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In November 2020 performing arts organizations in the United States witnessed their worst month yet for ticket sales since the outbreak of COVID-19. Compared to November 2019, ticket revenues fell 96.3%. In the United Kingdom, comparative sales were down 84.6%.

Tony and Grammy Award winner, Leslie Odom Jr., who originated the role of Aaron Burr in Broadway’s Hamilton, recently released his new holiday album, The Christmas Album, which also features the legendary Cynthia Erivo and Nicolette Robinson, as well as The Walls Group and Michea Walls.

Broadway star and Disney princess Anika Noni Rose sings 'With You' in this brand-new music video from Netflix's 'Jingle Jangle.'

Arkansas native Laura Leigh Turner, Karen in 'Means Girls' on Broadway, is singing in a virtual Holiday program with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Sunday December 13th at 3 PM. This will be livestreamed only from Robinson Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. Go to Arkansassymphony.org

This magical time is back with The Vegas Room. The intimate supper club is now celebrating A Vegas Room Christmas, complete with a delicious six-course holiday meal (with a vegan option). Along with a handcrafted dining experience (including the dessert “Let It Snow”), the complimentary entertainment celebrates the classic holiday movie, White Christmas, and the music of Irving Berlin (over two dozen songs). Along with the talent dance team of Benjamin Tucker (choreographer) and Emma McGirr, rotating cast members will add their particular interpretations during the run of A Vegas Room Christmas through Dec. 27.

From Saturday, December 18 through Sunday, December 27, the Hangar Theatre Company will host a virtual experience, Seasonal Story Jam & Hootenanny. This family-friendly event features holiday music from The Burns Sisters streamed from the Hangar Theatre & Hangar artists performing a variety of both classic and contemporary short stories and poems.

Prospect Theater Company has announced the final two release dates for their inaugural Fall 2020 VISION Series of original music-theater on film. Brain. Storm. will premiere on Wednesday, December 16th at 7pm, the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birthday.

With presentations from living rooms and home studios around the country, The ASCAP Foundation will virtually host The ASCAP Foundation Honors 2020 in recognition of this year’s remarkable young award winners.

For a safe celebration for the community, the Black Theatre Troupe will present a 'musical Christmas card' by broadcasting its beloved holiday show, BLACK NATIVITY during Christmas week.

“Spring will come again” may be one of the most iconic lines in Hadestown, but the cast’s new holiday album 'If the Fates Allow' proves that they’re just as talented in the winter chill as in the bloom of spring.

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The Broadway Green Alliance has just launched a free, online Toolkit outlining sustainable resources for the theatre community as they plan for reopening.

Tis the season for holiday tunes! From festive favorites to brand-new bops, Broadway isn't disappointing this year, with a huge variety of new holiday albums from your favorite artists to put under the tree.

Richard recently caught up with with Tony winner John Lloyd Young, who headlines a holiday concert at The Space tonight, December 4 (9pm ET). '[The Space] acts like a soundstage and these livestreams are as exciting as you can get, because it feels like you're doing a TV shoot in a live theatre space,' said Young 'I like both of those types of performance. I like it and I find it kind of challenging and fun to play the cameras and figure out which one I need to sing to.'

Los Angeles Opera has a number of excellent recitals on its website including one by baritone Craig Colclough in which he sings the Shakespeare monologues from Otello and Macbeth that Verdi set to music. Together with pianist Jeremy Frank, Colclough presents a program that also includes works by Beethoven, Wagner, Porter, and Vaughan Williams.

This Sunday, December 6th at 4 pm PST, six-time Emmy Award-winner and legendary comedy writer for Hollywood Squares and the Academy Awards, Bruce Vilanch is set to MC a fundraiser organized by East Valley Indivisibles in collaboration with 17 local advocacy groups. These Los Angeles organizations are raising funds for three amazing groups working hard to Get Out the Vote in Georgia.

The Dallas Opera will make the company’s popular 2019 production of Mozart’s family-friendly The Magic Flute available free for home viewing for a limited time. This fanciful, wildly colorful production was originally simulcast live in high definition to a Dallas audience at Klyde Warren Park.

Temple Theatre, in Sanford NC will finally open its doors for the in-person production of THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER. This holiday classic will be performed live and in-person December 3-20, 2020 and is a combined production of Temple Theatre's Academy conservatory program and mainstage season.

Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation in partnership with Weeksville Heritage Center will present Kwanzaa Fest 2020: Rising in Principle on Saturday, December 12, 2020 at 6pm, held virtually. This marks the second year of our holiday collaboration and we're eager to enliven your lives with a virtual festival!

Today (December 4) in live streaming: Michael James Scott visits Backstage Live, Isaac Mizrahi in concert, and so much more!