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The cast of HOW TO BE A NEW YORKER, Off-Broadway's newest hit comedy, is set to preside over the closing bell at NASDAQ MarketSite this Monday, November 5th at 4 pm. The ceremony will be broadcast live on the 7-story-tall NASDAQ Tower looming over Times Square at Broadway & 43rd Street. HOW TO BE A NEW YORKER officially opened October 17th to rave reviews at Sofia's Downstairs Theater, 221 West 46 Street (between Broadway & Eighth Ave.)

Columbia Stages will present JOAN OF ARC: VOICES IN THE FIRE, the 2012/13 MFA Actors' Thesis Production conceived and directed by Kristin Linklater and Rebecca Wright. JOAN OF ARC: VOICES IN THE FIRE will open at The Riverside Theatre on Thursday, November 8, 2012 and run through November 17.

Tickets to WICKED, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Academy Award® winner for Pocahontas and The Prince of Egypt) and book by Winnie Holzman ("My So Called Life," "Once And Again" and "thirtysomething") based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, will go on sale to the general public at the box office on Saturday, February 16, but groups of 20 or more can purchase tickets now by calling 1-866-31-GROUP (47687). Groups who purchase now will ensure great seats for this long-awaited South Bend premiere. Additionally, there is still time to become a season ticket holder to enjoy WICKED and all the shows on the 2012-2013 Broadway at The Morris Series in the best seats at the best prices with all the benefits of membership. Season tickets will be on sale until Thursday, November 29.

39 Defaults, a play by Mar Gomez Glez, returns to Casa Mezcal, 86 Orchard Street, NYC, from November 11-December 2,2012 after a successful run during the Teatro Stage Fest. All performances are at 7pm and run Sundays, November 11, 18, 25 and Tuesdays, November 13, 20, 27 and December 2. Tickets are $15 ($12 Students) and are available online at http://39defaults-es2.eventbrite.com/?rank=1.

Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Greg Reiner, announced today that the official opening of Anton Chekhov's IVANOV has been postponed from this Sunday, November 4 to Thursday, November 15 due to the continuing power outage at the theater at 136 East 13th Street, which has forced the cancellation of five previews. Directed by Austin Pendleton, IVANOV stars Ethan Hawke, Joely Richardson and Juliet Rylance. The cast also features Glenn Fitzgerald, Annette Hunt, Stephanie Janssen, Roberta Maxwell, George Morfogen, James Patrick Nelson, Anthony Newfield, Austin Pendleton, Jonathan Marc Sherman, and Anne Troupe. IVANOV will play a limited engagement through Sunday, December 9.

Labyrinth Theater Company (Co-Artistic Directors Stephen Adly Guirgis, Mimi O'Donnell, Yul Vazquez and Managing Director, Danny Feldman), the award-winning, downtown ensemble, announced today its annual signature benefit Celebrity Charades 2012 will be postponed due the lingering effects of Hurricane Sandy. A new date has not yet been selected but is expected to be announced in the coming days. Labyrinth Theater Company's annual star-studded fundraising event remains one of the most popular 'happenings' of the year in New York City and was originally scheduled for Monday, November 5th at Capitale.

Moonbox Productions presents Of Mice and Men, written by Pulitzer-Prize winning author John Steinbeck, December 7 - 22, 2012 at Boston Center for the Arts Plaza Theatre. Performances are Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 2pm and 8pm and Sundays at 2pm. (Press performance December 9, 2012 at 2pm). Tickets are available by calling the Boston Theatre Scene Box Office at 617-933-8600 or online at www.bostontheatrescene.com.

The critically acclaimed first Off-Broadway revival of the of Closer Than Ever, with lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. and music by David Shire, will end its extended run with its 150th performance on Sunday evening, November 4, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at The York Theatre at Saint Peter's (Entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue) where performances began June 5, 2012.

Dances Patrelle presents its 2012 Gala Benefit on Sunday, November 11, 2012 from 5-8pm at the House of the Redeemer, 7 E. 95th Street, NYC. Tickets are $150 ($40 for children). To purchase tickets visit http://www.dancespatrelle.org/events/.

Light Opera Works' 2013 season will begin with Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. PINAFORE June 8-16, followed by Kander and Ebb's CABARET August 10-25, GERSHWIN'S GREATEST HITS October 4-13 and Irving Berlin's ANNIE GET YOUR GUN December 21-31.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS announced today that a portion of proceeds currently being raised by Broadway, Off-Broadway, and national touring companies during the six-week fall fundraising efforts will be donated to three relief agencies committed to immediately helping victims of Hurricane Sandy.

Theatre Development Fund has announced that its satellite TKTS Discount Booth at South Street Seaport will remain closed until further notice due to extensive water damage sustained as a result of Hurricane Sandy.

On November 8 renowned singer-songwriter, composer, musician and poet Alicia Jo Rabins, whose "gorgeous vocals" have been hailed by The New York Times and described as "hauntingly lovely" and "sweetly beguiling" by LA Weekly, will debut her brand new, full-length performative song cycle A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff atJoe's Pub in New York City. The controversial piece explores the spiritual implications of the financial collapse through the story of Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, attempting to uncover hidden meanings in this contemporary tragedy. A second performance follows on November 15. See reverse for details.

HOW TO BE A NEW YORKER, the new hit comedy written and performed by Margaret Copeland and Kevin James Doyle, is set to resume performances tonight, November 2nd at 7:30 PM at Sofia's Downstairs Theater in the heart of Times Square.

The New Amsterdam Singers, led by Clara Longstreth, will open its 45th season with a program entitled Comfort and Joy,featuring James MacMillan's Missa Brevis, the New York premieres of Judith Shatin's The God of Glory and Sheena Phillips's Two Carols, and works by Bach, Brahms, Victoria, Schutz, Randall Thompson, Abbie Betinis, and others. The concerts will take place Friday, December 7, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, December 9, at 4:00 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 122 East 88th Street (at Lexington Avenue).

Miracle Theatre Group invites the whole family to enjoy the Posada Milagro, to be celebrated Sunday, December 16th between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. at El Centro Milagro (537 S.E. Stark St., Portland).

The Hugo Boss Prize 2012 has been awarded to Danh Vo, announced Richard Armstrong, Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, and Claus-Dietrich Lahrs, Chairman and CEO, HUGO BOSS AG. Vo is the ninth artist to receive the biennial honor that was established in 1996 to recognize significant achievement in contemporary art. The prize carries an award of $100,000 and is administered by the Guggenheim Foundation. An exhibition of Vo's work will be on view at the Guggenheim Museum in spring 2013.

The Community College of Baltimore County celebrates National International Education Week this month, exploring global education through music, dance, art and theatre. CCBC also hosts many varied activities.

Pioneer Theatre Company, Utah Food Bank and Wells Fargo are teaming up to help those in need this holiday season.

Victory Gardens Theater announces the world premiere of Mojada by VG Associate Artist Luis Alfaro as its final play of the 2012-2013 season. Mojada will replace Ensemble Playwright Marcus Gardley's previously announced Chicago is Burning. Mojada will run July 12-August 11, 2013, and Press Opening will be Monday, July 22, 2013 at 7:30pm.