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Every Christmas, it's like the same gift Aunt Phylis gives you: Christmas Carol, The Nutcracker or Miracle on 34th Street predictably appear on the boards for the Holiday season. Make this season an alternative to the same old 'gift'. The Fearless Players, known for their highly entertaining GONG SHOW, is bringing the highly irreverent Holiday piece THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES to American Repertory Theater of WNY's newly created performance space, ART in the Box, located at 16 Linwood Avenue, Buffalo NY 14209. The production opens tonight, December 12th and runs to December 21st with all showtimes at 7:30 pm. Ticket prices for this spicy cup of eggnog begin at $20 General Admission, a special online ticket price of $15 and $12 for students and military veterans.

The Eight: Reindeer Monologues by Jeff Goode and directed by Alex Bueno is running now through December 22, 2013 at the Chance Theater. Scroll down to meet the cast!

This holiday season, BroadwayWorld brings you a look at some of our favorite shows playing across the country. Take a break from the hustle and bustle and treat your family to some of our theatrical favorites, now playing nationwide.

Ring in some holiday cheer this year with Boomerang, Cartoon Network's 24-hour all-cartoon-classics network, as it presents a month-long CHRISTMAS PARTY of beloved seasonal favorites for the entire family.

Take equal parts Dickens and Shakespeare, add in a healthy spoonful of historical tom-foolery, the zest from a bawdy queen and stir it up til you don't know one play from another and you'll have the latest outing from one of the more impressive small theater companies in town, Sound Theatre Company, with their World Premiere of "Holiday of Errors". And while it may get slightly muddled at times and take just a bit to get started, if you sit back and let the ridiculousness of it wash over you, you're bound to have a good time.

Elf, the Christmas musical now on stage at London's Grand Theatre is an endearing show, thanks to a funny, well-written script, and a six foot four Elf who can deliver the lines. Liam Tobin is perfect as Buddy the Elf: He's taken the best that Will Ferrell had in the movie version of Elf, but his portrayal of the 30 year old child-like character is more reminiscent of Tom Hanks in 1988 movie Big. Either way, Tobin has made Buddy very lovable and almost believable.

The Producer Circle. Co will present a concert reading of Kenneth Jones and Gerald Stocksill's NAUGHTY/NICE in benefit of the The New York Center For Children at Caroline's on Broadway on Dec. 3. The reading features musical direction by David Gardos and direction and staging by Stephen Nachamie. Alexandra Frohlinger, Timatha Kasten, Eric Michael Krop, and George Salazar will star, along with Emily Bindiger, Dennis Deal, Carolee Goodgold, and Jim Vincent.

EEK! Theatre premieres its Christmas sketch showcase with 'A Very Merry Mother-F@$#ing Christmas,' performing Saturday, December 21, 2013 at 6 pm. This one-night event takes place at Gorilla Tango Bucktown, 1919 N Milwaukee, Chicago IL, 60647. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at gorillatango.com/bucktown or by calling 773-598-4549.

“Keeping Up with the Kardashians: A Very Merry Christmas” premieres tonight, December 1 at 8:30pm ET/PT on E!

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ The lights of Las Vegas come to life as the destination prepares to celebrate the holiday season with yuletide flare. This winter season, holiday decor and displays will capture the imagination of every visitor.

At Animal Planet, the holidays are a 'claus' for celebration! The network is on track to top its record-breaking 2012. To thank its loyal fans and avid viewers, Animal Planet gives the greatest gift of all: a jolly, two-week-long HOLIDAY BEST FEST filled to the brim with all the holiday trimmings.

Every Christmas, it's like the same gift Aunt Phylis gives you: Christmas Carol, The Nutcracker or Miracle on 34th Street predictably appear on the boards for the Holiday season. Make this season an alternative to the same old 'gift'. The Fearless Players, known for their highly entertaining GONG SHOW, is bringing the highly irreverent Holiday piece THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES to American Repertory Theater of WNY's newly created performance space, ART in the Box, located at 16 Linwood Avenue, Buffalo NY 14209. The production opens December 12th and runs to December 21st with all showtimes at 7:30 pm. Ticket prices for this spicy cup of eggnog begin at $20 General Admission, a special online ticket price of $15 and $12 for students and military veterans.

“Keeping Up with the Kardashians: A Very Merry Christmas” premieres Sunday, December 1 at 8:30pm ET/PT on E!

Yoshi's San Francisco announces updated calendar for club and restaurant through December 15, plus new shows through February 2014.

ABC celebrates the joy of the holidays, including the beloved animated special, “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving,” an all-new Hallmark Hall of Fame film, “Christmas in Conway,” the all-new competition series, “The Great Christmas Light Fight,”

Yoshi's San Francisco announces updated calendar for club and restaurant through December 1. Details below!

With the personalized holiday keepsake 'Night Before Christmas,' MyChronicleBooks - a division of Chronicle Books aimed at creating thoughtfully personalized gifts and books - gives children everywhere a reason to believe.

As the Christmas holidays approach, local theaters are gearing up to present the classic seasonal plays and musicals: Miracle on 34th St., White Christmas, and of course A Christmas Carol, A Christmas Story, etc., etc. But if you've seen enough of these (or the Grinch, or The Gift of the Magi) you may want to attend the ADOBE Theater in December for 'The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,' for something different.

Wildly clever and a bit naughty, brimming with wordplay and swordplay, David Ives' English-language adaptation of Pierre Corneille's The Liar is next up at Antaeus. Casey Stangl directs the Los Angeles premiere of this delightfully ingenious and irreverent update of a classic French romp at the Antaeus Theater in NoHo. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Symphony Space opens its 2013-14 Music season with 'Kurt Weill on Broadway,' tonight, October 7 (8 pm) at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre. Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Broadway opening of Weill's One Touch of Venus. Ted Chapin hosts a stellar cast featuring Melissa Errico, Brent Barrett, Judy Blazer, and Ron Raines, plus winners of the international Lotte Lenya Competition.

Sarah Brocklehurst Productions in association with Jermyn Street Theatre presents Steven Berkoff'S RELIGION & ANARCHY, an evening of Steven Berkoff shorts, with co-directors Steven Berkoff and Max Barton, running tonight, 24th September - 26th October at the Jermyn Street Theatre. Press Night 26th September 7.30pm.

Wildly clever and a bit naughty, brimming with wordplay and swordplay, David Ives' English-language adaptation of Pierre Corneille's The Liar is next up at Antaeus.Casey Stangl directs the Los Angeles premiere of this delightfully ingenious and irreverent update of a classic French romp. Previews begin Oct. 3, with two opening nights set for Oct. 10 and Oct. 11 at the Antaeus Theater in NoHo.

Actor James Marsters, popular star of TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel (1997-2004) as Spike returns to the stage with his costar from Buffy Juliet Landau in a world premiere comedy The Bells of West 87th at Greenway Court Theatre opening September 7. In our chat, Marsters talks confidently about his successful rock band Ghost of the Robot, acting, doing other plays he would like to pursue as actor/director/producer...and of course, this new play by Elin Hampton The Bells... where he claims fans will not recognize him...his character is so radically different from the villains they're so used to seeing him play...

Symphony Space will open its 2013-14 Music season with 'Kurt Weill on Broadway,' Monday, October 7 (8 pm) at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre. The show takes place on the 70th anniversary of the Broadway opening of Weill's One Touch of Venus. Ted Chapin hosts a stellar cast featuring Melissa Errico, Brent Barrett, Judy Blazer, and Ron Raines, plus winners of the international Lotte Lenya Competition.

The cast of a season of short plays by maverick writer, director and actor Steven Berkoff has been announced. Fresh from her departure from Eastenders as Jean Slater, Gillian Wright will star, with Anthony Barclay, Lucy Hollis, Tom Lincoln and Clive Mendus. The season will present five world premieres and will be co-directed by Berkoff himself and Jermyn Street Theatre Associate Director Max Barton.