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Israeli Stage and Producing Artistic Director Guy Ben-Aharon celebrated the company's second birthday on Sunday, November 18, with a staged reading of Gilad Evron's powerful ULYSSES ON BOTTLES at Goethe-Institut in Boston.

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The Capitol Steps perform their new "2012 Winners and Losers Edition" for two performances tonight, November 24, 2102 at 5PM and 8PM at Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

Boston Ballet debuts an entirely reimagined production of THE NUTCRACKER complete with all-new sets and costumes, as well as new choreography and characters! This holiday classic is presented by State Street Corporation and will run from November 23 - December 30 at The Boston Opera House.

The Lyric Stage Company of Boston presents CHINGLISH, by David Henry Hwang and directed by Larry Coen, November 30 - December 23, 2012.

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Boston Ballet debuts an entirely reimagined production of THE NUTCRACKER complete with all-new sets and costumes, as well as new choreography and characters! This holiday classic is presented by State Street Corporation and will run from November 23 - December 30 at The Boston Opera House.

Voting is now underway for Boston and continues until December 31, 2012.

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company and Suffolk University will present Robert Brustein's final installment of the trilogy about the life of William Shakespeare, The Last Will at the Modern Theatre at Suffolk University from February 13 to 24, 2013.

The Suffolk University Theatre Department presents Sean Graney's new adaptation of Sophocles' seven plays, These Seven Sicknesses, directed by Wesley Savick, from tonight, Nov.

The Box Office is now open for The Un-Common Fall Family Production of Roald Dahl's Willie Wonka being presented at the Orpheum Theatre, Foxboro tonight, November 16-18, 2012.

Following a capacity crowd appearance in 2011, Anthony Bourdain is back in Boston this fall with new, uncensored material and stories that are sure to make your ears burn with his Guts & Glory tour!

The Alexander Children's Theatre School (ACTS) presents the 2002 Tony Award-winning musical, Urinetown, running December 14-16 (four performances) at Concord's Emerson Umbrella.

Berkshire Theatre Group has announced the reprise of its annual community production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, adapted by Eric Hill and presented for the second time at The Colonial Theatre.

OBERON, the American Repertory Theater's second stage and club theater venue, presents WINTERBLOOM, four singer-songwriters sharing their diverse cultural traditions through song and story for the holiday season, on Friday, December 14 at 7 and 10pm.

Christmas is right around the corner, and so is Shakespeare & Company's annual production of David Sedaris' irreverent Christmas memoir, The Santaland Diaries.

The Huntington's production of Harold Pinter's BETRAYAL opens tonight, November 14 at 7pm, Avenue of the Arts / BU Theatre.

This holiday season, the Franklin Performing Arts Company (FPAC) presents Humbug! A Beggar's Opera, an original musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

Whether it's flying ghosts, the singing of carols, the scowl of Scrooge, or the awed faces of children in the audience, there's something for everyone in North Shore Music Theatre's award-winning production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL.

The Huntington's production of Harold Pinter's BETRAYAL opens on Wednesday, November 14th at 7pm at Avenue of the Arts / BU Theatre.

The Un-Common Theatre Company's Fall Family Production of Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka will be presented this weekend, Friday, November 16 through Sunday, November 18 at the Orpheum Theatre, Foxboro.

Mary Verdi and special guest Tony Lee Thomas will ring in the Holiday Season at The Colonial Theatre on December 1 at 2pm and 7pm.

After a record number of nominations, and careful proofing by our local editors, Jan Nargi and Nancy Grossman, we are VERY excited to announce that voting has begun for this year's BWW Boston Awards.

Following last season's sold-out holiday hit The Snow Queen, the A.

Direct from Broadway, SISTER ACT, the hilarious, five-time Tony®-nominated smash hit musical, is coming to Boston for a limited two week engagement.