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Escape From Happiness, a raucous dark comedy by celebrated playwright George F. Walker, will be presented by Sacramento's Elly Award-winning theatre company, KOLT Run Creations, at the Ooley Theatre from Friday, November 19th through Sunday, December 19th, 2010.

Woodland Opera House Presents 'Miracle on 34th St.' The production will run November 26-December 19.

Sierra Stages completes its second season of musicals and plays with the Tony Award-nominated revue celebrating the songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein: 'A Grand Night for Singing'. The revue will play for four weekends only, October 21 through November 13, at the Off Center Stage in downtown Grass Valley, and features the talents of five of Nevada County's finest musical theatre performers: Terry Brown, Rebekah Martino, Robert Meyer, Kim Wellman and Carolyn Winters. The performers will be accompanied by an eight-person band, led by musical director, Ken Getz. The production is directed by Nancy Haffey and Peter Mason, with choreography by Grace Fae.

The Acting Company presents '1940's Radio Hour' directed by Gail Carter. The show opens on November 26th and runs through December 19th.

Imagination Theater in association with Ensemble Theatre Company announce auditions for Quilters. Quilters auditioners will be seen in the order in which they arrive on October 23rd between noon and 4:00pm. at Imagination Theater. When finished singing a hymn or folk song (please bring sheet music) auditioners will be taken thru a few bars of movement and then excused.

Civic Theatre West is pleased to announce auditions for its upcoming production of ANNIE on October 25, 26, 27.

Sacramento Theatre Company School of the Arts will hold auditions in early November for Seussical Jr for performers ages 6 - 12.

El Dorado Musical Theatre will hold auditions for 'Hairspray' on Monday, November 29 at 3:30 p.m. at EDMT (5011 Golden Foothill Parkway #4 El Dorado Hills, CA).

NYFOS Next is the latest innovation from the NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG (NYFOS), now in its 23rd season, focusing on contemporary songs that defy easy categorization and redefine the boundaries of the song genre. The inaugural NYFOS Next concert on November 16 at 7 p.m. is co-hosted and co-curated by the dynamic young composer-performer GABRIEL KAHANE, with NYFOS's Steven Blier, Michael Barrett and Benjamin Sosland (program and singers TBA). The second concert in the series will be hosted by composer PHIL KLINE and friends.

The Centre Theatre will present the world premiere of 'Molumby's Million,' a new comedy about heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey and his big fight in a little Montana town. 'Molumby's Million' opens November 5 and runs through November 28. Showtimes are 8 p.m. with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m.

On Monday, October 25, Wicks Park Bar & Grille will host a celebrity waiter night to benefit Mason Street Warehouse. All tips collected by celebrities that evening will go directly to the theatre to support next year's season.

Today, Ozomatli, a Grammy-award winning multicultural fusion band from Los Angeles, and NCLR (National Council of La Raza), the largest national Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, released a bilingual song titled 'Respeto' that calls on Latino voters to participate in next month's midterm elections.

Old Library Theatre presents 'Pageant,' an Off-Broadway musical spoof by Bill Russell and Frank Kelly. Show dates are Friday, October 22 and Saturday, October 23 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, October 24 at 2 p.m. For information and ticket sales phone 201-797-3553 or visit their website at www.oldlibrarytheatre.net.

Rising Phoenix Rep continues its Cino Nights series of world premiere plays with Mando Alvarado's (O)N THE 5:31 on October 24th at 7 p.m. at Seventh Street Small Stage (43 East Seventh Street).

A SLEEPY HOLLOW CHRISTMAS CAROL is the enchanting musical set in the town of Sleepy Hollow, New York in 1900. It weaves the magic of the Charles Dickens classic with the delightful characters from Washington Irving's vivid imagination and tells the tale of a Sleepy Hollow businessman, Ebezner Scrooge, who had no love in his heart for his fellow man, especially at Christmastime. Scrooge meets Washington Irving who takes him on a redemptive adventure to his past, present and future where he meets his boyhood self and such characters as Icabod Crane, Katrina Von Tassel, Jacob Marley, Tiny Tim and several other surprising encounters. A SLEEPY HOLLOW CHRISTMAS CAROL is brimming with joyous music that will fill audiences with the holiday spirit and leave them with Dickens's reflective message...'It's never too late to change!' - including popular Holiday songs 'Deck the Halls'; 'Silver Bells'; 'I'll Be Home for Christmas' any many more.

The 2010 Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Volume 12 will be available in Broadway theaters Oct. 22nd. Lovers of Broadway talent can do some early holiday shopping as well as support Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) through the purchase of this 2-disc, annual CD of original and traditional holiday music from the current 2010 Broadway line-up.

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts celebrates the centennial of one of the most versatile, innovative and influential artists of the twentieth century, Alwin Nikolais, in the multimedia exhibition Alwin Nikolais' Total Theater of Motion. The exhibit will run from October 21, 2010 through January 15, 2011 in the Vincent Astor Gallery at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center.

Evil Dead: The Musical will open at the Falcon Theater on Friday, October 22. Performances are at 8 p.m. on October 22, 23 (sold out), 28, 29, 30, 31 and November 5, 6. Tickets are $18.00 for adults and $15.00 for students and seniors.

One-man show 'Donna/Madonna' joins the lineup of the United Solo Theatre Festival for its east coast premiere at 6:00 pm, November 14, 2010 at New York City's historic Theatre ROW, (410 West 42nd Street).

Slant Theater Project presents its annual Halloween blowout, Boo!zer 10 at The Tank on Wednesday, October 27, 2010; 9:30 pm. Tickets are $10 ($8 if wearing a costume).