1) The Essential Theatre Power Plays Festival begins with Food for Fish.
2) John Legend and India.Arie perform at Chastain Park Amphitheatre.
3) First Existentialist Congregation hosts Love Your Country: Ban Nuclear Weapons.
4) Georgia Fireflies play the Earl.
5) The Buckhead Beach Festival continues.
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1) John Legend and Raphael Saadiq perform at the Fox Theatre.
2) High John the Conqueror and African Folktales opens at Theatre in the Square’s Alley Stage.
3) The Plaza Theatre hosts a screening of Sid and Nancy, alongside an art exhibit of ’80s-era punk fliers.
4) Dixie Purvis: New Paintings continues at Sandler Hudson Gallery.
5) Don Quixote opens at the Center for Puppetry Arts.
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Fake right-wing pundit Stephen Colbert repackages himself as a singing, dancing, all-purpose fatuous celebrity on A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All, which debuts on Comedy Central on Sunday night, Nov. 23. In a flawless parody of 1970s-style variety shows, A Colbert Christmas finds Colbert trapped in his mountain cabin by his greatest nemesis — a hungry bear. He still manages to play host to such unexpected guests as Toby Keith, Jon Stewart, John Legend and Elvis Costello (whose seasonal costumes alone make it worth watching).
A Colbert Christmas rises above the usual Christmas spoof thanks to the strength of the holiday parodies by David Javerbaum (”The Daily Show” executive producer) and Adam Schlesinger (songwriter and Fountains of Wayne co-founder). Javerbaum and Schlesinger provide some of the best Christmas (and Channukah) parodies this side of “South Park.” Here’s Colbert introducing the show and launching into the first half of “Another Christmas Song” (which also available in its entirety as an audio file):
