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This December, HartBeat Ensemble's annual production of Ebeneeza - A Hartford Holiday Carol reflects the grit, the grime, and of course the humor that 2010 brought to the city and the nation.

On December 3, The Sherman Playhouse will, for the first time, present a show during the Holiday Season.

This Holiday Season, TheatreWorks New Milford will debut ALMOST, MAINE by John Cariani, a warm romantic comedy set under the frigid northern lights.

Yale Repertory Theatre (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents the world premiere of BOSSA NOVA, a powerful and poignant new play by Kirsten Greenidge, directed by OBIE Award winner Evan Yionoulis.

The Sherman Playhouse is proud to announce its inaugural Holiday Season production, the classic and heartwarming Holiday tale A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES, adapted for the stage by Jeremy Brooks and Adrian Mitchell and based on the short story by Dylan Thomas.

Comedian Michael Ian Black has joined the cast of Celebrity Autobiography, created by Eugene Pack and Dayle Reyfel, playing at Long Wharf Theatre.

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The Hartt School of the University of Hartford is pleased to welcome Pulitzer and Grammy winning composer Jennifer Higdon as its 2010 "Unclaimed Property" Composer-in-Residence this December.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present Georges Feydeau's A Flea In Her Ear, adapted by David Ives, December 2 - 11 in the Harriet S.

The Greatest Gift, a special family holiday playreading with music, will be presented by Westport Country Playhouse in association with Bisno Productions as part of the Playhouse's popular Script in Hand series, on Monday, December 13, 7 p.

The Hartt Theatre Division presents Ah, Wilderness! Thursday, December 2 through Saturday, December 4, at 7:30 PM, and Sunday, December 5, at 3:00 PM, in the Kent McCray Theater, in the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford.

The Vocal Studies Division presents undergraduate black box opera scenes from Carmen (abridged in French) and Iolanthe (abridged) on Thursday, December 2, at 7:30 PM, in Millard Auditorium on the University of Hartford's main campus.

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Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present Georges Feydeau's A Flea In Her Ear, adapted by David Ives, December 2 - 11 in the Harriet S.

Tony Award-winner Judith Ivey teams up again with Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein, the director of her Lucille Lortel Award winning performance in The Glass Menagerie, for the hit comedy Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell, on Long Wharf Theatre's Stage II from Dec.

The Hartt School, the comprehensive performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford, is pleased to present Bang on a Can All-Stars on Thursday evening, December 9, 2010, at 7:30 PM, in Lincoln Theater (changed from Millard Auditorium) on the University of Hartford's West Hartford campus.

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents the world premiere of BOSSA NOVA, a powerful and poignant new play by Kirsten Greenidge, directed by OBIE Award winner Evan Yionoulis.

Westport Country Playhouse's Family Festivities Series will present, "Season's Greetings," with magic, music, live animals, special effects and audience participation, celebrating the world's seasonal holidays, on Sunday, December 12, 1 and 4 p.

Captivating Psychological Thriller 'Angel Street' ('Gaslight') plays Westport Community Theatre November 26 - December 12

Music theater works for the National Music Theater Conference will be accepted with postmarks no later than Friday, December 1st, 2010.

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center has announced the start of its Open Submission Process for projects to be considered for development during the 2011 National Music Theater Conference.

Long Wharf Theatre invites local Non-Equity actors ages 14 to 60 to audition for the musical Tiger Tiger Tiger to be produced by the Next Stage Program, a program for early career theatre professionals.

Bill Irwin, actor, director, writer and clown, whose work has been honored with Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Barrymore and Helen Hayes Awards, and Doug Skinner, musician, puppeteer and composer, who wrote and played the music for several of Mr.

This Holiday Season, TheatreWorks New Milford will debut ALMOST, MAINE by John Cariani, a warm romantic comedy set under the frigid northern lights.

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