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Manhattan Theatre Club's limited engagement of Alan Ayckbourn's ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR ends its run on Sunday, December 4 with the 2 PM matinee at the Biltmore Theatre (261 West 47th Street).

Grosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 11/27/2005

On Sunday, December 4th at 7 PM, THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL will have its final performance at Dodger Stages…unless there is a dramatic increase in business. The show began performances on August 20 and will have played 121 performances by this Sunday's evening performance. A National Tour is in the works, as are productions in London and Las Vegas; with a cast album to be released in mid-December.

Week 26 of the current Broadway season, which ended on November 27, was the highest grossing Thanksgiving week and the third highest grossing week ever in recorded history, according to The League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc. Broadway paid attendance for the week was the fourth highest Thanksgiving week in recorded history.

BroadwayWorld.com, the premiere theatre site on the web, is proud to announce its first Holiday Concert. This premiere event will take place on Monday evening, December 19th, at 7:00 PM, at Birdland (315 West 44th Street, Between 8th and 9th).

Cherry Jones and Debra Winger will be two of the actresses to participate in An Evening with Sarah Bernhardt on December 12th

Galt McDermot's new musical Goddess Wheel, based on Lysistrata, will be presented by Cap 21 from November 30th through December 10th

The American Theatre Wing has announced the 49 not-for-profit theatre to which it will award grants

A plethora of stars such as Betty Buckley, Donna McKechnie, Idina Menzel, Donna Murphy, Tonya Pinkins, Natalie Portman, Meryl Streep and many more will star in The Public Sings: A 50th Anniversary Celebration on January 30th

The Atlantic Theater Company's double bill of Harold Pinter's Celebration and The Room will open on December 5th

Rope, presented by the Drama Dept. and starring Sam Trammell and Chandler Williams, is in previews at the Zipper

Shirley MacLaine, whose legendary performance in The Pajama Game led to her film career, is considering returning to Broadway with a one-woman show

After sold-out shows in LA, 'Showgirls: The Best Movie Ever Made. Ever!' is back in NYC for 2 December dates - Thursday, December 1 at 8 pm and Thursday, December 15th at 9:30 pm! With special guest star, THE VILLAGE VOICE'S, MICHAEL MUSTO!

The production begins previews on March 28th at the Bernard Jacobs Theatre and has its official opening on April 19th. The show will run through June 18th.

Spamalot has broken the Shubert Theatre's house record for teh week ending November 27th

On December 5th, The 24 Hour Plays will return to New York in a new production at the Peter Norton Space

'Tis the @#$%-ing Season, a new collection of holiday stories by up-and-coming playwrights, will be presented from December 7th through 21st at off-Broadway's Theatre Row

Constance Cummings, the Tony Award-winning star of stage and screen who acted on Broadway and in London, has died at the age of 95

Keith Andes, who performed in films and in such musicals as Wildcat, has passed away at the age of 85

LIFEbeat's Bid 2 Beat AIDS auction will offer up hundreds of theatre collectibles and events

Joe Gallagher will temporarily replace Euan Morton for the Yale Repertory Theatre run of Tony Kushner and Maurice Sendak's Brundibar, which plays with Comedy on a Bridge