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Cinderella and her colorful friends return to Raleigh Little Theatre (RLT) this holiday season, opening Thursday, December 6. This year marks both the 29th anniversary and the 300th performance of this production, which was first performed on December 13, 1984. Cinderella will perform on the Sutton Main Stage at RLT through December 16, 2012.

The Purple Rose Theatre Company is pleased to announce an additional performance of Jeff Daniels: Onstage & Unplugged on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. (Editors' Note: Please find a full performance / pricing schedule on page 2). "We are thrilled to be able to offer one more performance of this highly-anticipated show," says Managing Director Julie Brunzell, "In two days, after general ticket sales began, we had sold out nearly all the performances, so it's great to give more people an opportunity to see Jeff in concert." All proceeds from Onstage & Unplugged ticket sales support the PRTC's general operations. All performances will be held at The Purple Rose Theatre Company, 137 Park Street, Chelsea, MI 48118.

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Artistic Director Carey Perloff announced today the casting for the West Coast premiere of Amy Herzog's acclaimed comic drama 4000 Miles. Directed by A.C.T. Associate Director Mark Rucker, 4000 Miles tells the story of 21-year-old Leo, who unexpectedly arrives on the doorstep of his feisty 91-year-old grandmother Vera's New York apartment, dazed after a cross-country bike trip.

The Recording Academy® has announced the selection of artist Erika Iris Simmons to create the official artwork for the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards®. The work depicts the iconic GRAMMY® image composed with half-inch studio recording tape, a true celebration of recording excellence. It will be used as the official artwork for the world's premier music event and will grace the cover of the GRAMMY Awards program book, telecast tickets and promotional poster. The 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held Feb. 10, 2013, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live on the CBS Television Network at 8 p.m. (ET/PT).

The Alden Theatre in McLean welcomes Boston-based a cappella group, Ball in the House (www.ballinthehouse.com), for one performance on Saturday, Dec. 15, at 8 p.m. The event is part of the Alden's, "Live @ The Alden" series, which is geared to young adults. Tickets are $20, $15 for McLean Community Center district residents. The theatre is located at 1234 Ingleside Avenue.

Goldstar - the leading membership-based web retailer of half-price live entertainment tickets-announces the nominees for the 6th annual Goldstar National Nutcracker Award today.

Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston has finalized casting for its annual holiday revue CHRISTMASTIME, now in its 30th edition. Broadway stars Sarah Pfisterer (Phantom of the Opera, Show Boat) and Rick Hilsabeck (Billy Elliot, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) return to Reagle after their highly acclaimed run in My Fair Lady this past summer to lead a cast of nearly 200 in this beloved musical spectacular. CHRISTMASTIME is scheduled for 10 performances only, December 7-16 at the Robinson Theatre, 617 Lexington Street, Waltham. The matinee on Sunday, December 9 at 1:00 pm is already sold out.

Before Baltimore lights the Washington Monument for the holidays on December 6th, celebrate a lighting of a different sort with Everyman Theatre! On Wednesday, December 5th at 5:30 PM, Everyman Theatre will light the marquee at its brand new, state-of-the-art home on Fayette Street for the very first time.

Manhattan Theatre Club announces that George Morfogen (HBO's "Oz," Ivanov at CSC) will assume the role of famed Italian composer Rossini in GOLDEN AGE, the new play by four-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie.

The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. with the 8th annual "Too Hot to Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah," January 19 and January 20. Chicago favorites Rodrick Dixon, Alfreda Burke and Karen Marie Richardson join 200 of Chicago's finest musicians and vocalists, under the direction of Bill Fraher and Suzanne Mallare Acton, for two public performances only-filling the historic landmark theater with the joyous sounds and exuberance of this All-American reinvention of Handel's "Messiah." Tickets ($30 - $74) are on sale now and available online at ticketmaster.com/auditorium, by calling (800) 982-2787 or at the Auditorium Theatre Box Office (50 E Congress Pkwy). A one-hour Student Matinee performance is offered on Friday, January 18, open to any student elementary through high school for $10 each. Tickets are available by calling (312) 341-2357.

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman announced Wednesday that CENTERSTAGE is one of 832 non-profit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant for its Spring 2013 Raisin Cycle. The announcement comes on the heels of CENTERSTAGE Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah's own Beneatha's Place, penned for the Cycle, receiving the Edgerton New American Play Award.

Local artist Rick Seguso will be exhibiting his paintings in West Palm Beach for the first time in more than five years.

Due to the overwhelming success of the one-night performance of the hit Off-Broadway musical revue, Starting Here, Starting Now, with lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. and music by David Shire, The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) has added two additional performances: Sunday evenings, December 9th & 16th at 7:30 p.m. at The York Theatre at Saint Peter's (entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue).

The Utah Symphony will celebrate 'The Most Wonderful Time of the Year' with the return of "Bravo Broadway" sporting some holiday cheer.

'I will go and tend my geese! I will, I will, I will!' screamed the Mayor's daughter wearing a goose-girl costume. Usually, she was a polite, pampered child, but ever since her father threw a Christmas Eve party for all of the children in the city, she behaved like the costume she was wearing. In fact, all of the children were behaving like the costumes dictated. Paupers were princes and the privileged performed farm chores.

SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody is the new musical that brings all the naughty fun of the best-selling book to life.

Jazz song stylist Paulette McWilliams has recorded and toured with some of the world's greatest musical artists, such as: Quincy Jones, Luther Vandross, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, among others, and in commercials as a jingle specialist.

9-piece R&B/Pop band Nick Blaemire and the Hustle returns to Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 for an evening of holiday songs, re-invisioned in their signature 'nerd soul' style. Expect hits like 'This Christmas,' 'What Christmas Means to Me' and 'All I Want for Christmas is You,' as well as a few original holiday tunes written for the occasion.

Get ready for Troublemaker, or The Freakin Kick-A Adventures of Bradley Boatright. Only Berkeley Repertory Theatre could unleash this wild world premiere, which it commissioned from hot young playwright Dan LeFranc. Director Lila Neugebauer returns to the Bay Area to stage this new script on the intimate Thrust Stage. Troublemaker starts previews on January 4, opens January 9, and runs through February 3, 2013. Berkeley Rep is proud to announce that this super project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

MARC ACITO's new play with music or monological, HOW I PAID FOR COLLEGE is set to premiere at THE HUB THEATRE on December 7, 2012. The production features ALEX BRIGHTMAN in a one man tour-de-force, and is directed by The Hub's Artistic Director, HELEN PAFUMI. Inspired by his own misspent youth, Acito describes the story as 'just true enough to be embarrassing to my family.' Published in 2004, Acito's novel How I Paid for College won the Ken Kesey Award for Fiction and was hailed as a New York Times 'Editors' Choice.'