This year, most of the local companies offer New Year's Eve performances, with Champagne toasts and other refreshments.

For theater fans, the usual New Year's Eve performances, capped by Champagne and desert, are on tap.

Tickets: $25; New Year's Eve performances at 7 and 9:30 p.m., $45.

New Year's Eve here, despite the extravagant performance - dancers, puppets, souvenirs, sound-and-light shows - is all about seeing and being seen.

New Year's Eve performance at 7:30 p.m. is $75; $100 ringside seating.

Season 3 started with the New Year's Eve performance at 10:40 pm on Friday, February 13.

There is also the option of attending a gala after the New Year's Eve performance.

Those attending the New Year's Eve performance can count on surprise guests showing up to sing during the party scene in Act Two.

Traditionally, many celebrities drop in after their New Year's Eve performances, he says, without predicting this year's roster.

The New Year's Eve performance includes a champagne reception.