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The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra has named Richard Dare its new President & CEO. Hailed as "one of America's most highly regarded international entrepreneurs" by Conde Nast Portfolio, Dare comes to the NJSO from his position as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the Brooklyn Philharmonic.

Recording Artist and former American Idol Finalist, Melinda Doolittle, will appear this month with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops as part of their "Holiday Pops 2012" program. Known for her soulful tones and bright spirits, Melinda will bring her signature vocal style to select performances with the legendary local orchestra. A frequent 'Pops' guest, Melinda appears in the annual pastime this year to provide guest vocals for a recording to be released at a later date. Miss Doolittle will appear for select performances on December 13th and 14th at Symphony Hall.

THE DAN BAND, featuring funnyman Dan Finnerty, entertains audiences with comical adaptations and covers of celebrated pop songs. Tickets are on sale now for this one night only show at Fox Theater on Saturday, Jan. 26, at 8 p.m., and are available for $20, $30 and $40. This show is 21+ and is for mature audiences only.

Pianist Simone Dinnerstein gained international success from her recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations, which ranked No. 1 on the US Billboard Classical Chart in its first week of sales. Released in 2007 on Telarc, it was named to many "Best of" lists including those of The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The New Yorker. Ms. Dinnerstein will perform the Goldberg Variations live on Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 8pm at Hamilton Stage for the Performing Arts (360 Hamilton Street) as part of the Good Music Mostly Classical Concert Series.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Clay Aiken concert scheduled to play the Fox Theatre on Friday, December 14th at 7:30 p.m. has been cancelled. Tickets can be refunded at point of purchase starting today, Tuesday, December 11. Tickets purchased by phone or online will be automatically refunded.

In 1928 Berlin, the world is between wars and the stock market is booming. The center of the action is the illustrious Grand Hotel, through whose revolving doors pass a cavalcade of desperate, ambitious characters, all yearning for one last, glorious chance at a better future.

Last night, December 10, 2012, the cast of LES MISERABLES turned out for the film's New York City premiere held at Midtown's Ziegfeld Theatre. Christine Pedi, Christina Bianco, Carly Sakolove and John Walton West take on the roles of stars as they arrive at the red carpet, including Patti LuPone, Elaine Stritch, the movie's cast and more in the parody below!

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) announces the following concerts going on sale this week.

Sundance Institute announced today the films from the 2013 Sundance Film Festival that will screen in 10 independent theaters in cities across the country on January 31 as part of the Sundance Film Festival USA initiative. Audiences in 10 cities will have the opportunity to share in the excitement of discovery of a film fresh from the 2013 Festival as well as hear directly from the filmmaker about their work.

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, New York's long-running hit play by Mark St. Germain, is set to open in Los Angeles next month starring Judd Hirsch as Sigmund Freud and Tom Cavanagh as C. S. Lewis under the direction of Tyler Marchant, who helmed the original New York production. Rehearsals begin today in New York City. Presented by The Broad Stage and CRC Productions, FREUD'S LAST SESSION will begin performances January 11th for a strictly limited engagement through February 10th at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica.

January is National Blood Donor Month and the cast of Evil Dead: The Musical at V Theater inside Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino invite the public to donate during an event on Friday, Jan. 4. United Blood Services will have donor-equipped vans at MaximuM Comics, located at 7950 W. Tropical Parkway, Suite 120, just north of Ann Road, from 3 - 7 p.m. All donors will receive a free pair of tickets to Evil Dead: The Musical and a comic book from MaximuM Comics.

ASTEP/Artists Striving to End Poverty has gathered a group of acclaimed and award-winning New York theatre stars for Backstage for Christmas: A Holiday Cabaret, an intimate benefit concert to be presented in a unique backstage Broadway space, Monday, December 17, 2012, at 6:30 PM.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) opens 2013 with the U.S. premiere of British playwright Howard Brenton's Anne Boleyn. The hit of two consecutive seasons (2010, 2011) at Shakespeare's Globe, London, Anne Boleyn plays on the fringe of the costume drama, employing intellectual debate and irreverent humor in an unforgettable recasting of doomed queen as religious reformer. Ambitious and captivating, Anne Boleyn shows 'the Tudor pack at their most snarling, scheming, ribald, pleasure-seeking and gaily entertaining,' says The (London) Daily Telegraph

The Maybach Music Group tour concert scheduled to play the Fox Theatre on Saturday, December 15 at 7:30 p.m. has been cancelled. Tickets can be refunded at point of purchase starting Tuesday, December 11. Tickets purchased by phone or online will be automatically refunded.

Just in time for the holidays, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company launches a new pricing strategy for In the Middle of No One, an original comedic presentation by award-winning comedy duo, The Pajama Men, December 11, 2012 - January 6, 2013.

READY STEADY COOK LIVE!, the long-awaited tour of one of the UK's most successful TV cookery shows, will hit the road, travelling the length and breadth of the UK from September 2013.

THE WALKING DEAD LIVE - An Evening with the Cast & Creators of the Hit Show gives audiences an exclusive look inside The Walking Dead with cast members Norman Reedus (Daryl), Steve Yeun (Glenn) & Lauren Cohan (Maggie) and executive producer/special effects guru Greg Nicotero for a special live panel discussion, fan Q&A, never before seen footage, a look behind the scenes and much more!

Olney Theatre Center announces that Martin Platt is no longer serving as the Artistic Director of the Theatre. An Artistic Director search will begin immediately and Olney Theatre Center plans to fill this position by early 2013. In the interim, Alan Wade will be serving as our Artistic Director.

At a press conference held at Barrington Stage Company's St. Germain Stage, Artistic Director Julianne Boyd announced the 2013 season of musicals and plays that will take place in downtown Pittsfield in the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage and St. Germain Stage (formerly Stage 2) venues in 2013. Single tickets will go on sale March 1, 2013. Passes to the 2013 season at the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage and St. Germain Stage are on sale now by calling 413-236-8888 or online at www.barringtonstageco.org.

Producers Letty Aronson and Julian Schlossberg have just announced a creative team of award winning Broadway veterans for the world premiere production of BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, the new Broadway musical adaptation of Woody Allen's and Douglas McGrath's screenplay of the 1994 film.