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Stomping Ground Comedy debuts its first holiday show of the season, a fully scripted "Deck the Halls. With Brains: A Christmas Horror Melodrama", to be performed at 8pm on Friday evenings December 7-21 at Stomping Ground Comedy Theater, located at 1350 Manufacturing Street, #109, Dallas, Texas, 75207

There's just one month left to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites. Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018.

Director Syd Mannion and his team have encapsulated the essence of what this story is about and this is the crucial success of this production. The characters are sensationally played; they are charismatic, exquisitely presented in delicious period costume and the story is supported with a craftily constructed set.

"Animaniacs in Concert!" Starring Voice Legend Rob Paulsen Heads to Portland, Oregon on Saturday, January 12th at Portland'5 Newmark Theatre

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Legendary voice actor Rob Paulsen, who has delighted generations of animation fanatics with his signature roles in "Pinky and the Brain," "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," and other film and television projects, will be joined by "Animaniacs" composer Randy Rogel in "Animaniacs in Concert!" at the Fremont Abbey on Friday, January 11th at 8:00 PM. 

This Is My Brave, Inc. (TIMB), the national nonprofit organization dedicated to ending the stigma surrounding mental illness through storytelling, returns to Bosttoday, November 16 at 7:00pm at the Strand Theater. This one-time-only performance features Boston community members sharing true stories about their personal challenges with mental illness and health. These stories open a dialogue and create new opportunities for participants and audiences to thoughtfully engage around the topic of mental health. November also marks International Stress Awareness Day (November 1), Veterans Day (November 11), and International Survivors of Suicide Day (November 17).

For something completely different this holiday season, you might want to consider Signature Theatre's latest offering. Billy Elliot the Musical is not your standard holiday fare by any means. Sure, there are big production numbers, but the story features important underlying themes of labor tensions, economic inequality, and acceptance. In other words, this show follows my philosophy that theater is meant to educate as well as entertain. The production also features some pretty incredible ballet and tap choreography with a cast that performs it beautifully.

Strike up the band: Riverdale Repertory Company, Riverdale Rising Stars, and Riverdale Junior Rising Stars proudly present THE MUSIC MAN at the Riverdale YM-YWHA. The limited engagement continues through Sunday, November 18, 2018.

This Is My Brave, Inc. (TIMB), the national nonprofit organization dedicated to ending the stigma surrounding mental illness through storytelling, returns to Boston Friday, November 16 at 7:00pm at the Strand Theater. This one-time-only performance features Boston community members sharing true stories about their personal challenges with mental illness and health. These stories open a dialogue and create new opportunities for participants and audiences to thoughtfully engage around the topic of mental health. November also marks International Stress Awareness Day (November 1), Veterans Day (November 11), and International Survivors of Suicide Day (November 17).

The arts are essential to a vibrant community. The arts connect us, touch us, and empower us to make a positive change in the world around us. Women Inspiring Philanthropy (WIP) also believe in the power of the arts and changing lives. This community of women seek to transform lives in Arlington through high-impact and life-long giving. Theatre Arlington is honored to announce that WIP has recently awarded Theatre Arlington a $50,000 capacity-building grant. This grant will provide the 46 year-old theater with an updated and integrated website that offers mobile site capabilities and self-fulfillment options along with an engaging and informative smartphone app.

Featuring Tchaikovsky's timeless holiday score, Ballet West returns to the Kennedy Center with Willam Christensen's beloved choreography in The Nutcracker, December 5-9 for seven performances in the Opera House.

To coincide with his upcoming November 2018 UK Tour, South African singer-songwriter and guitarist Dan Patlansky releases his first-ever Live EP Live 2018 digitally on Friday 9th November. The release of the Live EP coincides with Dan's upcoming November 2018 UK Tour, which follows his sold-out March 2018 Perfection Kills UK Tour. The EP is available from – https://danpatlansky.lnk.to/LiveBootlegPR.

American composer Gordon Getty celebrates his 85th birthday on December 20, 2018. Mr. Getty's music has been widely performed in North America and Europe in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, London's Royal Festival Hall, Vienna's Brahmssaal, and Moscow's Tchaikovsky Hall and Bolshoi Theatre, as well as at the Aspen, Spoleto, and Bad Kissingen Festivals.

Celebrated American pianist George Winston recently released a cancer research benefit album, Spring Carousel, on RCA Records on March 31, 2017 that debuted at #1 on Billboard's Jazz Chart. Spring Carousel features a collection of 15 solo piano compositions written by Winston while in recovery from a bone marrow transplant for Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) at City of Hope, in Duarte, California, near Los Angeles. His doctor, Stephen J. Forman, Chairman of the Hematology Department at City of Hope, is one of the world's four foremost authorities on hematology and bone marrow transplants. Proceeds from sales of Spring Carousel will directly benefit cancer research at City of Hope. George Winston is available for interviews upon request.

Ready for some football tailgating, but want to avoid the crowds? Consider taking the game day experience to your own backyard with a true #homegating experience.

Today, Hands Like Houses, have officially released their highly anticipated fourth studio album, -Anon., out now via Hopeless Records. The album was produced by Colin Brittain who is known for his work with acts like Papa Roach, 5 Seconds of Summer and One OK Rock. Fans can purchase -Anon. here.

The second concert of the Dallas Chamber Symphony's season, 'Souvenir de Florence,' led by Artistic Director and Conductor Richard McKay, will send listeners on a musical journey through Europe, beginning with Bartok's Romanian Folk Dances, an early masterpiece comprised of six, short movements, followed by J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, featuring a technically-challenging trumpet solo performed by Kyle Sherman and additional solos by Margaret Fischer (flute), Kazuhiro Takagi (violin), and Gina Ford (oboe). Rounding out the evening, DCS's virtuosic strings will perform Tchaikovsky's romantic Souvenir de Florence. Ron Corning of WFAA DayBreak will make a special guest appearance and provide opening remarks.

Strike up the band: Riverdale Repertory Company, Riverdale Rising Stars, and Riverdale Junior Rising Stars proudly present THE MUSIC MAN JR. at the Riverdale YM-YWHA for a limited engagement of six performances only, from November 10-18, 2018.