Who: Aimee Mann, Ted Leo, Jonathan Coulton, Liz Phair, and special guests
What: Annual Christmas show
Where: The Town Hall, 123 West 43rd St., Music Hall of Wiliamsburg, 66 North Sixth St.
When: Thursday, December 10, Town Hall, $35-$45, 8:00, and Saturday, December 12, MHoW, $35, 9:00
Why: Engaging singer-songwriter and Big Lebowski nihilist Aimee Mann’s popular Christmas show is coming to Manhattan and Brooklyn, cohosted by her bestie, ubiquitous pop punkster Ted Leo, who together form the musical duo the Both. For this year’s festivities, taking place December 10 at Town Hall and December 12 at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, Mann and Leo will be joined by special guests Jonathan Coulton and Liz Phair, with more to be announced. Mann’s Christmas show began back in 2006 and includes holiday favorites as well as originals, performed, as always, with charm and humor. Be sure to first check out her clever, playful 2008 Christmas Carol spoof, with a bevy of cool costars, here.