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Chicago Tribune

Obituaries in the news
Pioneering playwright Syed Alwi Syed Hassan, who won Malaysia's highest cultural accolade for writing seminal plays that shaped his country's theater scene after independence from Britain, has died. He was 78.
[Associated Press]

ILLINOIS STYLE: Theater stage manager's 2nd home

Daily Herald

Rockettes in step with the holidays

Encore Michigan

Music Hall's new Digital Broadcast Billboard to be unveiled Dec. 4
On Thursday, Dec. 4 at 5 p.m., the gateway to Detroit's Entertainment District will take on a Times Square feel, as Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts presents the virtual ribbon cutting of downtown's first 14’ by 48’ Digital Broadcast Billboard, on the east wall of the 82-year-old historic venue, with a VIP ceremony and soiree until 8 p.m.

Tipping Point Theatre partners with Barnes & Noble for holiday fundraiser

A Carol with nothing to humbug about
There's something extremely satisfying about seeing a true classic presented perfectly. For more years than most of us can remember, Meadow Brook Theatre has made a holiday tradition of this idea with a consistently crisp production of Dickens' A Christmas Carol. This year, to be sure, is no exception

Reingoats, razors and a miracle on Putnam St.
What's your favorite Christmas story? Is it A Christmas Carol, Miracle on 34th Street, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer or The Grinch? What about your favorite carol?

Tasty holiday morsels at The Second City
Driving home from The Second City's Dysfunctional Holiday Revue this past Friday night, I couldn't help but compare it to an Oreo

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

'Elf' brings some charm
Broadway came directly to Milwaukee over the weekend with the opening of "The Happy Elf" at the Marcus Center.

Louisville Courier Journal

Budget crunch brings down the curtain
The company that stages musicals at the outdoor Iroquois Amphitheater will move this summer to the Kentucky Center. The relocation of shows produced by Broadway at Iroquois -- formerly Music Theatre Louisville -- is not due to weather concerns.

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Cleveland Public Theatre play "boom" thoughtfully funny
Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny. Apocalypse ensues.

Dallas Morning News

Theater Review: 'The Code of the Woosters' has plenty of that signature Wodehouse wit
Larceny, blackmail, random violence: the stuff of British drawing-room comedy, or at least of The Code of the Woosters

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Stage West’s 'Woosters’ is a hit
Larceny, blackmail, random violence: the stuff of British drawing-room comedy, or at least of The Code of the Woosters.

Houston Chronicle

Becoming Scrooge at Alley is a treat for actors
Few literary characters have made such an indelible first impression as Ebenezer Scrooge.

Denver Post

Just what the Dr. ordered: "Seussical" is fun for everyone