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The Bonstelle Theatre will open an adaptation by Tyler J. Monroe of one of Hans Christian Andersen's most popular fairytales, The Snow Queen, just in time for the holiday season. It runs from November 30 to December 9, 2012. This classic children's fairytale is a holiday treat, and the Bonstelle Theatre's production will include a preshow craft activity with cast members for children starting 45 minutes prior to curtain time.

Iceland's Vesturport Theatre and Reykjavik City Theatre's latest production, Faust: A Love Story, comes to the US as part of the BAM 30th Next Wave Festival. Faust: A Love Story is a darkly humorous, circus-inspired reimagining of the classic Faustian tale of an all-consuming desire and a second chance at life in search of love.

The Alley Theatre will present David Sedaris' The Santaland Diaries on the Neuhaus Stage. This is the last holiday season that the Alley Theatre will produce this show, directed by David Cromer, who won the MacArthur Genius Award and Obie Award for Best Director. Alley Artist Todd Waite reprises his role as 'Crumpet the Elf' in the outlandish--and true--chronicles of David Sedaris' experience as a worker in Macy's SantaLand display.

Jayme Armstrong, one of Canada's pre-eminent leading ladies, will be flying onto centre stage with her trusty umbrella as the iconic nanny Mary Poppins in Dunfield Theatre Cambridge's inaugural production of Mary Poppins.

The Miller Theatre's Early Music series' 2012-2013 season opens with Masterpieces for Double Choir on December 1 at 8PM at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin.

Victoria Theatre Association presents the third of eight Mid-Day Arts Cafe lunches Tuesday, November 20, 2012 in the Mathile Theatre located in the Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center. November's Mid-Day Arts Cafe offers an up close and personal look at the Dayton Ballet's 75th Anniversary Season of 2012-2013, featuring Karen Russo Burke's Two Sisters, a piece honoring Josephine and Hermene Schwarz.

Paper Mill Playhouse is proud to partner with Jersey Cares as a collection site for their winter coat drive. Furthermore, area residents are encouraged to drop off their undistributed Halloween candy to the Paper Mill Playhouse Box Office now until Friday, November 16th. All candy collected will be sent to troops serving our country. The Paper Mill Playhouse Lobby is now open to area residents, noon until 5:00pm, seven-days-a-week to charge electronic devices.

Trap Door Theatre is a proud participant in the international reading scheme for 2012 OBIE Award-winning playwright Caridad Svich's new play Spark. The script-reading scheme has been developed to honor US war veterans, to shed light on the plight of female veterans in particular, and to raise increased awareness for their stories by presenting multiple free readings across the United States and abroad during the month of November.

The Children's Theatre at Way Off Broadway is bringing a classic story to the stage in a brand new children's musical adaptation of The Nutcracker. Based on the Tchaikovsky ballet, Clara and the Nutcracker Prince carries the audience away as the Prince introduces Clara to a world of fantasy. From the Sugar Plum Fairy to the Mouse King, Clara is taken on a magical holiday adventure neither she nor the audience will ever forget.

Seattle Opera's critically acclaimed production of Wagner's four-opera epic Der Ring des Nibelungen returns for three cycles in August 2013. Online ticket sales to the general public will begin on Monday, November 12, at 9 a.m. Phone and in-person sales will begin on Thursday, November 15. Fans of Seattle Opera on Facebook may secure tickets early, beginning November 8.

The Off Broadway Palm Theatre presents one of the longest running Off-Broadway musicals of all-time, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, now playing through December 25, 2012. This hysterical musical played on Broadway Palm's main stage five years ago to rave reviews and sold-out audiences.

From their South Water Street 'studios,' Next Act Theatre presents their own radio adaptation of the beloved Bedford Falls fable celebrating the best of the holiday spirit. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE Live Radio Show runs November 15 - December 9, 2012 at Next Act's new home, 255 S. Water St. in Walker's Point.

New World Stages will once again present the new Holiday favorite, Jackie Hoffman's A Chanukah Charol, her holiday-themed, pseudo-autobiographical, one-woman show inspired by Patrick Stewart's A Christmas Carol. Co-writer Michael Schiralli will direct.

Holiday Party of One, created by Alison Burns and Karla Hartley and directed by Karla Hartley, will be presented at the Stageworks Theatre, from November 29 through December 16. The show is billed as a high voltage, intimate evening of pure inspiration mixed with infectious humor. Celebrate the joy of the holiday season with an eclectic mix of songs that pays tribute to our diversity... And come early for latkes!

Comedy Works is pleased to announce that Fortune Feimster will perform four shows at Comedy Works South at the Landmark on Friday, November 30 and Saturday, December 1. Showtimes are 7:15PM and 9:45PM on both nights. All tickets are $23.

Abingdon Theatre Company is pleased to announce that performances have resumed for its world premiere of MARCH MADNESS by Mike Vogel, with previews returning as of 7pm on Thursday, November 1, at the Abingdon Theatre Company's Dorothy Strelsin Theatre (312 West 36th Street). Donald Brenner (DECEMBER FOOLS) directs the production which is set to open Sunday, November 4.

The creative team behind the recent acclaimed Southwark Playhouse musicals, Parade and Mack & Mabel, are returning to the Vault to present the Broadway musical comedy, Victor/Victoria. Directed by Thom Southerland and produced by Danielle Tarento, it is currently running at The Vault at Southwark Playhouse through Saturday December 15.

Nellie McKay, Cady Huffman, and Sean McDermott and additional guest artists contribute their talents to the public reading of a new play and musical at the William Inge Center for the Arts. The readings are at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sat. Nov. 3 at the William Inge Theatre at Independence Community College, Independence, Kansas.

The Alden in McLean, Virginia, brings Hot Club of San Francisco to the East coast for a concert of Django Reinhart-inspired hot jazz, 'Cinema Vivant,' on Saturday, November 17, at 8 p.m. The Alden is located at 1234 Ingleside Ave in McLean, VA, and tickets are $25 for the general public and $18 for MCC tax district residents.

Marvell Rep, which received a Drama Desk Award nomination as Best Revival for its production of The Threepenny Opera earlier this season, has been unable to perform for the past few days due to Hurricane Sandy.