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South Coast Repertory will kick off 2012 with Suzan-Lori Parks' powerful Pulitzer Prize winner, Topdog/Underdog, running Jan. 8 - 29 on the Julianne Argyros Stage.

The Gallaghers return for a SHAMELESS new season in on Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 9 PM ET/PT. To kick off the holidays, the cast of SHAMELESS has recorded a naughty Christmas carol, with music and lyrics by series star William H. Macy.

On yesterday's 'The Rosie Show' on OWN, Rosie welcomed the talented cast of the hit Showtime series SHAMELESS. When she was asked who she wanted to have on the show, it was this cast because Rosie says it's the best show on television.

SHOWTIME will be available in 60 million households for a Free Preview Weekend from Friday, January 6 through Sunday, January 8. Viewers across the country will have the opportunity to sample the premium network's award-winning programming on SHOWTIME, SHOWTIME HD™ and SHOWTIME On Demand®.

For one week only Lantern Theater Company will present reprise performances of The Great Divorce, Anthony Lawton's popular adaptation of the C. S. Lewis work. A Philadelphia-based theater artist, Lawton has received widespread critical and public acclaim for this one-man show, described as "passionate acting combined with riveting storytelling" by The Philadelphia Inquirer and "unmissable" by Philadelphia City Paper.

The City of Cleveland Heights and Cain Park 2012 Theater Artistic Director Russ Borski announce that AVENUE Q will open Cain Park's 2012 season in the Alma Theater June 15-July 1 (preview June 14).

Prithvi Theatre will present Quaff Theatre's SATELLITE CITY, January 10th.

Denver Center Theatre Company is set to present one of Colorado's most sought-after holiday productions, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, by Charles Dickens, adapted by Richard Hellesen, playing the Stage Theater November 25-December 24.

PURE brings back its wildly successful romp with some current jabs at the local scene in this imaginative and hilarious look at a timeless classic.

In support of its returning hit drama series SHAMELESS, SHOWTIME will launch a 5-day endurance competition where the winning team will win $50,000.

American Theater Company (ATC) announces the World Premiere of Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar, directed by Kimberly Senior.

Strawdog Theatre Company continues their 24th anniversary season with Robert E. Sherwood’s The Petrified Forest, directed by Shade Murray, February 23 – March 31, 2012 at the Strawdog Theatre, 3829 North Broadway Street.

South Coast Repertory will kick off 2012 with Suzan-Lori Parks' powerful Pulitzer Prize winner, Topdog/Underdog, running Jan. 8 - 29 on the Julianne Argyros Stage.

The Gallaghers return for a SHAMELESS new season in on Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 9 PM ET/PT. To kick off the holidays, the cast of SHAMELESS has recorded a naughty Christmas carol, with music and lyrics by series star William H. Macy.

SHOWTIME will be available in 60 million households for a Free Preview Weekend from Friday, January 6 through Sunday, January 8. Viewers across the country will have the opportunity to sample the premium network's award-winning programming on SHOWTIME, SHOWTIME HD™ and SHOWTIME On Demand®.

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.

Southern Rep and WWNO are thrilled to announce the World Premiere Broadcast of NEW ORLEANS NOIR on Sunday, December 11th at 9pm on WWNO 89.9FM or online at wwno.org. This hour of radio theatre, commissioned by Southern Rep and WWNO and recorded live at Southern Rep last December, consists of two radio plays by local writers Greg Herren (fiction writer of the Chanse MacLeod Mysteries and the Scotty Bradley Mystery Series) and Julie Smith (fiction writer of New Orleans Noir short stories).

Three decades after beginning its iconic journey of debauchery and decadence, MÖTLEY CRÜE has announced plans to invade Las Vegas with the city's first-ever hard rock residency: MÖTLEY CRÜE IN SIN CITY.

Denver Center Theatre Company is set to present one of Colorado's most sought-after holiday productions, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, by Charles Dickens, adapted by Richard Hellesen, playing the Stage Theater November 25-December 24.

All New People will open at the Duke of York's Theatre on 22 February 2012. Before arriving in London for a strictly limited 10-week run, audiences in Manchester and Glasgow will get the chance to enjoy the play when it is staged at the Manchester Opera House, between 8 - 11 February and the King's Theatre, Glasgow, between 14 - 18 February.