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LORCA IN AMERICA, a project by Robert Eric Shoemaker and POETRY IS, presents the world premiere of BERNARDA ALBA AND HER HOUSE, from the play by Federico Garcia Lorca. Opens tonight, December 5, 3:00 pm at Redtwist Theatre.

The FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training continues its 2015-16 season with Tony-nominated playwright David Ives' adaptation of Pierre Corneille's classic French farce THE LIAR. Known for his witty and edgy adaptations, including Venus in Fur and The School for Lies, David Ives' THE LIAR was praised by the Washington Examiner as 'astonishingly fresh, funny, and totally appealing to modern audiences.' Directed by guest artist Justin Lucero, THE LIAR previews in the Cook Theatre at the FSU Center for Performing Arts on Tuesday, December 29 at 7:30pm with a special 'Pay What You Can Performance,' officially opens on Wednesday, December 30 at 7:30pm, and runs through Sunday, January 17.

More than 550,000 energy-efficient LED holiday lights, totaling 35 miles in length, will dazzle crowds during the Reliant Lights Your Holidays event on the AT&T Performing Arts Center campus on Saturday, December 5, 2015.

Judith Clurman's Essential Voices USA (EVUSA), one of New York's preeminent choral ensembles, will present SING CHRISTMAS, a sing-along of traditional carols and holiday songs by Broadway's finest, tonight, December 3 at 9:30pm at Feinstein's / 54 Below.

LORCA IN AMERICA, a project by Robert Eric Shoemaker and POETRY IS, presents the world premiere of BERNARDA ALBA AND HER HOUSE, from the play by Federico Garcia Lorca. Opens Saturday, December 5, 3:00 pm at Redtwist Theatre.

LA Opera's 30th Anniversary Season will include its first performances in nearly two decades of Vincenzo Bellini's Norma, conducted by James Conlon, the company's Richard Seaver Music Director. The production, directed by Anne Bogart, will open tonight, November 21, 2015.

World-renowned tenor Anthony Kearns returns to Chicago to perform at the 2015 BMO Harris Bank Magnificent Mile Lights Festival on Sat., Nov. 21, 2015 at approximately 6:15 p.m. CT. The hour-long live program will be broadcasted by ABC 7 Chicago.

Crowded Fire Theater (CFT) Crowded Fire's newly appointed Artistic Director Mina Morita unveiled the 2016 mainstage season lineup of three contemporary plays that continue to uphold the company's long tradition of producing boundary - pushing, thought-provoking theater. At a season-announcement party on Saturday, November 14th Morita addressed Crowded Fire donors, patrons, and artists saying "At Crowded Fire, we are unafraid of tackling big issues. We commit ourselves to true experimentation of form and content to question, disrupt, or complicate comfortable notions of cultural hierarchy."

Below, check out photos of Northlight Theatre's YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH you, running November 14 - December 13, 2015 at the North Shore!

The New York Pops, led by Music Director Steven Reineke, will present an evening full of holiday cheer at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage with help from Tony award nominees Stephanie J. Block and Brian d'Arcy James, set to make the season bright with a program of holiday favorites on December 18 and 19, 2015 at 8:00PM. The orchestra will also be joined by Judith Clurman's Essential Voices USA.

Judith Clurman's Essential Voices USA (EVUSA), one of New York's preeminent choral ensembles, will present SING CHRISTMAS, a sing-along of traditional carols and holiday songs by Broadway's finest, on December 3 at 9:30pm at Feinstein's / 54 Below.

The Peterborough Players' annual fundraising auction and gala is set for tonight, November 7, 2015 at 5:30p.m. This will be the 27th auction the Players has conducted on behalf of its non-profit professional theatre.

ON YOUR FEET!, the new Broadway musical based on the life story of seven-time GRAMMY winning international superstar Gloria Estefan and her husband, nineteen-time GRAMMY winning producer-musician-entrepreneur Emilio Estefan, opens on Broadway tonight, November 5, 2015 at the Marquis Theatre. Let's see what the critics had to say...

Toronto – Emily D'Angelo of Toronto took home First Prize (the Chair's Prize) at the Canadian Opera Company's annual Ensemble Studio Competition on November 3, 2015 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. The competition is the feature event of the COC fundraiser Centre Stage, a highly anticipated annual celebration of the next generation of opera stars. D'Angelo was selected from eight finalists to receive the $5,000 award, supported annually by the Chair of the COC's Board of Directors. Lauren Eberwein of Qualicum Beach, BC won the Second Prize of $3,000, and Bruno Roy of Montreal was awarded the Third Prize of $1,500. Emily D'Angelo was also selected by the audience as the winner of the Audience Choice Award, worth $1,500.

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Out of a pool of 120 aspiring opera singers from across the country, the Canadian Opera Company has selected eight to compete at Centre Stage: Ensemble Studio Competition tonight, November 3, 2015 at Toronto's Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.

Cirque du Soleil is returning to Australia next month with Quidam, one of the company's most loved, classic shows. Playing in arenas, Quidam will commence its Australian tour in Canberra on 10 December 2015 and will then travel on to Wollongong (from 23 December 2015), Hobart (from 6 January 2016) and Newcastle (from 15 January 2016) with limited seasons in each city.

(Los Angeles) October 29, 2015 — LA Opera's 30th Anniversary Season will include its first performances in nearly two decades of Vincenzo Bellini's Norma, conducted by James Conlon, the company's Richard Seaver Music Director. The production, directed by Anne Bogart, will open on November 21, 2015. 

The Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra (VAMSO) heralds the start of the holiday season with The Genius of Tchaikovsky on November 22, 2015 at 2pm at the Orpheum Theatre. Under the baton of lauded conductor Kathleen Allan, the exuberant young musicians will present an all- Tchaikovsky programme featuring some of the Romantic composer's most beloved & revered masterworks.

Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, presents the Pulitzer Prize-winning play You Can't Take It With You, continuing Northlight's 41st Season. You Can't Take It With You, directed by Devon de Mayo, runs November 6 - December 13, 2015 at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd in Skokie.

NBC has won Week 5 of the 2015-16 primetime season among the Big 4 networks in adults 18-49 and all other key demographics, marking the first time since 2001 that NBC has claimed each of the opening five weeks of the new season in adults 18-49.

In the San Francisco holiday tradition, Macy's once again presents its gift to the city-a beautiful, reusable 83' tree decorated with more than 33,000 twinkling energy-efficient LED lights and 1,100 shining ornaments-during the 26th Annual Great Tree Lighting Ceremony in Union Square on Friday, November 27 at 6 p.m.

Cortland Repertory Theatre Downtown has announced its upcoming events this fall and winter at CRT Downtown, 24 Port Watson Street, Cortland. Scroll down for details!

Fresh off an undeniably historic headline performance at this year's Lollapalooza hailed without exception as the biggest and best in the festival's 25 year history, Paul McCartney has confirmed five new North American arena dates on the universally acclaimed Out There tour. McCartney will perform at Joe Louis Arena tonight, October 21 at 8 p.m.  

The Peterborough Players' annual fundraising auction and gala is set for Saturday, November 7, 2015 at 5:30p.m. This will be the 27th auction the Players has conducted on behalf of its non-profit professional theatre.