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The American Fertility Association (The AFA) announced today two fundraising packages available on CharityBuzz.com to support their work of educating hopeful parents about family building options.

Tisch School of the Arts, the premiere institution of the performing, cinematic, and recording arts, has announced another gift of $1 million from Mr. Alec Baldwin ('94/Hon '10) in support of the Alec Baldwin Drama Scholarship Fund and the Talent Identification Process (TIP) at Tisch.

First Folio Theatre (Mayslake Peabody Estate, 31st St. & Rt. 83) presents the acclaimed play UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL, directed by Jeff Award nominee Alison C. Vesely, previewing March 27, opening March 30 and running through April 28, 2013. The production stars Kristine Thatcher, a member of the 2001 Tony Award-winning Victory Gardens Playwrights Ensemble, where her play Voice of Good Hope premiered and was nominated for the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Work in 2000. Thatcher most recently appeared as Terri in Jeffrey Sweet's new play Immoral Imperatives. Prior to that, she appeared in First Folio Theatre's production of Macbeth. Other credits include 'Hannah Jarvis' in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia at the Goodman Theatre, 'Candida' in George Bernard Shaw's Candida at Writers' Theatre, and 'Regan' in King Lear and 'Kate' in Taming of the Shrew at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

Kicking off the holiday season while also helping to raise funds for the theater's ongoing operations, a one-weekend-only Yuletide Cabaret will be presented at The Country Playhouse on November 30 to December 2, with an opening night cocktail recep­tion gala at 6:30 p.m., plus a Saturday performance at 8:00 p.m., and closing with a matinee at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday.

Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), the UK's largest theatre owner/operator and producing group, has today announced that Tim McFarlane has agreed to join ATG in the newly created role of CEO for ATG Asia/Pacific.

Heller Highwater LLC - a communications company in New York, NY providing a full array of public relations services for its performing arts & entertainment, non-profit, consumer lifestyle and travel/hospitality clients - will relocate its offices to 501 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10017 effective December 1st, 2012, it has been announced by Heller Highwater LLC founder and president, Dale Heller.

Classic country/gospel quartet, The Oak Ridge Boys, come to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on December 4, 2012 to put their unique four-part harmonic stamp on all your favorite Christmas classics. With 50 years of unforgettable country crossover hits, The Oak Ridge Boys have continued to be one of the foundational groups of country/gospel music. Responsible for gracing the airwaves with such hits as "Bobbie Sue," "American Made," and "Elvira," The Oaks have received critical acclaim time and time again, for their incredible harmonies and southern melodic charm. Come see this iconic American vocal group at the Van Wezel and be blown away by 50 years of Christmas tradition that will have the whole family smiling.

The Emelin Theatre welcomes actor, director, and writer Edward Burns as a special guest prior to a showing of Burns' film The Fitzgerald Family Christmas on Tuesday December 4 at 7:30 pm - three days prior to its national release. Guests will enjoy listening to a conversation with Edward Burns conducted by film critic and journalist, Marshall Fine.

Tonight on The X Factor, the top 8 performed - whether you missed the show or just want to re-live a performance, read on for a full recap!

Avenue Q - DOMA Theatre Company extends its critically acclaimed, Ovation-recommended, sold-out production through February 3. Singing puppets and their human neighbors tackle life's most vexing issues-love, sex, money, race and how to tell your roommate he's gay. The place is New York City and the street is Avenue Q, the only address you can afford when you're fresh out of college… or out of a job… or just trying to find your way in life. These puppets (and their human counterparts) have an irreverent take on the joys and travails of making it on one's own.

A Master toy maker has been making beautiful toys and dolls that come to life. His secret ingredient is the magic doll dust that he keeps locked up in his magic trunk. Because they are so special and he is so selfish he refuses to sell them. When the dolls discover that something is missing, that they don't feel complete, they look in the magic trunk and discover a jar full of hearts. They each put one on, feeling the warm glow of love and then spread that love with the toy maker who learns how to 'share' his toys.

The Kennedy Center and Chicago Human Rhythm Project (CHRP) celebrate the ever-evolving art of percussive dance with CHRP's JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance on December 7, 2012 at 8 p.m. in the Eisenhower Theater. Curated by CHRP Founder and Artistic Director Lane Alexander, this full-length tap concert will feature a host of extraordinary foot drummers and percussive arts masters from all over the country. The concert will include performances by CHRP's BAM!, Diane 'Lady Di' Walker, Bessie Award-winner Sam Weber, Broadway stars Derick K. Grant and Dormeshia Sumbry Edwards, M.A.D.D. Rhythms and the Greg Spero Trio, Jump Rhythm Jazz Project, Michelle Dorrance and Dorrance Dance, Washington D.C.'s Step Afrika!, an excerpt from Rasta Thomas' new show Tap Stars featuring Jason Janas, members of six American youth tap ensembles, and alumni from the 80th Anniversary Jacob's Pillow Tap Program.

The White Plains Performing Arts Center (WPPAC) is proud to announce the cast of THE WHO'S TOMMY. A show for fans of both Classic Rock and Award-winning Musicals! THE WHO'S TOMMY is the original rock opera.

Year round, Playhouse On Park offers gift cards that can be filled with any amount, do not expire, and can be used towards any shows, concerts, or special events at the West Hartford location. With its wide variety of entertainment throughout the year, a playhouse gift card makes the perfect present for even that hard-to-shop-for loved one, whether it's a holiday, birthday, or any other occasion you deem fit.

Beth Morrison Projects (BMP) and HERE have announced the full line-up for the inaugural PROTOTYPE: Opera/Theatre/Now festival, running January 9-18, 2013, in New York City. This two-week Festival, distilling the curatorial visions of artistic directors Kristin Marting (of HERE), Beth Morrison (of BMP), and Kim Whitener (of HERE), features visionary music-theatre and opera-theatre works by pioneering artists from NYC and around the world. PROTOTYPE is unique in providing a permanent theatrical home for the presentation of such quality productions, spotlighting the high-caliber creations of an exciting new generation of composers and collaborators, with a focus on chamber-sized works.

The American Museum of Natural History, in collaboration with Poets House, presents Nature and Poetry: A Conversation with E.O. Wilson and Robert Hass on Thursday, December 6, at 7:30 pm. Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass, author of What Light Can Do: Essays on Art, Imagination, and the Natural World, engages in conversation with internationally acclaimed entomologist and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner E.O. Wilson, author of The Social Conquest of Earth. Sharing the stage for the third time in the course of their careers, these two extraordinary thinkers and writers discuss how art and science mix in their respective fields to raise awareness of the world around us. Hass and Wilson examine how the close observation of nature, which is central to both poetry and science, can inspire the conservationist in all of us.

New Year's Eve; a night of reminiscing, revelry, and.murder! This December 31st, 2012 Playhouse on Park hosts 'Murder at the Playhouse Saloon, a murder-mystery, role-playing bash set in the Wild Wild West and no we don't just mean West Hartford!

After a highly successful bout on Broadway, Mike Tyson announced today that he will take his acclaimed one-man show, MIKE TYSON: UNDISPUTED TRUTH, on a national tour. Helmed by renowned director Spike Lee and producer James L. Nederlander, the tour is set to begin February 2013. The L.A. premiere will play the legendary Pantages Theatre March 8 - 10, 2013 for three performances only.

A Christmas Carol plays Jacksonville's Times-Union Center's Moran Theater for one performance only on Friday, December 21, 2012 at 8:00PM, and great seats are still available! Tickets start at $26.50 (and at $13.25 for children 12 and under). Tickets for A Christmas Carol are available at www.artistseriesjax.org or (904) 442-BWAY (2929). Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more; call (904) 442-2947 or email groupsales@fscj.edu.

The American Repertory Theater announced today the details for the A.R.T.'s third annual Valentine's Gala to be held at The Hotel Revere, 200 Stuart Street, Boston.