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When Totem Pole Playhouse Artistic Director, Ray Ficca, announced in August that if emergency funds were raised, the 62 year old summer theatre would be back in 2013 with a season like no other in Playhouse history, he wasn't kidding. An expanded regular season, an unprecedented four musicals, Tony award winning and nominated shows, a production in downtown Gettysburg, and the biggest cast sizes in over 35 years, are just a few of many 'firsts' in this comeback season for the treasured theatre in Caledonia.

The holiday season will be especially busy for opera lovers this year, as three Metropolitan Opera productions will be broadcast at Middlebury's Town Hall Theater in December.

Jeff Keller, the first American to play The Phantom on Broadway, guest stars in Billy Van Zandt & Jane Milmore's comedy of errors, You've Got Hate Mail, on Friday, November 30 at 7 p.m. at Stage 72 (formerly the Triad). The theater is located at 158 West 72nd St, NYC.

"I See Love" singer/songwriter Ryan Cabrera announced he will be going out on tour again, this time with "For You I Will" singer Teddy Geiger, and One Tree Hill actor Tyler Hilton.

Culture Project will welcome Broadway veteran Kathleen Chalfant (Angels in America) and musical, singer-songwriter, composer Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) to the rotating cast of the 10th anniversary production of the hit award-winning play, The Exonerated, written by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, for the final week of performances through December 2nd at Culture Project (45 Bleecker Street at Lafayette Street) where performances began September 15th.

Westport Country Playhouse will provide a special offer on Cyber Monday on Monday, November 26, and participate in #GivingTuesday™ on Tuesday, November 27.

The Houston Symphony hosted members of Big Brothers Big Sisters at the first Family concert of the season thanks to a sponsorship from The Rand Group, LLC. Fourteen pairs of adult volunteers ("Bigs") and children ("Littles") attended "Wands & Batons: The Music of Harry Potter & More" on October 6. The morning adventure was filled with activities, including crafts and an instrument petting zoo. A lucky set of eight even got to sit on stage with the orchestra and compete in Harry Potter trivia questions in front of an audience of 1,496. After the concert, the group got to meet Associate Conductor Robert Franz, still dressed in his Hedwig the owl costume, and was treated to lunch in Jones Hall.

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF's Scarlett Johansson will appear on 'The Late Show with David Letterman' tomorrow, Wednesday, November 21 between 11:35PM-12:35AM locally on WCBS2.

Due to overwhelming demand, Lantern Theater Company announces a second extension of the Philadelphia premiere of The Liar by award-winning playwright David Ives. Playing to packed houses since its first performance on Nov. 1, Ives' "translaptation" of Pierre Corneille's comedy classic has drawn raves. The Liar will now run through Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012.

Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) continues its fifteeenth anniversary season this December with a festive new take on a holiday classic with, It's A Wonderful LIfe: A Live Radio Play. This award-winning adaptation brings Bedford Falls to life by way of an on stage 1940s radio broadcast, and you're invited to be a member of the live studio audience! Since its premier in 1996 playwright Joe Landry's It's A Wonderful LIfe: A Live Radio Play has been produced hundreds of times across the US and been heralded as, 'One of the best holiday shows around.' (Chicago Sun-Times). The story, true to Frank Capra's 1946 film classic starring James Stewart and Donna Reed, is told by six actors performing dozen of characters and all the foley sound effects in traditional old-fashioned radio style.

Webster University's Conservatory of Theatre Arts presents 'Yours, Anne' by Enid Futterman and Michael Cohen and based on "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl" by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. The production runs from Nov. 28-Dec. 2 and Dec. 5-9 in Stage III, Webster Hall, 470 E. Lockwood Ave. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. only on Sundays. Admission is $12 for the general public and $6 for senior adults and students. For ticket reservations, call the Fine Arts Hotline at 968-7128.

Just in time for the Scottish holiday, St. Andrew's Day, the Utah Symphony and Music Director Thierry Fischer will explore the sounds of Scotland through French and German eyes in a concert featuring Felix Mendelssohn's majestic Symphony No. 3.

Heat up your holiday with Horse Trade Theater Group's (Artistic Director, Heidi Grumelot, Managing Director, Erez Ziv) 4th Annual Burlesque Blitz featuring Peter Aguero's storytelling burlesque show, Bare., Johnny Porkpie's Shocks and C*cks, and Storybook Burlesque's annual tradition, The Bible Show and a special holiday edition of Storybook's Edgar Allan Poe, Tales of the Macabre.

The North Branch School brings its annual dinner, auction and contra dance to Town Hall Theater on Friday, December 7. Once again the band will be Atlantic Crossing, one of the best contra dance bands in the state.

Most recently seen on "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson," comedian Greg Warren continues to impress, having been "on the rise for the last decade" according to Punchline Magazine. Fans can catch Warren live early next year at Comix At Foxwoods beginning Thursday, Jan. 3 at 8 p.m., with additional shows Friday, Jan. 4 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 5 at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 for advance general admission ($30 day of show) and $40 for advance VIP admission ($50 day of show). VIP admission includes priority club access and reserved table selection before general seating begins. A two-drink minimum applies to all tickets, which are on sale now. This show is for mature audiences only.

Contagious Laughter LLC. to present the World Premiere of Let's Kill Grandma This Christmas byBrian Gianci, directed by John Dapolito. Let's Kill Grandma This Christmas will begin performances on Sunday, November 25; it will celebrate its opening on Monday, December 3 and will run through January 6, 2013 at theTheatre at St. Clement's (423 West 46th Street). Tickets are $69 and can be purchased by visiting http://letskillgrandmatheplay.com.

The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport will present RUDOLPH, part of the Bethpage Federal Credit Union Youth Theater Series.

Puppets + Poets is a workshop and performance festival produced by Alphabet Arts to create and cultivate collaborative hybrid art. The festival includes two programs of eclectic performances blending poetry and puppetry, two of the world's oldest and most diversely practiced art forms. Featuring collaborations by poets, puppeteers, musicians, actors and other artists, including Sweatshirt Adventures by Alphabet Arts, Another World Is Possible by The People's Puppets of Occupy Wall Street, Your Parents' Cocaine by political hip-hop legends The Coup, and much more.

Psycho Clan, producers of NIGHTMARE, New York's most horrifying haunted house and the resounding critical and popular success of its most recent incarnation KILLERS: A NIGHTMARE HAUNTED HOUSE have announced that they will bring back the sensory assaulting theatre experience THE EXPERIMENT to the Lower East Side of Manhattan for a second year. A special holiday version of NIGHTMARE (BEFORE CHRISTMAS): THE EXPERIMENT will run December 7 through December 23, 2012 at Los Kabayitos Laboratorio at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center (CSV), 107 Suffolk Street between Rivington and Delancey.

This season, Off-Broadway's acclaimed DR2 Kids Theatre (Daryl Roth, Producer) has partnered with Theatreworks USA (Barbara Pasternack, Artistic Director; Ken Arthur, Producing Director), the nation's leading not-for-profit professional theatre for young audiences, to present 'Rabbit Season' at the DR2 Kids Theatre.