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The BBC hit comedy series 'Beautiful People' premieres its second season Saturday, June 12 at 10/9c on Logo. The six episode, half-hour comedy series, based on the memoirs of style guru Simon Doonan's childhood, shows that the path to fabulous never did run smooth, especially if you have one very quirky and dysfunctional family. For more information www.logotv.com.

Plays & Players, Center City Philadelphia's longest continually operated theater will present Rogers and Hammerstein's classic musical 'Carousel' directed by Lance Moore May 29-June 12. Preview performances May 27 & 28 at 8pm. Show time is 8 PM with matinee performances at 3 PM on Sunday, May 30 and Sunday, June 6. Tickets are $25 in advance; $30 at the door for general admission. $15 Student rush tickets available 30 minutes before show. Preview performance tickets are $5 off. Purchase tickets at www.playsandplayers.org or by calling (800) 595-4TIX. For additional information call the theatre at (215) 735-0630.

Beginning June 11, the Department of Concerts and Lectures and the University of Minnesota Summer Session Office will host 24 free, outdoor concerts that showcase local talent and offer a variety of eclectic music from various cultures and genres. All concerts will be played on the Northrop Plaza from noon to 1:00 pm, with the exception of five evening shows. The evening concerts are an exciting new addition this summer and will be hosted on the plaza from 7:00 to 8:00 pm with bands The Alarmists, Maria Isa, Innocent, Charanga Tropical, and Alison Scott. For details visit http://northrop.umn.edu/events/summer-northrop.

Billabong's 4th annual Design For Humanity benefit (www.designforhumanity.com), will be held on Thursday, June 10th, 2010, in the heart of legendary NY streets on the back lot of Paramount Studios in Hollywood. Tickets are $30 ($150 VIP) and are available at www.designforhumanity.com 100% of the proceeds from the ticket sales will go to benefit Invisible Children. The event starts at 7pm.

Half Straddle, experimental theater company, performs favorite songs from their recent productions in an all-girl band line-up at Union Hall in Park Slope, 702 Union Street at 5th Avenue on Thursday, June 10 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $8 at the door. The Half Straddle 'band' includes Chris Giarmo, Eliza Bent, Julia Sirna-Frest and special guests -- Kate Marvin and comedian and singer Glennis McMurray (from I EAT PANDAS) with music by Giarmo and lyrics by playwright/director Tina Satter. For more information visit http://unionhallny.com/calendar.php.

The Center for the Arts in Natick (14 Summer Street) presents Twentieth Century, directed by Jenn Shea, June 4-13. Tickets are $18 ($16 for members/$9 for Seniors and Students). Showtimes are 8 PM Friday and Saturday with a matinee Sunday at 2PM. For more information visit http://www.natickarts.org/index.php

Miss North Carolina Katherine Southard will read Disney's Beauty and the Beast on Thursday, June 3 at 2:00pm at the Durham County Library (300 N. Roxboro Street) alongside Wool E. Bull from Durham Bulls Athletic Park, followed by a question and answer session with the children in attendance. Photo and autograph opportunities will be available. SunTrust Broadway Series Beauty and the Beast posters will be given away while supplies last. One lucky attendee will win tickets to Disney's Beauty and the Beast for opening night, June 8th at 7pm at DPAC, Durham Performing Arts Center. The library event is free and everyone is invited to come and be our guest.

The American Museum of Natural History (Central Park West at 79th Street) host two events as part of the World Science Festival and the opening of a new exhibition Race to the End of the Earth. On Thursday, June 3 at 7:30pm in the Hayden Planetarium Machover, Minsky and Music in the Dome will revisit the musical experient, the Brain Opera, and ofer a sneak peak into Machover's upcoming opera. And on Friday, June 4 at 7 PM a panel, To the End of Earth and Beyond, in the LeFrak Theater, will feature leading scientist discussing 100 years after the first historic South Pole journey. Tickets for both events are $15 for students and $30 for adults. For more information and to purchase tickets visit http://www.amnh.org/.

Portland Center Stage is holding its first summer cabaret series, Gavin & Susannah: An Intimate Evening of Musical Theater, featuring Gavin Gregory and Susannah Mars with musical director Rick Lewis. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings from July 7-23, 2010. All tickets will be $25.00 each, plus applicable handling fees. Due to the special ticket price, there will be no under 30 discounts or rush tickets offered. Tickets are now on sale at http://www.pcs.org/gavin-susannah/.

The New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC), the largest multi-arts festival in North America, will present the 14th Annual Festival from August 13th - 29th, 2010. FringeNYC shows run 2pm - midnight weekdays and noon - midnight on weekends. Tickets are $15 in advance beginning July 23 at www.FringeNYC.org or 866-468-7619; $18 at the door, subject to availability.

Little Music School students at the Franklin School for the Performing Arts will perform throughout the month of June. Over one hundred young children, students of and Dorothy Brown, Kitty Cheung-Evans, Bryan Eyberg, Priscilla Noyes-Kjorlaug and Kim Rezendes, will perform for their families and friends. The Franklin School for the Performing Arts will host a school-wide Open House on Thursday, June 17 from 4 pm to 8 pm at 38 Main Street in downtown Franklin. For more information visit http://www.fspaonline.com/

Billabong's 4th annual Design For Humanity benefit (www.designforhumanity.com), will be held on Thursday, June 10th, 2010, in the heart of legendary NY streets on the back lot of Paramount Studios in Hollywood. Tickets are $30 ($150 VIP) and are available at www.designforhumanity.com 100% of the proceeds from the ticket sales will go to benefit Invisible Children. The event starts at 7pm.

Reni Mimura, a Japanese Cosplay Singer in NY, will perform at Pop Show Japan, at Club Orpheus Baltimore (1003 E. Pratt St) on June 26th at 9pm. Reni will perform with DJ Asu and Chidi. For more information visit http://www.renireni.com.

Casting for the third and fourth weeks of American Ballet Theatre's 2010 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. The full details of the casting is included below. Tickets for American Ballet Theatre's 2010 Metropolitan Opera House season, priced $20-$111, are available online, at the Met box office or by phone at 212-362-6000. The Metropolitan Opera House is located on Broadway between 64th and 65th streets in New York City. For more information, visit ABT's website at www.abt.org.

Plays & Players, Center City Philadelphia's longest continually operated theater will present Rogers and Hammerstein's classic musical 'Carousel' directed by Lance Moore May 29-June 12. Preview performances May 27 & 28 at 8pm. Show time is 8 PM with matinee performances at 3 PM on Sunday, May 30 and Sunday, June 6. Tickets are $25 in advance; $30 at the door for general admission. $15 Student rush tickets available 30 minutes before show. Preview performance tickets are $5 off. Purchase tickets at www.playsandplayers.org or by calling (800) 595-4TIX. For additional information call the theatre at (215) 735-0630.

The National Jazz Museum's June line-up includes discussions with musical artists Paquito D'Rivera and Craig Harris for Harlem Speaks; a talk with a living literary legend, Peter Straub, at Jazz for Curious Readers; and our adult education series, Jazz for Curious Listeners, features instrumentalists Jeremy Pelt, Nicholas Payton and Orrin Evans taking the reins of discourse on jazz in the 21st century. For more information visit http://jazzmuseuminharlem.org/

The Center for the Arts in Natick (14 Summer Street) presents Twentieth Century, directed by Jenn Shea, June 4-13. Tickets are $18 ($16 for members/$9 for Seniors and Students). Showtimes are 8 PM Friday and Saturday with a matinee Sunday at 2PM. For more information visit http://www.natickarts.org/index.php

The popular off-Broadway production Girls Night: The Musical makes its Las Vegas debut at the Hollywood Theatre inside MGM Grand for a limited engagement Thursday - Sunday (May 6-26, 2010). Tickets are priced at $97.90 (premium seating in the first row), $73.70 and $53.90. All tickets include service charge and handling fee. Tickets can be purchased at any MGM Grand ticketing outlet, online at www.mgmgrand.com or www.ticketmaster.com, or by phone at (800) 929-1111 or (702) 891-7777.

The Jewish Museum's SummerNights program returns, presenting live world music in a concert setting on three Thursdays in July. Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys kick off SummerNights on July 1 followed by Ansambl Mastika on July 8, and The Sexteto Rodriguez Cuban-Jewish All Stars on July 15. The Jewish Museum is located at Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, Manhattan. Each concert begins at 7:30 pm. Tickets for each concert are $15 for the general public; $12 for students and seniors; and $10 for Jewish Museum members. For further information regarding programs at The Jewish Museum, the public may call 212.423.3337 or visit www.thejewishmuseum.org.

American Museum of Natural History cancels 'The End of the Earth and Beyond' that was scheduled for Friday, June 4 at 7pm in the LeFrak Theater.