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BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ Just in time for the 2015-2016 holiday season, select Marriott hotels in the Northeast are offering jolly savings for guests who book stays just 14 days in advance.

'The holidays are a special time here at Drury Lane, and this year will be no exception with our production of White Christmas, featuring Irving Berlin's classic songs that audiences know and love, combined with spirited choreography by Matthew Crowle,' said Osetek. 'Together with this talented cast and creative team, we hope to transport our audiences with this timeless holiday tale.'

Grammy and Emmy Award-winner Joe Raposo and Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Sheldon Harnick's uplifting musical A WONDERFUL LIFE reminds us how one person's life can touch that of so many others. Based on the beloved 1946 holiday movie classic, this charming musical is sure to inspire and entertain. Just announced, A WONDERFUL LIFE will now play eight additional performances through Sunday, December 6, 2015 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn.

Centenary Stage Company wraps up its first ever Fringe Festival with Southeast Ohio - based Brick Monkey Theater Ensemble's production of Tammy Faye's Final Audition running November 19 through the 22 in the Lackland Center in Hackettstown, NJ.  Written by Merri Biechler, directed by Dennis Delaney and performed by Shelley Delaney and David Haugen, Tammy Faye's Final Audition has become a festival favorite having had critically acclaimed runs at several premiere Fringe Festivals throughout the country.

 Previews for WAM Theatre's mainstage production of Holy Laughter by Catherine Trieshmann start on Thursday, October 29 and run through Saturday, October 31 at 7:30 pm at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center at 36 Linden Street in Pittsfield. Tickets for preview performances are just $18. This developmental workshop production officially opens at the 2 pm performance on Sunday, November 1, and continues performances Fridays at 7:30 pm, Saturdays at 2 & 7:30 pm, and Sundays at 2 pm through November 22. The production is recommended for ages 13 and up.

Kids Euro Festival the largest children's performing arts festival of its kind in America returns to the Washington metro area October 24 to November 8, with more than 125 free, family-friendly, European-themed cultural events.

Updated this week! Check out upcoming Non-Equity Auditions from Sunday, October 25, 2015 for productions in your area and around the country.

Centenary Stage Company celebrates the spooky season in grand fashion with a Halloween Bonanza to accompany Brad Ross' Unbelievable! on Saturday October 31 at 2pm in the Lackland Center in Hackettstown, NJ. Show off your inner ghoul or goblin and come dressed in your Halloween best. Centenary Stage Company will be holding a costume contest in the lobby of the Lackland Center. One lucky participant will win a pair of tickets to Centenary Stage Company's family holiday spectacular A Christmas Carol: The Musical running November 27 through December 13. Centenary Stage Company will also be holding an 'enter to win' raffle for a pair of tickets to the Young Audience Series production of Miss Nelson is Missing. Finally, get a head start of your 'trick-or-treating' as Centenary Stage Company will be providing Halloween treats for the kiddies.

Call Mr. Robeson, an award winning play from UK is to be performed at an international presentation by Centenary Stage Company as part of the first ever CSC Fringe Festival. Performances will run November 12 through 15 in the Lackland Center located in Hackettstown, New Jersey.

Inland Pacific Ballet, returns with its spectacular production of The Nutcracker, the classic holiday story danced to Tchaikovsky's beloved score. Critically acclaimed Inland Pacific Ballet (IPB) brings The Nutcracker to life with dazzling sets complete with falling snow, an antique original Albany Flyer One Horse Open Sleigh, a 40-foot Chinese Dragon, beautiful costumes handmade in-house at IPB's costume department, and a cast of 80 dancers.

As usual, WAM Theatre is offering a variety of audience enrichment events in conjunction with their fall MainStage production. This year's events include a lobby display featuring this year's beneficiaries, talkbacks with the cast and design team and a writing workshop on comedy with the playwright.

It's more than a magic show, Brad Ross' magic is truly a collection of the Unbelievable and this Halloween he returns to Centenary Stage Company with his brand new show, Brad Ross' Unbelievable on Saturday, October 31 at 2 pm and Sunday, November 1 at 5 pm in the Lackland Center in Hackettstown, New Jersey.

Los Angeles playwright Jennifer Haley did not set out to become the first major playwright of the digital age, but that is what has happened, says Jonathan Mandell of New York Theatre in his interview with the playwright. Haley tells Mandell that after working in the theatre for years, she had the opportunity to learn web-design and Photoshop in a program specifically designed for artists- skills which then supported her in her early writing years. She states that there was no direct connection between becoming a web designer and a playwright, but after years of doing both, 'they simply started to merge...'

On Monday, October 5, the Festival of New American Musicals presented two more songs from Emojiland: The Musical as part of their Musi-Cal 2015 Finale at Rockwell Table & Stage in Los Angeles.

Grammy and Emmy Award-winner Joe Raposo and Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Sheldon Harnick's uplifting musical A WONDERFUL LIFE reminds us how one person's life can touch that of so many others. Based on the beloved 1946 holiday movie classic, this charming musical is sure to inspire and entertain. A WONDERFUL LIFE is currently running through November 29 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn. The official press opening is tonight, October 14, 2015.

A flurry of fun is in the forecast for Waterbury when the Palace Theater presents five performances of IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS, the acclaimed stage adaptation of the beloved classic film, Nov. 6-8, 2015. The Palace Theater will serve as the first stop on the production's National Tour, which will be traveling Knoxville, Newport, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Providence, Rochester and Schenectady during the 2015 holiday season.

For more than half a century, New Jersey Ballet has thrilled audiences from Bergen to Cape May with top quality professional ballet and November 7 through the 8 in the Lackland Center they'll return to thrill with two exciting shows, NJ Ballet: Tappin' at the Ballet and Sleeping Beauty.

The world of technology and gaming was a major driving force in creation of  Jennifer Haley's play, The Nether.  In fact she openly admits to her time spent totally immersed, playing the popular World of Warcraft.    In conjunction with the NJ Premiere of the award-winning play at Centenary Stage Company this month, the theatre will hold several events during the run to fully explore the direction in which that technology is heading.  These events include guest speakers, talk backs with the cast and creative staff, and  as well as tech demos of the latest virtual reality technologies (such as  Oculus Rift), 3D scanning/printing and motion capture.

In celebration of National Cookie Month in October, DoubleTree by Hilton is partnering with Amtrak, the nation's leading rail operator, to deliver 'sweet rides' throughout the month as part of the hotel brand's ongoing global Cookie Care campaign. Partnering with the Amtrak Guest Rewards team, DoubleTree by Hilton will delight passengers on select routes across the U.S., sharing thousands of its signature chocolate chip cookies that welcome guests at DoubleTree by Hilton hotels around the world.

The producers of IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS, the stage adaptation of the beloved classic film, have announced casting for the upcoming National Tour.

Due to popular demand, Target Margin Theater has added two performances to the encore presentation of REREAD ANOTHER, based on Gertrude Stein's 'Reread Another A Play To Be Played Indoors or Out I Wish to Be a School.'

It's more than a magic show, and this Halloween Brad Ross returns to Centenary Stage Company with his brand new show, Brad Ross' Unbelievable! on Saturday, October 31 at 2 pm and Sunday, November 1 at 5 pm in the David and Carol Lackland Center in Hackettstown, NJ.  Appealing to every generation, from kids to grandparents, 'Unbelievable!' is an all new multi-million dollar exciting guided journey through the world of magic, told first-hand by one of America's leading illusionists, Brad Ross and featuring Broadway caliber sets, stunning costumes, dazzling choreography and spellbinding production numbers.

Centenary Stage Company brings the unconventional and inventive to the Skylands Region with John Ahlin and Christopher Patrick Mullen's, Chip and Gus: A Ping Pong Play on October 31 through November 1 in the Edith Kutz Theater located in the David and Carol Lackland Center as part of the first ever CSC Fringe Festival.

Casting has been completed and rehearsals are well under way for Centenary Stage Company's highly anticipated New Jersey premiere of Jennifer Haley's gripping and critically acclaimed, The Nether, opening October 9 and running until October 25 in the Lackland Center in Hackettstown, NJ.

'The holidays are a special time here at Drury Lane, and this year will be no exception with our production of White Christmas, featuring Irving Berlin's classic songs that audiences know and love, combined with spirited choreography by Matthew Crowle,' said Osetek. 'Together with this talented cast and creative team, we hope to transport our audiences with this timeless holiday tale.'