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Auditions, for Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage
Blockhead, by Burt V. Royal, will be held at The Battery Factory
Theater, the resident theater of the South Orange Performing
Arts Center, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., on Monday, Dec. 17 and
Tuesday, Dec. 18, at the South Orange Performing Arts Center, 1
SOPAC WAY, South Orange. Performances are Feb. 1 to 10. This
unauthorized parody of The Peanuts characters is set 10 years
after the comic strip, when the characters are in high school.
Opera casting is in effect. Sides will be provided. Bring a
picture and resume. For information, email wotuts1@aol.com,
call 973-325-0795 or 973-666-1191.

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I was raised half-Jewish/half-Mormon. I was the
youngest of six. At 5 years old, I was asked to pick. My sister was, like, “Jew,
Jew, pick Jew.” So I went with the dreidel.
Inspiration:
Mariah
Carey
Personal hero:
Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Art collection:
I like any art from
New
England
, because my parents had a house in
Martha’s
Vineyard
. I love the whole
Cape
Cod
area. We have a great photo of the dunes on the vineyard. It
reminds me of my childhood, before it was ruined by my parents.

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Ellie Greenwich was riding in an elevator in New York’s Brill Building in 1963 when she overheard two fellow passengers discussing songwriter Johnny Marks. “Do you know how much he’s made on
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
?” Greenwich recalls one saying to the other. “Eighty thousand dollars a year.”
Her immediate thought: “I have to write a Christmas song.”
MORE:
These artists may just cut a Christmas evergreen

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Groban ties Elvis with No. 1 holiday album 1 hour, 27 minutes ago NEW YORK (Billboard) -
Josh Groban's "Noel" led the U.S.
pop album charts for a third week Wednesday, tying
Elvis
Presley
as the record-holder for the most consecutive weeks at
No. 1 with a Christmas album.

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Groban Goes Grinch on Blake Lewis David Jenison Wed Dec 12, 5:46 AM ET Los Angeles (E! Online) -
Blake Lewis can't jingle Josh Groban's bells. The beatboxer became the second Idol star in three weeks to have a debut on the weekly pop chart, but neither he nor season-six champ

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star in three weeks to have a debut on the weekly pop chart, but neither he nor season-six champ Jordin Sparks were able to make Groban break a sweat. The crooner's holiday offering,
Noël
, spent its third straight week at number one, selling another 581,000 copies for the week ended Sunday, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Groban is now tied with the King himself,
Elvis Presley
, for the most consecutive weeks atop the chart with a Christmas album. Furthermore, when

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Clay Aiken’s “Christmas in the Heartland”
tour with the Chelsea Symphony rolls into town 8 tonight at
the State Theatre, 453 Northampton St., Easton.

Tickets: $70, $65

Information: 610-252-3132, 1-800-999-STATE, or statetheatre.org.

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“Idol” Clay Aiken takes all in stride with
Christmas show tonight at State Theatre
Wednesday, December 12,
2007
By JOHN A. ZUKOWSKI
The Express-Times
“I enjoy everything I do,” says Clay Aiken with a
laugh. And he sounds like he means it.
He was asked a question about a recent appearance on the TV
game show “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?”
But it could have been anything he’s done recently –
from his appearances on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to
preparing to star in “Spamalot” on Broadway to his
current tour “Christmas in the Heartland,” which
brings him to Easton’s State Theatre tonight.

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