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Randy Kaplan will perform a concert for families at The Jewish Museum on Sunday, January 22 at 2:00 pm.

The Met announced concerts from the Asphalt Orchestra and TENET.

Disney Theatrical Productions has announced the Broadway cast of Newsies. Joining the previously announced Jeremy Jordan as Jack Kelly are John Dossett (2003 revival of Gypsy) as Joseph Pulitzer, Kara Lindsay (Little House on the Prairie) as Katherine Plumber, Ben Fankhauser (Spring Awakening national tour) as Davey, Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Mary Poppins) as Crutchie, and Lewis Grosso (Mary Poppins), and Matthew Schechter (Elf) alternating the role of Les. Dossett, Lindsay, Fankhauser and Keenan-Bolger will all reprise the roles they created in the Paper Mill Playhouse production last fall. Casting for the role of Medda will be announced shortly.

Newsies, the new American musical, will move to Broadway's Nederlander Theatre (208 W 41st St) for a strictly limited 101 performance run following its critically-hailed stint at Paper Mill Playhouse earlier this fall.

Though you probably read the news exclusively here on BroadwayWorld.com back on January 4, it's now official - Jeremy Jordan, who created the role of rebellious newsboy leader Jack Kelly in Newsies last fall, will play the role when the show moves to Broadway's Nederlander Theatre March 15th for a strictly limited 101 performance engagement.

The Met announced concerts from the Asphalt Orchestra and TENET.

Randy Kaplan will perform a concert for families at The Jewish Museum on Sunday, January 22 at 2:00 pm.

The Jewish Museum will present Kids Flix Mix, twelve animated short films for kids, on Monday and Tuesday, December 26 and 27 at 11:30 am.

The Cloisters museum and gardens-The Metropolitan Museum of Art's northern Manhattan branch dedicated to the art and architecture of medieval Europe-will be open to the public on two Mondays this coming holiday season: December 26 and January 2.

Continuing its popular tradition, The Jewish Museum will be open on Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25 from 11 am to 4:30 pm.

The first great age of portraiture in Europe, both north and south of the Alps, took place in the 15th century.

First published in 2006, The Story of Hollywood was the recipient of the National Best Books Award 2007, and was also a Film, TV, Radio IPPY Silver Medal Winner 2007. Leonard Maltin has given the book his highest recommendation, and Los Angeles magazine calls The Story of Hollywood the best book on the neighborhood to come out this decade.

The Jewish Museum will present Dirty Sock Music Romps, a weekly music class for toddlers on ten Tuesdays from January 31 through April 3, 2012 from 10:00 to 10:45 am. This hip and original class is being taught by Mike Messer, lead singer of The Dirty Sock Funtime Band. Toddlers ages 6 months to 4 years will play on a series of kid-sized instruments, learn to keep beats, and have a chance to dance, jump, clap, sing, and laugh. The songs used in the class are an upbeat mix of Dirty Sock hits, kid friendly rock songs, children's classics, and tunes fromSock-A-Delic, the new Dirty Sock Funtime Band album. Each song is an invitation to participate through call-back lyrics, interactive dances, and hands-on jamming. All families will receive a Dirty Sock Funtime Band CD..

The Jewish Museum will present Kids Flix Mix, twelve animated short films for kids, on Monday and Tuesday, December 26 and 27 at 11:30 am.

Continuing its popular tradition, The Jewish Museum will be open on Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25 from 11 am to 4:30 pm.

The first great age of portraiture in Europe, both north and south of the Alps, took place in the 15th century.

The Cloisters museum and gardens-The Metropolitan Museum of Art's northern Manhattan branch dedicated to the art and architecture of medieval Europe-will be open to the public on two Mondays this coming holiday season: December 26 and January 2.

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) has announced its inaugural Conservatory Awards, which will annually recognize and honor A.C.T.'s award-winning actor training program's outstanding alumni and pay tribute to donors who have provided significant support to the M.F.A. Scholarship Fund.

The Macaroons will perform three Hanukkah concerts for families at The Jewish Museum on Sunday, December 25 at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm.

Viewers from across the country will get a preview of the eagerly anticipated new Broadway musical Newsies during the 85th Anniversary Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Newsies will take to the streets to perform the show-stopping tap number 'King of New York' live in Herald Square during the first hour of the television broadcast, beginning at 9AM Eastern on NBC.