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Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College launches its 2012-2013 American Classics series with THE ULTIMATE SOUNDS OF DOO-WOP AND STREET CORNER HARMONY, a concert of chart-topping artists including Fred Parris and The Satins ('In the Still of the Night'), The Legendary Teenagers ('Why Do Fools Fall in Love'), The Chiffons with original lead singer Judy Mann ('One Fine Day'), and more!

After the success of his previous One- Man Show Free Man in Paris, Actor Herb Newsome returns to the United Solo Festival with his latest One Man performance R.L. AT THE CROSSROADS. The play is written by Steve Broadnax and Charles Dumas and is directed by Steve Broadnax (Head of Graduate Acting at Penn State University).

FIVE BOWLS OF OATMEAL: THE RETURN OF OATMEAL, a festival of one-act plays features Young playwrights from 826michigan and actors from The Penny Seats on Sunday, November 18, at 3pm. The festival will take place at Rackham Auditorium, 915 E Washington St in Ann Arbor. Tickets are priced at $5 adults; children and youth under 18 attend FREE.

The Yale Center for British Art is pleased to announce that the award-winning British stage and screen actress Miriam Margolyes will perform her celebrated production of DICKENS' WOMEN on Wednesday, November 7 at 6 pm.

On Saturday, November 10 at 3:00pm and Sunday, November 11 at 3:00pm, join the Museum of the City of New York for an afternoon of sparkling cabaret, from both London's West End and New York's Broadway, which celebrates the musical character and flavor of both great cities.

Find out if the butler did it when Goodspeed Musicals brings intrigue and amusement to the Opera House stage with its production of the musical whodunit SOMETHING'S AFOOT. This hilarious musical send-up of Agatha Christie-style stumpers will complete Goodspeed's 2012 season, running from October 5 - December 9 at the Goodspeed Opera House.

On Thursday, November 8th Canyon Moon Theatre Company To Present KUDOS: THE GOOD LIFE FOLK MUSIC SHOWCASE. This showcase features 'the finest folk musicians in the Verde Valley:' Gary Simpkins, Tyler Barnett, and Lance Garrett and is hosted by Kudos Editor, Dan Engler.

Steps off Broadway Productions, Inc., will be performing the stage production of ONCE UPON A CRYSTAL BALL on October 20th, 26th, & 27th at 7:30 pm. and October 21st and 28th at 2:00 pm.

Duo Multicultural Arts Center is pleased to present the return of CONFESSIONS OF A CUBAN SEX ADDICT, written and designed by Michelangelo Alasa'. CONFESSIONS OF A CUBAN SEX ADDICT will play from November 5th through December 17th, 2012 at the Duo Theatre (62 East 4th Street, East Village, NYC).

According to Freedomtomarry.org, newly-wed actress, Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables) will donate proceeds from the sale of photos from her wedding to Adam Shulman to nonprofit organizations that campaign for the equality of marraige for same-sex unions.

EAR TO THE EDGE OF TIME, winner of the prestigious STAGE International Script Competition for the best new play about science and technology, will receive a special staged reading at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, Trinity College Dublin this Sunday, October 21st, at 4:00 pm.

Local singer Mara Getz will perform her latest one woman show A TRIBUTE TO MS. PEGGY LEE at The Arthur Newman Theatre at The Joslyn Center in Palm Desert on Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 2 pm.

The November broadcasts of THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK - the weekly radio series of concerts and recordings by the New York Philharmonic, hosted by Alec Baldwin - begin with two back-to-back programs led by Spanish conductor Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos. Broadcast details inside!

For ten years, Santa has always made it a point to stop by The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre and Children's Theatre to have breakfast with children and their families at what has become the most popular event at the Frederick theater.

Crossroads Theatre Company kicks off its 2012 - 2013 season with Charles Smith's acclaimed KNOCK ME A KISS, a fictionalized look at the drama surrounding the ill-fated marriage of W.E.B. Du Bois' daughter. The play will be on stage at the New Brunswick theatre with a run beginning October 25 and continuing through November 4. Tickets are on sale now.

The 2012 MARGARET MEAD FILM FESTIVAL as the preeminent showcase for contemporary cultural storytelling, will screen 29 outstanding films and host special multi-media events and performances.

The annual presentation of the Museum of the City of New York's Louis Auchincloss Prize will be held on Monday, October 22nd at 6 pm. This year, the prize will be awarded to Lynne Meadow, artistic director of the Manhattan Theater Club, and the event will feature a performance by Bebe Neuwirth and special appearances by Jill Eikenberry and Michael Tucker.

AMERICA'S NEXT AUTHOR, an interactive writing contest that asks readers to vote for their favorite submissions while a jury of industry professionals oversees the competition á la American Idol. The official jury panel was released for the first time today, and is comprised of Autumn Stephens, Peter McCarthy, Sandra Poirier-Diaz, and Chauncey Mabe. More information on each jury member inside!

A spectacular Yellow Brick Road in the Yonge Street lobby of the Ed Mirvish Theatre will be built for the launch of Andrew Lloyd Webber's new production of THE WIZARD OF OZ all in support of The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids).

Embraced by older intellectuals, initially skeptical elders, and young music fans alike back home, the Foundation will bring its tradition-inflected beats and sonically engaging Javanese poetry to the U.S. In November and December 2012, as part of CENTER STAGE. Tour dates inside!