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Producers Thomas Schumacher of Disney Theatrical Productions and Cameron Mackintosh have announced that tickets for the long-awaited production of MARY POPPINS are now on sale.

ONCE UPON A MATTRESS: The Morrisville-based Actors' NET of Bucks County continues its fifteenth season with a special holiday season presentation of the family favorite musical comedy Once Upon a Mattress.

Lantern Theater Company will present Between Heaven and Hell: The Anthony Lawton Festival from Friday, December 3 - Sunday, December 19, offering an alternative to traditional holiday theater with works about spiritual life intended for all audiences - secular or religious.

On December 3rd, 2010, Civic Theatre will open the doors on A Christmas Carol, a show that ranks among the Lehigh Valley's most treasured holiday traditions.

For more than 500 years, the angelic voices of Austria's historic Vienna Boys Choir, ages 10 to 14, have captivated audiences around the world with performances of Austrian folk songs, waltzes, and classical works, along with holiday favorites and medieval chants.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, the Andrew Lloyd Webber classic Broadway musical based on the "coat of many colors" story from the Book of Genesis opens at YLT on December 3, offering a delightful night of family-friendly entertainment for the holiday season.

On December 3rd, 2010, Civic Theatre will open the doors on A Christmas Carol, a show that ranks among the Lehigh Valley's most treasured holiday traditions.

Open Stage of Harrisburg returns to the Sunoco Performance Theatre at Whitaker Center with Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL, adapted and by Edward Alsedek.

Christmas City Follies, an annual holiday vaudeville production, will return to the Touchstone Theatre stage December 2nd-19th.

Open Stage of Harrisburg returns to the Sunoco Performance Theatre at Whitaker Center with some new additions to the Harrisburg family holiday favorite, Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL, adapted and by Edward Alsedek.

Mauckingbird Theatre Company's fourth season kicks off with the regional premiere of [title of show], the company's first ever musical production.

Act II Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Bud Martin announced that its acclaimed seven-actor production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest has been extended by a week, to Dec.

As part of Arden Children's Theatre, Arden Theatre Company presents The Borrowers, an adaptation of the beloved children's novel by Mary Norton, who also penned the classic story Bedknobs and Broomsticks .

Back by popular demand Flashpoint Theatre Company presents David Sedaris's *The Santaland Diaries*, adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello, December 1 - December 19, 2010.

Talented young student musicians of the Greater Philadelphia area are invited to participate in The Philadelphia Orchestra's 2011 Albert M.

As part of Arden Children's Theatre, Arden Theatre Company presents The Borrowers, an adaptation of the beloved children's novel by Mary Norton, who also penned the classic story Bedknobs and Broomsticks .

Gretna Theatre and Lebanon Valley Brethren Home are co-producing their annual holiday production of "The Littlest Angel" on December 11, 2010 for two shows only at 12:00 noon and6:00 pm.

Bristol Riverside Theatre rings in the new year with a new adaptation of The Little Prince on January 25-February 13.

It's snowing again in State College- sequins that is! On Saturday, December 4, the Penn State Singing Lions will take to the stage for their annual winter show, IT'S SNOWING SEQUINS! Don't miss Penn State's only show choir for their one night only extravaganza, which is set to take place at 7:30pm

ONCE UPON A MATTRESS: The Morrisville-based Actors' NET of Bucks County continues its fifteenth season with a special holiday season presentation of the family favorite musical comedy Once Upon a Mattress.

The Philadelphia engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical JERSEY BOYS broke the box office record at the Forrest Theatre for the sixth time, grossing $1,451,273 for the week ending November 28.

The Wilma Theater will continue its 2010 - 2011 Season with The Understudy, the latest comedy from Pulitzer Prize nominee Theresa Rebeck, directed by David Kennedy.

The Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia in partnership with Lisa Gaudio (daughter of original "Four Seasons" member Bob Gaudio), and the Company of the "Jersey Boys" 1st National Tour will hold a one-night only Concert/Auction to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Bob Egan's New Hope - Supper Club and Cabaret will welcome two of the top women currently working in comedy -- Judy Gold and Christine Pedi -- for separate engagements in the coming weeks.

Bob Boyett and NETworks Presentations announce casting for the National Tour of The Lincoln Center Theater Production of Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein's prize-winning musical SOUTH PACIFIC, directed by Bartlett Sher playing Philadelphia's Academy of Music Nov.