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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.

Thomas Schumacher, President and Pruducer, Disney Theatrical Group (The Lion King, Newsies, Aida, Mary Poppins, Tarzan, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast), visits THE GRAHAM SHOW this week to talk about his early years growing up in California and how he came to find the world of theater.

For those craving a show after the show, 54 BELOW, the new performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, offers its Tuesday night cocktail party/songfest, BACKSTAGE.

SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY is playing exclusively at The Manhattan Repertory Theatre located at 303 West 42nd St. (at 8th Ave) 6th Floor. Tickets are priced at $20. Show times are Friday November 9th at 6:30pm and Sunday November 11th at 3pm.

Jim Brickman continues to wow audience members year after year with his intimate and beloved holiday tour. Performing live in one spectacular concert, JIM BRICKMAN: ON A WINTER'S NIGHT will play the Aronoff Center's Procter & Gamble Hall on Sunday, December 30th at 2:00 pm.

Enthuse brings its second part of its triptych THE DECAY OF CITIES to the New Orleans Fringe Festival. ORCHARD-LESS examines the cultural, social, and structural decay in the United States since the beginning of the 21st century.

Based in the Greater Providence area since 1949, The Narragansett Bay Chorus will bring a cappella music in the barbershop style to the Courthouse Center Stage.

P. H. Lin's new drama, ZELDA AT THE OASIS, directed by Andy Sandberg (The Last Smoker in America), will begin previews on Friday, November 16th at 5 pm at St. Luke's Theatre, 308 West 46th Street, (west of 8th Avenue), with the official opening on Tuesday, December 4th at 7 PM. ZELDA AT THE OASIS, which features Edwin Cahill and Gardner Reed, is an open-ended Equity production.

The Jupiter String Quartet, all of them string players as children who connected in their college years, will play a program of Mozart, Bartók and Brahms at Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts in Storrs on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, at 7:30 pm. UConn Professor of Music History Alain Frogley will introduce the three highly contrasting works on the program in a pre-concert talk at 6:45 pm.

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO), Concert Artists of Baltimore and conductor Edward Polochick continue their tradition of ushering in the Christmas season with an all-star performance of Handel's Messiah on Friday, December 7, 2012 at 7:30 pm at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.

MAME, winner of five Tony Awards, opened November 8, 2012, and plays through January 13, 2013, at the Candlelight Dinner Playhouse. Based on Patrick Dennis' 1955 novel, "Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade," MAME features an award-winning score by Jerry Herman with such favorites as "Bosom Buddies," "We Need a Little Christmas" and, of course, "Mame."