCabaret.com) on Monday, December 17th, 2012 at 7:30pm with proceeds benefiting the programs and services of The Actors Fund (www.actorsfund.org).

Earlier this year, an unlikely series of events led two of the world's most gifted sleight-of-hand artists, Derek DelGaudio (2011 Close-Up Magician of the Year) and Helder Guimarães (2011 Parlour Magician of the Year), to share a stage. Now, due to unprecedented single ticket sales, DelGaudio and Guimarães' Nothing to Hide directed by Neil Patrick Harris has been extended through Janurary 20, 2013 in the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater at the Geffen Playhouse. Abandoning the antiquated notions of a traditional magic show, Nothing to Hide takes the audience on an imaginary journey through a series of diverse and engaging vignettes brought to life solely from the words and hands of the two masterful magicians.

Scott Morfee, Jean Doumanian, and Tom Wirtshafter, producers of the acclaimed Off-Broadway hit play Tribes, have announced a two-week extension of the award-winning production. It was previously announced Tribes had officially recouped its entire investment and would end its monumental run on January 6, 2013. But, due to popular demand, the final performance will now be Sunday evening, January 20, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. at The Barrow Street Theatre (27 Barrow Street) where performances began February 16, 2012. Tribes opened to rave reviews on March 4, 2012 and at closing will have given 19 preview and 391 regular performances.

The Chicago Commercial Collective and The Fine Print Theatre Company are proud to announce the return of Christmas in Chicago, December 13 - December 23, at Chicago Dramatists, 1105 W. Chicago Ave. Opening night for Christmas in Chicago is Thursday, Dec. 13 at 8 p.m. and runs Wednesdays - Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets are $25 and may be purchased at thefineprinttheatre.org.

Society for the Performing Arts (SPA) will present three performances of SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody on Thursday, Jan. 17, Friday, Jan. 18, and Saturday, Jan. 19 at 8 p.m., in the Cullen Theater at the Wortham Theater Center (501 Texas Ave.).

The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce that Feld Entertainment Inc., the world's largest producer of live family entertainment, has partnered with us as a major member. Its membership to the Brooklyn Chamber comes after Feld Entertainment plans to bring several family events to the world-class Barclays Center in Brooklyn over the coming years.

Janice L. Mayer has been named Executive Director of Musica Sacra by the President of the Board of Directors, Scott Lethbridge. Ms. Mayer's leadership of the nonprofit choral organization will be effective January 2, 2013. In announcing the appointment, Mr. Lethbridge said, "Janice's long experience with the classical music world combined with her business acumen will be an invaluable asset to Musica Sacra."

Southern Rep Theatre kicks off its 26th Season Mainstage Series with VENUS IN FUR by David Ives at The Contemporary Arts Center directed by Aimée Hayes starring Todd d'Amour and Veronica Russell. In what The New York Times describes as 'seriously smart and very funny,' VENUS IN FUR is a frisky game of cat and mouse in which the lines blur between reality and play, seduction and power, and love and sex. The production runs forfourteen performances only opening January 9 and running through January 24.

Dutch Apple proudly opens its 28th Season with everyone's favorite crooners in The Rat Pack Lounge, playing December 30 through February 9, 2013. Dutch Apple also announces a new Season Opener Special with all evening shows at $42 and all matinees at only $39!

John Pinette will present a hilarious evening of stand-up comedy at Hershey Theatre on Saturday, February 9 at 8:00 p.m. This is an all ages show.

SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody is the 'hilarious new musical that brings all the naughty fun of the best-selling book to life' onstage at the City Theatre for 7 performances, Wednesday, January 30 through Sunday, February 3.

For a second time this season, early demand has prompted Lantern Theater Company to announce an immediate extension of an upcoming production. Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane, directed by Lantern Associate Artistic Director Kathryn MacMillan and featuring Mary Martello and Megan Bellwoar in the lead roles of Mag and Maureen Folan, will now run January 10 - February 10, 2013 (press opening Wednesday, January 16, 7 p.m.).

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College (BCBC)concludes its 2012-2013 Target Storybook Series with Sleeping Beauty on Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 2pm. All tickets are $7 and can be purchased by phone at 718-951-4500 (Tues-Sat, 1pm-6pm), or online at www.BrooklynCenterOnline.org. Recommended for ages four and up.

Stars of the London stage will come together on Friday 21 December, 4-5pm for carol singing and festive merry-making in support of ITV's Text Santa appeal to raise money on behalf of charities offering life-changing services to vulnerable people throughout the UK.

As a historic performing arts organization in PBC, the Lake Worth Playhouse has announced its 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee with guest of honor Burt Reynolds.

The Brimmer Street Theatre Company's fifth annual Blueprint Series is now accepting submissions, with a deadline of Friday, January 11 to submit applications. The Blueprint program provides opportunities for playwrights to work with the BSTC ensemble, in collaboration with other artists, to develop new projects.