No new productions being mounted until after the new year, so it seemed appropriate to quote "Auld Lang Syne" in this week's listings title. Now, on with the listings! A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant - We hear TomKat may make an appearance with Suri. Through December 30. Tickets online. The World Goes 'Round - And round, and round, and round. Through December 30. Tickets online. Holiday Show at the Swing Club - Not......

Understandably, there are no new productions opening in the next ten days. So just sing "We Need a Little Christmas" from Mame for now, and rest assured that there are several new shows opening in January. Now, on with the listings! A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant - We hear TomKat may make an appearance with Suri. Through December 30. Tickets online. Winter Musicale - Sing along, everybody! Through December 23. Call 215.785.0100 for......

This week's quote comes from David Sedaris, the writer of The Santaland Diaries, opening this week. It runs in full: "Seven beers followed by two Scotches and a thimble of marijuana and it's funny how sleep comes all on its own." Now, on with the listings! The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) - Melt would flesh solid too too this that, oh! Through December 23. Tickets online. Holiday Show at the Swing Club -......

This week's quote comes from Eugene O'Neill, who said: "It is Mystery—the mystery any one man or woman can feel but not understand as the meaning of any event—or accident—in any life on earth ... [that] I want to realize in the theatre. The solution, if there ever be any, will probably have to be produced in a test tube and turn out to be discouragingly undramatic." Now, on with the listings! Greater Tuna -......

This week’s quote comes from the late great Noel Coward. It reads, in full: “Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be. You can't be eight times a week without going stark staring mad. You've got to be in control.” Now, on with the listings! Radio Gals - Zany hilarity? Sounds fun! January 4-28. For reservations, call 610.565.4211. Rain - Because who doesn’t love the Beatles? January 4-14.......

This week’s quote comes from Samantha herself, Ms. Kim Cattrall: “Theatre can't be done again and again and again and again - it's organic.” Now, on with the listings! 4.48 Psychosis - Find the irony in the plot summary. December 7-10. Tickets online. A Camden Christmas Carol - There are so many jokes we could make here. December 16-23. For tickets, call 856.225.2700. Beauty and the Beast - Not the Disney one. December 11-30.......

This week’s quote comes from the song “Happiness” from You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. There is actually a litany of things that happiness is in that song, but our favorite lyric is: HAPPINESS IS TWO KINDS OF ICE CREAM. KNOWING A SECRET. CLIMBING A TREE. HAPPINESS IS FIVE DIFFERENT CRAYONS. CATCHING A FIREFLY. SETTING HIM FREE. Now, on with the listings! The Phantom of the Opera - In sleep he sang to me…. November......

Here it is, a week late, a lyric from the actual song “White Christmas.” (We never did get our shopping done, though. This year we’re celebrating Chanukah, for convenience.) Now, on with the listings! Gentlemen Volunteers - World War I seems an unlikely play setting, but when has Pig Iron ever said no to a challenging topic? The play is being produced at the Drexel Armory, January 4-22. Tickets are available through Smarttix. Collected Stories......

Week two of our White Christmas quote-fest – if you can call it that. This week’s quote comes from the song “Count Your Blessings.” That’s right. We still haven’t started our holiday shopping – so we’re choosing another non-holiday song. Now, on with the listings! STOMP - Who knew brooms and cigarette lighters could be so musical? At the Merriam Theater, December 20-31. For tickets and information, see Ticketmaster. The Philly Fan - They’re a......

For the rest of the month, we’ll be quoting Irving Berlin, the Jewish-American composer who, oddly enough, composed the music to White Christmas. This week’s quote comes from the song “Choreography” in that well-loved Christmas classic. We chose it because, even though it’s December, we’re not exactly ready to celebrate the holiday season. Now, on with the listings! The Philly Fan - They’re a breed of their own. December 14-January 21. For tickets and information,......

Just because it’s Thanksgiving weekend and you’re going to be overdosing on tryptophan for the next few weeks (all those leftovers!), it doesn’t mean you can’t partake of the great Philadelphia Theatre scene! Measure for Measure - Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre of London brings you back to an age when the men were men and the women were, too. That’s right, it’s Shakespeare as it was meant to be seen: without any ladies. November 30-December 4......