Thurs. Dec. 13

Generally, we don't list on sale dates for tickets as "special events." But when it's a one-day deal, it involves one of Boston's top theaters, and it's Christmas season, and it could save you some bucks ... well, here we go. The Huntington Theatre is putting tickets for "select performances" of its spring 2008 season on sale from 9 a.m. to midnight on Thursday Dec. 13 on-line (see website below). You can also go to the Huntington or Calderwood Pavilion Theaters (or call for tix) from noon to 6 p.m. to do the same. The discount tickets are available for preview performances of Wendy Wasserstein’s poignant final play “Third,” “Shakespeare’s Actresses in America” by local performer and playwright Rebekah Maggor, the New England premiere of the Broadway hit “Shining City,” and the world premiere of Sinan Unel’s timely drama “The Cry of the Reed.”

Huntington, 264 Huntington Avenue, Calderwood at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street, 617-266-0800 www.huntingtontheatre.org