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Chor Boogie, internationally acclaimed aerosol artist, was honored recently with a rare chance opportunity to be a part of art history in the making.

The Rose has received two prestigious nominations for A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM and HAY FEVER, both home-grown productions in 2010.

There's a wolf watch in effect, and Little Red will need the audience's help to get to Grandmother's house! That's the fun of LITTLE RED AND HER FRIENDS, a not-so-scary version of the classic fairy tale, to be presented by Winnetka Theatre's Especially for Kids.

The neediest children of NYC are in for a treat this holiday season. The Broadway community has joined Broadway Kids Care (BKC) with the BKC annual gift-giving campaign to provide Christmas gifts for children living in NYC shelters.

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) is accepting submissions for its 23rd Annual Festival of New Musicals taking place in New York in fall 2011. Submission information and the online application are available at www.namt.org.

Writers' Theatre Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma announce the world premiere of DO THE HUSTLE by Brett Neveu. The production, directed by William Brown, runs January 25-March 20, 2011, at Writers' Theatre, 325 Tudor Court in Glencoe. The press performance is on Thursday, February 3, 2011, at 7:30 p.m.

StoneDance Productions and The Theater At Meydenbauer present CHOP SHOP: BODIES OF WORK, the Eastside's only Contemporary Dance Festival. Returning for its fourth year, this unique festival is a rare opportunity to explore the truly original talents of Seattle-based and Eastside - based artists in two special performances. This is the best of the Seattle/Eastside dance community in one festival. CHOP SHOP highlights local contemporary choreography with a focus on dance work that is innovative, accessible and thought provoking. Each of these prolific choreographers has presented work to numerous critical successes throughout Europe, Asia, Latin America and the United States. Though each company/artist presented possesses their own individual voice, they are all unified in the contemporary language of dance and its power to stir the senses through the visceral moving image.

The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) launches the fifth season of the New Works Reading Series to support new plays and emerging playwrights. As part of its mission statement, The Irish Repertory Theatre 'encourages the development of new works focusing on the Irish and Irish American experience, as well as a range of other cultures.'

Celtic Woman, the awe inspiring Irish vocalists and violinist, will soon be mesmerizing Jacksonville once again when the group comes to the Times Union Center's Moran Theater on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 7:30PM for one performance only.

Wallin & Barretta's A TRIBUTE TO ITALIAN CROONERS, one of the San Francisco Bay Area's most beloved and longest-running club acts, will perform at the RRazz room at Hotel Nikko on Monday, December 27, 2010, at 8 p.m.

This Friday 17th December, Andrew Lloyd Webber will introduce music from THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and LOVE NEVER DIES in a special edition of BBC Radio 2's Friday Night is Music Night, the world's longest-running orchestral live music programme on radio.

In the Woolworth's store in McCarthy, Texas, the Disciples of James Dean are gathering for their 20th reunion. They were teenagers when movie star Dean filmed Giant in a nearby town, and their memories intermingle with flashbacks to that eventful time. This year, though, their reunion attracts a mystery guest. COME BACK TO THE 5 & DIME JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN is a comedy of Southern sass and spice, and emotional surprises.

Following a nationwide search, the producers of BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL last week announced the schools and youth organisations that have been chosen to participate in Billy Youth Theatre 2011.

The Ensemble Studio Theatre Youngblood program, taking more advantage of its talented roster of emerging playwrights under 30, will present three studio productions of new plays under the title UNFILTERED 2011 January 13 through February 5 at its percolating playwrights headquarters, 549 West 52nd Street.

BAM_20010101 BAM Presents JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN by Henrik Ibsen in a new version by Frank McGuinness. This production comes from the Abbey Theatre, Ireland and is directed by James Macdonald with set design by Tom Pye, costume design by Joan Bergin, lighting design by Jean Kalman, and sound design by Ian Dickinson

It was just a gift her husband brought from Europe - so she thought. But a series of strangers all want it. And one of them will stop at nothing to get it. What's a blind woman to do? For the answer, we'll have to WAIT UNTIL DARK. A breath-catching mystery by Frederick Knot.

Teachers dream of nurturing students who will one day go beyond them, become greater than they--at least, that's what teachers claim they dream of. But sometimes such success is more bitter than sweet. Such a relationship between teacher and prize student is the subject of Donald Margulies' COLLECTED STORIES Collected Stories, to be performed as a staged reading in Westport Community Theatre's ETC staged-readings series on December 17 at 8:00 PM

Dr. Oz presents a special holiday episode this Monday, December 13. The episode will feature the Rockettes plus a musical rendition of the song '12 Healthy Days of Christmas' (lyrics below) with NY local gospel group the Ron Crichlow Ensemble. Santa will also make an appearance. Dr. Oz even measures his waist and kicks it up with the Rockettes.

The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts-a new center for music, opera, theater, and dance opening in Kansas City, MO on September 16, 2011-has announced an unprecedented collaboration to dramatically expand Broadway productions presented in the greater Kansas City region. The Kauffman Center is collaborating with Kansas City's Music Hall, Theater League, and Broadway Across America to offer one five-show subscription package for performances at both venues, the 'Kansas City Best of Broadway Series.' The Kauffman Center's 1,800 seat Muriel Kauffman Theatre will enable the city host more intimate musicals and plays as part of a series of touring Broadway productions presented by Theater League. More information regarding the productions to be included in the Center's inaugural season of programming will be announced in early 2011.

Bay Street Theatre reminds everyone that Santa will be arriving by fire truck tomorrow, December 11 at 11 am. Bring the kids to see Santa at Bay Street Theatre from 11 am - 1 pm. Please note this is the correct time. The event is sponsored by the Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce, Twin Forks Moving, Stelle Architects, Apple Bank and Country Lane and Adornments.