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Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 11/20 for Richmond

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, Signature Theatre is getting into the festive holiday spirit by offering a very special Cyber Monday ticketing offer for one day only.

Charles Dickens' beloved holiday classic returns to Princeton with McCarter Theatre Center's annual production of A Christmas Carol. Adapted by David Thompson and directed by Michael Unger, the production runs December 4 through December 24.

The Actors Fund and the Vineyard Theatre has just announced complete casting for their upcoming one-night-only benefit concert performance of THE VISIT, starring Broadway stage legends and Tony Award winners Chita Rivera and John Cullum.

11th Hour Theatre Company continues its season with the Philadelphia Premiere of Adam Gwon's chamber musical, Ordinary Days.

In a special limited engagement, Signature Theatre presents the world premiere musical A Second Chance, featuring a book, music, and lyrics by Ted Shen. Directed by Jonathan Butterell (Signature's Giant), A Second Chance fuses jazz and musical theater stylings, with musical direction by Zak Sandler.

Community theater returns to West Hudson with the launch of the newly formed West Hudson Arts & Theater Company (W.H.A.T.)

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 11/13 for Norfolk

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 11/13 for Richmond

DreamWorks Theatricals and NETworks Presentations, LLC. are pleased to announce that SHREK THE MUSICAL, with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori, will play Bass Performance Hall, for eight performances only, Nov. 8-13, 2011. Performing Arts Fort Worth is presenting SHREK THE MUSICAL'S Fort Worth debut. Tickets start at $22 and are on sale NOW at www.basshall.com.

11th Hour Theatre Company continues its season with the Philadelphia Premiere of Adam Gwon's chamber musical, Ordinary Days.

The 2011/12 Arena Stage Student Playwrights Project invites all students in fifth through 12th grades in the District of Columbia and its neighboring counties to enter into competition an original 10-minute play. Entries must be delivered to Arena Stage by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 2, 2011.

November has over 60 more openings in the professional, community, universities, and children's theaters in the DC/MD/VA area. A week has already passed in November and over 20 new productions have opened. To read reviews of these shows, go to Maryland Theatre Guide, where I am the Editor and a columnist. A recent back surgery kept me from posting this earlier, so we have some catching up to do.

The holiday season is just around the corner and New Year's Eve will be here before you know it. And what better way to celebrate 2012 than to go back in time to the funkadelic 60's as Signature Theatre hosts their annual New Year's Eve party.

DreamWorks Theatricals and NETworks Presentations, LLC. are pleased to announce that SHREK THE MUSICAL, with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori, will play Bass Performance Hall, for eight performances only, Nov. 8-13, 2011. Performing Arts Fort Worth is presenting SHREK THE MUSICAL'S Fort Worth debut. Tickets start at $22 and are on sale NOW at www.basshall.com.

First Draft at Charter Theater - a nonprofit organization devoted to developing theater audiences alongside new plays; supporting local artists; and partnering with theaters looking to produce new work - announced today that it will present two readings this month of the new comedy, 'The White Trash Grail Play,' by DC-based playwright Allyson Currin.

Musically Human Theatre Productions (MHTP) has announced our concert staging of 'Nevermore,' a new musical with music by Matt Conner ('The Hollow', 'Partial Eclipse'), book by Grace Barnes and lyrics adapted from the writings of Edgar Allan Poe.

Musically Human Theatre Productions (MHTP) has announced casting for the concert staging of 'Nevermore,' a new musical with music by Matt Conner ('The Hollow', 'Partial Eclipse'), book by Grace Barnes and lyrics adapted from the writings of Edgar Allan Poe.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 11/06 for Norfolk

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 11/06 for Richmond