Lauren Wolman

Weekend movie box office estimates: November 18-November 20, 2011.

On November 7th more than 150 theatre artists and patrons attended the 2011 Castillo Theatre Gala Benefit at the All Stars Project's performing arts and development center, 543 West 42nd Street. The gala, which raised a record $77,000 for Castillo and its youth theatre training program, Youth Onstage!, paid tribute to four influential women of the theatre: Carmen De Lavallade, Gabrielle L. Kurlander, Judith Malina and Daphne Rubin-Vega.

Now in its fourth year, producer Jason Moyer has announced a limited engagement of gay apparel: A Christmas Carol, at Space 916 in Hollywood, opening on Friday, December 2 and running through December 18 only.

Wicked, the smash hit musical that recently welcomed its 4 millionth theatregoer to the Apollo Victoria Theatre, is honoured to have been named 'Best Night Out' at the prestigious Evening Standard Theatre Awards, presented tonight (20 November 2011) at a star-studded ceremony at The Savoy in London.

Paper Industry's Apologies (and other grey areas) will run from December 1 - 17.

Nashville's UNTITLED Artists Group welcomes you to its 2011 Winter show 'ANTI-FREEZE," Friday, December 9 from 6 to 10 p.m. This free, all-ages, one-night-only art event will take place at Marathon Village, located at 1305 Clinton Street near downtown Nashville.

John Jay College presents Stephen Adly Guirgis' Den of Thieves, directed by Lorraine Moller.

What would you pay for a miracle? The people of the small town of Painted Post, Massachusetts have got plenty of reasons to believe. It is 1945, and not only has the town lost many of its young men in the war, but now a vision of the Virgin Mary has appeared in the window above the sickbed of a comatose young girl. So what if the girl's mother charges admission to pray at her bedside and witness the vision? And when the girl suddenly awakens after five years, she is pregnant. Could it be yet another miracle -- or just one of her mother's hoaxes?

At a press conference on Tuesday, November 15, Florida Studio Theatre announced a multi-year capital improvement campaign to renovate the 6,000 sq. foot Gompertz Theatre and construct an 18,000 sq. foot addition with two new theatre spaces. The $5.6 million dollar campaign is the largest capital program in the 37-year old theatre's history and will double the number of renovated stages on the theatre's campus located in Sarasota's historic downtown.

Magda Katz is joining forces with Richard Skipper to launch Richard Skipper Presents...A New Monthly Series at the Triad that will be partly a cabaret show, partly a party! And They ALL will benefit The Dr. Carol Channing-Harry Kullijian Foundation For The Arts (www.ChanningArts.org).

Based on the hugely popular TV comedy series, the stage version of 'Allo 'Allo! follows the adventures of Rene, the hapless cafe owner in war-torn occupied France, as he and his wife, Edith, struggle to keep for themselves a priceless portrait stolen by the Nazis and kept in a sausage in their cellar.

Dating's never easy, but try dating in a Darth Vader mask or Wonder Woman ensemble. Now meet nerd-tastic Ryan Giltch, founder of Sci-Fi Speed Dating, who will bring viewers into the fun, quirky and sometimes bizarre world of geek-focused speed dating on TLC's new special GEEK LOVE. Two half hour specials have been ordered and will air back to back on December 18th at 9PM (ET/PT).

The second episode of Outside the Box has been posted. In the latest episode, Brad Oscar (The Producers, The Addams Family) is asked to star in a new musical for the Outside The Box Musical Theatre Company. Watch below to see if he accepts!

Kristen Hertzenberg, Christine in Phantom-The Las Vegas Spectacular, and Philip Fortenberry, a concert pianist and 'Jersey Boys' Associate Conductor are releasing their debut album 'Holidays from the Heart.' Fortenberry has recorded several solo albums in the past, but for Hertzenberg, this is the first.

As Louisiana approaches its 200th anniversary of statehood, LOUISIANA BELLES, December 13th at 7pm at Southern Rep, is the next installment in the exciting LOUISIANA CYCLE, celebrating the people who have made our region famous for speaking its mind and making great art.

History Theatre celebrates the holiday season with the regional premiere of an epic Christmas musical written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Paula Vogel. The show's director, Austene Van, describes A Civil War Christmas as a show that celebrates the joy of finding what has been lost, and the power of the holiday season to bring out the best, most generous parts of people and communities.

Circle Theatre's 30th Anniversary Season continues with the Southwest premiere of Seven in One Blow, or The Brave Little Kid, an adapted children's play conceived and written by Randy Sharp and Axis Company. When Seven in One Blow first premiered in 2002, The New York Times wrote, 'As the brave little kid triumphs over an ogre, a witch, selfish royalty and a monster, the audience learns not to judge anything by its appearance, from parents to peas.' Circle Theatre's production officially opened Saturday evening, November 19 at 7:30pm.

Sylvester Stallone was out signing autographs when he arrived for a press conference to present the new musical ROCKY in Hamburg, Germany.

According to reports from AntiMusic.com, Tony Iommi has recently revealed that the band Black Sabbath was once offered the opportunity to have their music be the inspiration for a Broadway show.

In the latest episode of 'John vs. Killian,' the two stars of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA challenge each other to a game of Twister...in costume! John Owen-Jones stars as the Phantom while Killian Donnelly plays Raoul in the UK Tour.