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Tommy Steele returns to the London Palladium in SCROOGE THE MUSICAL, based on 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens. View photos below!

The Crown Center has announced the following upcoming events.

Due to Hurricane Sandy, power is still out at The Public Theater. The Public has just announced via Twitter that Joe's Pub performances for today, November 1, are cancelled; news on the other productions (GIANT, SORRY and WILD WITH HAPPY) will be announced shortly.

Former JERSEY BOYS cast member, John Michael Coppola, will be returning to the material that brought him to Chicago with the debut of a new JERSEY BOYS tribute performance to benefit the Chicago JCC. The one night only event takes place on Saturday, November 3rd, 2012 at 7:30 pm at the Drake Hotel in downtown Chicago, IL. Dancing to the TVK Orchestra will follow the special tribute performance.

On Friday, November 9, 2012 at 9:30PM, Michael Pesce's Old Fashioned Piano Party will return to The Laurie Beechman Theater.

Tonight on The X Factor, it's our first episode with the new hosts: Mario Lopez, Mario Lopez's dimples and Khloe Kardashian. Whether you missed the episode or just want to see all of the performances, read on for a full recap!

Join Performance Network Theatre during the holidays for the fervent tale of six-time Tony Award- Winning romantic musical, A Little Night Music with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler on November 15 through December 30, 2012 starring Naz Edwards as Desiree and John Seibert as Fredrik. Please note there is no performance on Thanksgiving. The final preview performance will be held on Wednesday, November 21 at 7:30pm.

The Fine Arts Center's Theatre Company presents A Christmas Story, the stage play adaptation of the Christmas film, Nov. 29 - Dec. 23, in the SaG?Ji Theatre.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU), now celebrating its 21st year as a not-for-profit service organization, has announced a lineup of Broadway stars performing at their annual TRU Love Benefit, Making the Impossible Possible!.

CHICAGO has announced that performances will resume at the Ambassador Theatre (219 West 49th Street) beginning Thursday, November 1 at 8 p.m.

In TRIPLE THREAT, when Sammy moves to New York to pursue her dreams of acting she uncovers some dark secret about the business. Written by Perry Sherman with direction from Sherman and Preston Sadleir, the film features Jessie Shelton, Curtis Gillen, Ryah Nixon , Dalton Skinner, Rachel Woodward, Tess Soltou, EJ Zimmerman, Sarah Ellis, Gabby McClinton, Krystina Alabado, Adam Jepsen and Wesley Taylor. View the trailer below!

Z2 Entertainment will present People Under The Stairs at the Fox Theatre on Saturday, December 29th.

The Guthrie Theater today announced the new "30 Below" ticket program for audience members 30 years old and younger that will enable them to buy tickets at the same price as the public rush line on the day of any particular performance without having to wait in line. Depending on the show and the night of the week, "30 Below" patrons will be able to purchase individual tickets at prices as low as $15. Additionally, patrons taking part in "30 Below" can buy up to three additional tickets for accompanying parties not in the program.

Country music chart-toppers Restless Heart will perform songs of the season and timeless hits at the Suncoast Showroom, December 1 and 2.

Webster University's Conservatory of Theatre Arts presents “A Midsummer Night's Dream,' by William Shakespeare. The production will run from Nov. 14-18 in the Browning Mainstage Theatre of Webster University's Loretto-Hilton Center, 130 Edgar Road. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m., except Sunday, which will have a 2 p.m. matinee only. Admission is $12 for the general public and $6 for senior adults and students. For ticket reservations, please call the Fine Arts Hotline at 968-7128.

The Museum of Modern Art announces a selection of films and special guests from the 2012 lineup of The Contenders, MoMA's annual end-of-the-year series that offers filmgoers the opportunity to see a wide spectrum of influential and innovative films made within the last 12 months, running October 31, 2012, through January 14, 2013, in The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters (except where noted below).

ACT - A Contemporary Theatre's leadership, Executive Director Carlo Scandiuzzi and Artistic Director Kurt Beattie, have announced a new position, hiring critically acclaimed director John Langs as the new Associate Artistic Director. Langs has garnered a reputation as a determined and innovative freelance artist, who since 2004 has established an ongoing relationship with Seattle's theatre community. He recently directed The Dumb Waiter and Celebration for ACT's Pinter Festival and will direct this holiday season's annual production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, adapted by Gregory Falls. In January 2013, he will begin his full-time staff post and also direct Chekhov's The Seagull for ACT's Central Heating Lab, followed by the mainstage offering of Will Eno's Middletown in the fall. Langs' production of Antony and Cleopatra with Seattle Shakespeare Company opens this Friday.

Signature Theatre (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director) has announced that performances begin tonight at 7:30 p.m. for THE PIANO LESSON by August Wilson and directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson. The production, which has already announced a 1-week extension, runs from October 31 through December 16 and opens November 18 in The Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues). Very limited availability remains for the production's initial run. Tickets during the extension week are $75 each.

500 Clown returns to Segerstrom Center for the Arts with its 'highly comical and daringly athletic' production of 500 Clown Trapped on December 1 and 2 in Samueli Theater.

Northrop Dance and Walker Art Center present Political Mother choreographed by Hofesh Shechter, and performed by Hofesh Shechter Company. This tour de force from Britain's fieriest choreographer, Israeli-born Hofesh Shechter, Political Mother has garnered glowing praise worldwide for its emotional tension, gritty complexity, and explosive collision of politics and movement. A relentlessly physical version of traditional folk dance features 10 dancers unleashing a rapid-fire chain of surreal images set to an explosive score performed by a blistering eight-piece live band. Warning: it might get loud.