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Am Samstag, 8. Dezember 2012, 11.00 Uhr findet im Gustav Mahler-Saal der Wiener Staatsoper die erste in dieser Saison von GMD Franz Welser-Möst gestaltete und moderierte Matinee der Reihe 'Positionslichter' statt. Bei diesem ersten Termin sind Peter Stein und Konrad Paul Liessmann zu Gast und diskutieren das Thema 'Die Gegenwart des Theaters'.

'Scott Alan Live: Special Edition,' is now available digitally, including iTunes (US and UK), Amazon and CDbaby. The album, recorded live at Birdland on April 30th, will also be released as a physical copy in mid-January 2013.

The Break-Away Project will bring together some of Ireland's most talented storytellers and musicians for this special one-night-only Christmas celebration. Guests will hear enchanting stories from Irish folklore and around the world, and will be treated to wonderful musical performances to mark the festive season.

Five finalists have been named in Pride Films and Plays' Great Gay Play Contest for 2013. These five plays will be performed as enhanced staged readings (with movement and design elements) by members of the Artistic Ensemble of Pride Films and Plays during Gay Play Weekend, May 16 to 19, 2013 at Center on Halsted's Hoover-Leppen Theatre, 3656 N. Halsted, Chicago. A full performance schedule for the weekend will be announced in January.

Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, is coming to Portland, ME for a premiere engagement as part of the Portland Ovations Broadway and Beyond Series. Produced by NETworks Presentations, this elaborate theatrical production will come to life on stage at the Merrill Auditorium for three performances from January 4th through 5th. For information on the production, visit www.BeautyAndTheBeastOnTour.com.

The William Inge Center for the Arts at Independence Community College (ICC) has landed a prestigious award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) of $50,000.

In a metropolitan area where golf is king - or, certainly, at least, prince - Ken Ludwig's newest play, The Fox on the Fairway, will bring a hilarious, madcap perspective to the Valley's collective love affair with the sport.

Producer Scott Siegel has announced that Tony Award Winner Debbie Gravitte and Drama Desk Nominee Michael Winther have joined the previously announced CHEYENNE JACKSON (The Performers), NATALIE TORO (A Tale of Two Cities), JULIA MURNEY (Falling), ORFEH (Legally Blonde), ANDY KARL (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), WILLIAM MICHALS (South Pacific, Man of La Mancha), JEFFRY DENMAN (The Holiday Guys), BILL DAUGHERTY (Brother, Can You Spare a Dime), BARBARA WALSH (Tony Nominee, Company, Falsettos, Big), KELLI RABKE (Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), CAROLE J. BUFFORD (Speak Easy, Broadway by the Year, 11 O'Clock Numbers at 11 O'Clock), CHRISTINA BIANCO (Drama Desk Nominee, Forbidden Broadway, Newsical, 11 O'Clock Numbers…), and SCOTT COULTER (The Stephen Schwartz Show, Broadway by the Year, 11 O'Clock Numbers…)

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) has announced the roster of shows for the Winter Season. All performances take place at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). Ticket prices and performance schedules vary. For tickets, call Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or visit www.59e59.org.

Midwest New Musicals continues Words and Music, a concert reading series of original musicals, with THE LAST STORYTELLER, book and lyrics by Caroline Lee and Christina Biggs, music by Margaret James, on Monday, December 17, at 7:30 pm, at the Light Opera Works Second Stage, 1420 Maple (at Lake) in Evanston. Tickets are $15, available at Light Opera Works box office: (847) 920-5360, or at the door.

The popularity of Aurora Theatre's newest holiday tradition cannot be contained in a mere 10 performances. The run of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol has been extended through December 23, 2012.

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is pleased to announce the publication of Tony Kushner's critically acclaimed screenplay for Lincoln, now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. Inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin's book, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, the published screenplay of Lincoln will contain eight pages of color photos from the film. The book will be released on January 22, 2013, and is now available for pre-order via the TCG website.

Barefoot Theatre Company - Francisco Solorzano, Producing Artistic Director - presents ROCKAWAY, a benefit for Hurricane Sandy Victims, featuring readings of new short plays by Jesse Eisenberg, Israel Horovitz, Joe Pintauro, Jonathan Marc Sherman, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Lucy Boyle, and more at the Cherry Lane Theatre mainstage (38 Commerce Street) on Tuesday, December 18th at 2:00pm.

A new study released today on the economic impact of New York State's film and television production tax credits finds that production incentives supported 28,900 jobs across all sectors of the state's economy and generated $6.9 billion in economic spending in the state in 2011. The study was conducted by HR&A Advisors and assesses the economic and fiscal impact of production tax credits on the state in 2011, the most recent full year for which data is available. The study also finds that the jobs HR&A analyzed within the film and television production industry in New York State grew by nearly 25 percent between 2008 and 2011, while private sector employment as a whole declined by 1.6 percent in New York State during the same time frame.

Patrons are invited to Ring in the New Year at Bridgeport's Award-Winning Downtown Cabaret Theatreon Monday, December 31 with ABBAmania.

The puritanical killjoy of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night finally has his say in I, Malvolio, a one-man deconstruction of one of classic literature's most misunderstood characters. By British scribe Tim Crouch, I, Malvolio, presented by The New Victory Theater, is a hilarious, charged and often unsettling rant from a complex man full of pride, passion, rage and humiliation. I, Malvolio will run at The Duke on 42nd Street, 229 West 42nd Street, from January 11 through January 20, 2013.

JAMES CURTIS, a critically acclaimed author will appear as the Guest Speaker at the Westside Center for Independent Living's Associates' (WCIL's) Annual Literary Tea to be held on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at a private home in Beverly Hills, CA, at which time Curtis will talk about and sign copies of his latest critically acclaimed book, SPENCER TRACY, A Biography.

Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, makes a splash with the effervescent musical comedy SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, opening November 30 and running through January 13, 2013. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN features one of the largest all-star casts ever assembled on the Drury Lane stage, led by Tony Yazbeck.

Beck Center for the Arts presents one of the world's best-loved musicals, Annie, December 7, 2012 through January 6, 2013 on the Mackey Main Stage. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Please note early curtain times. There are additional 2:30 p.m. matinee performances on Saturdays, December 15 and 29 (no evening performance on 12/29) and January 5 with special 7:30 p.m. Thursday shows on December 20 and 27. Tickets are now on sale and matinee performances are selling fast.

BergenPAC, in association with ArtWorks, The Naomi Cohain Foundation, presents Express Yourself: The Traveling Art Show - featuring artwork created by children and young adults with chronic and life-threatening illnesses and their siblings. The pieces featured in this Traveling Art Show are selections from past Express Yourself events. Express Yourself is an annual creative and performing art exhibition held in New York and New Jersey where children come together to share their stories of strength, courage, hope, loss and survival through art, song, dance, music and poetry.