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Two Muses Theatre, West Bloomfield's newest, non-profit, professional theater, continues to raise funds for lighting equipment and other improvements for the theater space they rent from Barnes & Noble. In conjunction with the bookfair is opening night of their interdenominational holiday show: GREETINGS! by Tom Dudzick. Photos from the production inside!

Award winning Actor/Playwright Frank Ingrasciotta, 2012 United Solo Award Winner for Best Comedic Performance, gives a tour-de-force one-man performance in this funny & tender coming-of-age story exploring the first-generation American's delicate dance between culture & identity!

According to Rolling Stone, Nikki Sixx, bassist of Mötley Crüe has confirmed that his personal memoirs, THE HEROIN DIARIES: A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF A SHATTERED ROCK STAR is being adapted into a Broadway musical.

Directed by Tim Carroll, this revival of the Globe's 2002 award-winning TWELFTH NIGHT is performed in an all-male Original Practices production, exploring clothing, music, dance and settings circa 1601. Check out production photos inside!

Featuring live musical performances by celebrated artists, DIVA! Mondays stars the illustrious Marty Thomas (XANADU, WICKED, THE SECRET GARDEN) alongside Kelly King (Michael Bolton, Babyface), Alexa Green (WICKED), and Marissa Rosen (MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING). This month, the show will 'bring it' to the next level, courtesy of Broadway's BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL.

For the first time ever, an orchestrated stampede of more than 40 horses stopped all traffic on a portion of the famous Las Vegas Strip as Shania Twain marked her arrival into Las Vegas by making a grand entrance via horseback to her new home at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

Following the huge success at The Pheasantry in the Summer and Autumn of his concert ABOUT LOVE, Peter is back with a brand new show especially for the Christmas season. The show follows life in a year, a year in a life from one Christmas to the next through songs by E.Y. Harburg & Harold Arlen to Neil Diamond, Carole King to Cole Porter, Irving Berlin to Gary Barlow and many others.

The time of year when families gather for reunions, dinners and parties also means the funniest family function around. Peter Fogel arrives in Phoenix for five weeks in the all new MY MOTHER'S ITALIAN, MY FATHER'S JEWISH, & I'M HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS!, running Dec. 19, 2012 to Jan. 20, 2013 at the Herberger Theater Center, 222 E. Monroe.

According to an interview with Mtv.com, Taylor Lautner (aka Jacob Black) feels the sadness millions of fans are feeling as the last film of the Twilight film series is on the horizon.

CYNTHIA-REEVES announces the permanent installation of Jonathan Prince's VESTIGIAL BLOCK at the new Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The monumentally sized sculpture is one of three currently on display as part of the museum's Sculpture Garden, surrounding the Zaha Hadid designed museum in East Lansing.

To celebrate the launch of their second annual, TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG, Book Slam is taking over London this November with a stunning line up of literary, comic and musical talent. Some of the UK's most-acclaimed authors, including David 'One Day' Nicholls, will be reading brand new short stories specially-commissioned for the book, alongside Book Slam's favourite poets, top comedians and the freshest new music.

Accompanied by a 20 piece orchestra, Clay Aiken's Joyful Noise Tour is coming to the St. George Theatre to perform all of your favorite holiday classics on Sunday, December 2nd.

CEG Presents announces a night of original music by singer/songwriter Stephanie Nash on November 19th at the music venue, DROM. UNFINISHED: THE MUSIC OF STEPHANIE NASH - A FOLK 'N ROCK CABARET, the 10 pm concert will feature a set list of songs selected from Nash?s catalog of music written over the past five years.

People hardest hit by Sandy can enjoy the Off-Broadway show, THE GONG SHOW LIVE and food and drink on December 6th at the new The Cutting Room, 44 East 32nd Street, in New York City, at 7:30 pm. THE GONG SHOW LIVE - the Off Broadway stage show of the iconic TV series, THE GONG SHOW - has partnered with five sponsors, to give 300 tickets to unlucky victims of horrible Hurricane Sandy.

On November 24th Marines and Music come together to kick off the Holiday season again for the SECOND ANNUAL ROCK AND ROLL CONCERT that will benefit Toys for Tots. Whenever there is a need to pull together to help those less fortunate, entertainers and Marines are on the front line.

Daisy Eagan is full of surprises. Her Monday night concert was a crazy quilt of songs and stories culminating in one very big announcement that was a first for the Broadway at Birdland stage! That's right, Mary Lennox is having a baby! Of course, Daisy has been known as a full-grown, smart-talking gal-of-the-world for some time now, but to some, she'll always be that adorable kid who won the Tony at age 11.

David Ives' THE SCHOOL FOR LIES honors the comedic and linguistic mastery of Moliere's THE MISANTHROPE in a hip, hilarious update that exploits the English language to the maximum. This ribald comedy opens in preview November 29th and runs through December 15th.

The roof will be raised with toe-tappin' tunes as Our Productions Theatre Co. & Theatre FMPAT presents PUMP BOYS & DINETTES by John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel and Jim Wann. The show runs December 13th - 23rd in the Black Box Theater at the MCL Grand, 100 North Charles Street in Lewisville.

Producing Artistic Director Carolyn Griffin is pleased to announce A BROADWAY CHRISTMAS CAROL, created by Kathy Feininger, will return to MetroStage for a third season for the holidays November 15 through December 23rd. It has been produced the past two seasons and has become a holiday tradition here at MetroStage.

The Seeing Place Theater, known for intensely intimate ensemble work, announces casting for John Kolvenbach's disarming ode to loneliness cured: LOVE SONG.