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There's just one month left to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Israel 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.

In association with off-Broadway's Out of the Box Theatrics (OOTB) an immersive production of the musical, How the Westons Won, will be presented December 14-23, at the Jefferson Market Library, an historic Victorian Gothic building in Greenwich Village.

Artists Lounge Live presents An Unforgettable Nat King Cole Christmas starring Evan Tyrone Martin, November 23rd-25th at the Winningstad Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97205.

The McCallum Theatre announced that performance-only tickets are on sale on Wednesday, November 21st at 9:00am for its Annual Fundraising Gala on Wednesday, December 5th. The gala will be headlined by one of entertainment's most beloved performers, multiple Grammy Award-winning country music superstar and lifestyle entrepreneur Trisha Yearwood.  Performance-only tickets are $100 for rear orchestra and $75 for balcony seats and may be purchased online at www.mccallumtheatre.com, at the McCallum Theatre Box Office, 73000 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert or by calling 760-340-2787.

Follow the astonishing true story of an Israeli intelligence agent who brought Hitler's deadliest lieutenant to justice in the intense and gripping film, Operation Finale, arriving on Digital on November 20, 2018 and on Blu-rayTM combo pack, DVD and On Demand on December 4, 2018 from Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures (MGM) and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.  Brimming with incredible performances from Golden Globe® winner Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina) and Academy Award® winner Ben Kingsley (Schindler's List), Operation Finale is also backed by an amazing supporting cast including Mélanie Laurent (Inglorious Bastards), Lior Roz (Fauda), Nick Kroll (Loving), Haley Lu Richardson (The Edge of Seventeen), Joe Alwyn (Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk), Pepe Rapazote (Narcos) and Greta Scacchi (Brideshead Revisited) .  

Twin Cities based artists, Emily Michaels King and Debra Berger announced today the debut of their performance duo E/D and the remount of their latest theatrical work, Animus, performing December 14 through December 22 at the Southern Theater. 

Tickets are now on sale to the general public for the upcoming Broadway musical Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations. Get your tickets now by visiting www.Telecharge.com, by calling 800-447-7400, or by visiting the Imperial Theatre Box Office (249 West 45th Street). For groups of 10 or more, visit www.BroadwayInbound.com or call 866-302-0995. For more information, please visit www.AintTooProudMusical.com

The 49th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will come to a close with the World Premiere of 'Sealed Lips'. It is important to note that the opening film of the festival 'The Aspern Papers' will also be having its World Premiere at IFFI 2018, in the presence of its' critically and commercially acclaimed cast and crew.

La MaMa is proud to present the Remote Theater Project production of Grey Rock, written and directed by Palestinian artist Amir Nizar Zuabi. This world premiere, which runs January 3-7, 2019, was commissioned by Remote Theater Project and marks the first time a U.S. theater company has commissioned a Palestinian artist to create an original work for American audiences. Grey Rock tells the story of a young Palestinian so enamored with the 1969 American moon landing that he muses, "shouldn't Palestine, the land of prophets, also have a presence on the moon?" Without money or technology, but with the help of his bemused West Bank neighbors, he sets out to build a space shuttle. Knowing full well that he can't succeed with this impossible, but necessary, task, the young man is visited by American heroes who guide him on his mission. Humorous and fantastical, Grey Rock explores the influence that America has had over Palestinian culture.

Originally an Oscar-winning film, Little Miss Sunshine is now a stage musical - and it's coming to Stirling Theatre this November.

From the moment you set foot in the theater, you feel Christmas. The giant nut cracker that greets you as you walk through the foyer is an outright invitation to enter a new world, a happier time and a place of peace and joy.

Stan Lee, the legendary comic book writer, editor, actor, producer and publisher, has passed away at the age of 95.

To say that this was an unusual week for opera-goers venturing into BAM's Next Wave Festival would be an understatement—but then the unexpected is what makes it is an indispensable component of the New York arts scene, with Philip Glass's SATYAGRAHA and Douglas J. Cuomo's SAVAGE WINTER.

On Today, November 9, at 9:30 p.m. at The Green Room 42, 570 10th Ave, 4th Floor inside YOTEL,New York, NY 10036, youthful stars of stage and screen are coming together again for the second annual benefit concert for Covenant House New York, #WeHaveAVoice2. #WeHaveAVoice2 will be an energized night of songs, including pop, rock, r & b, oldies, original pieces, and more, but without show tunes or jazz hands. One hundred percent of the proceeds will be donated to Covenant House New York. For tickets visit https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/10335092 .

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.

Callum Francis, star of the UK and Australian Tours of Boots, will make his Broadway debut as 'Lola' in the Tony Award-winning musical at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street) beginning on Friday, January 11, 2019.

Sprout Works's world premiere of Roller Dynasty' written by Ryan Drake and directed by Emma Miller, will open on November 8, 2018 at 8pm.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director/CEO) has just announced that Heidi Blickenstaff ('Mickey'), Ted Louis Levy ('Mr. Magix'), Michael Park ('Prince Nicolai') and Lance Roberts ('Rev. J.D. Montgomery') have joined Sutton Foster ('Edythe Herbert') and Gavin Creel ('Captain Billy Buck Chandler') in a special one-night-only Benefit Musical Performance of My One and Only, the award-winning musical comedy by Peter Stone and Timothy S. Mayer with music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin.

Official casting has been announced for the Broadway premiere of Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations. Also announced today are the ticket on-sale dates for the Broadway production.

One of the biggest hits in theatrical history, CATS will come to Shea's Buffalo Theatre from February 5 to 10, 2019 as part of a multi-season North American tour. Presale tickets will be on sale from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7 by using the password MEMORY. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018.