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DANCING WITH THE STARS did away with the ball gowns, the glitz, and laid on the edge with leather costumes and daring make-up for designated 'Rock Week.' Featuring a performance by the titans of theatrics, Kiss, this week's performance show laid out the theme right from host Tom Bergeron's opening monologue. The typical DANCING broadcast this was not.

Going into the second results show of the season, the verdict wasn't in the points. From the previous night's episode, in which competitors and their professional partners constructed a routine hinged around a personal experience, two things were clear: Katherine Jenkins and William Levy had managed to secure themselves at the top of the competition, their dances yielding the first 10s of the season, and the rest fell into a big 'ol rumba-samba-jivey lump in the middle with 24s and 25s. With performances by Seal and Rascal Flatts, it was anybody's guess as to who would depart the DANCING competition, and forfeit the trophy to another celeb.

Going into the third week of ABC's DANCING WITH THE STARS after the elimination of tennis pro Martina Navratilova, the remaining contestants were given a unique assignment: rather than choose between one form of dance or another, they and their partners were opened up to any style. The catch: to center it around a personal EVENT, in order to open themselves up to the audience and viewers at home. Previously, it was known to create memorable routines that revealed the competitors as individuals, people - rather than celebrities and pseudo-celebrities vying for a nationally televised prize. The judges, were once again, overly gracious with their compliments, the critiques dulled.

The first results show of the season yielded unsurprising results following this week's episode in which contestants performed a quickstep or jive, Monday night. Going into the tonight's results broadcast, Katherine Jenkins and Mark Ballas were in the lead with points, followed by Roshon Fegan and Chelsie Hightower who were tied with William Levy and Cheryl Burke. In third, Jaleel White and Kym Johnson. The broadcast featured performances by Matt Nathanson featuring Sugarland.

The 14th season of DANCING WITH THE STARS, hailed as the "most competitive season ever" judge Len Goodman, continues this week with all twelve original competitors. The amateur dancers and their professional counterparts were given the choice between a quickstep or a jive, in hopes to survive tomorrow's elimination episode, set to air at 9 pm EST. Contestants' scores from this week will be added to last week's, creating cumulative scores that will be considered in the elimination process.

The two-hour premiere of Dancing with the Stars showcased this season rag-tag group of actors, musicians, and TV personalities turned dancers - to the sound of an extremely generous panel of judges. To what judge Len Goodman called "the best first show of any season," the harshest of criticisms came in the form of, essentially, pats on the heads.

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts continues its 2011-12 Programs for Young Audiences series with Boxtale Theatre Company's JUMBO, WATOTO!. This innovative 60-minute play is recommended for audiences ages 4 and up. Performances are Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, stage veterans Scott Foley and Becki Newton are set to co-star in the Fox comedy pilot, THE GOODWIN GAMES.

The Disney sensation, THE LION KING, will take stage at the Sarofim Hall as the national tour moves through Texas. The show will play from July 10 through August 12 this summer. Tickets for THE LION KING are available at www.houston-theater.com.

Westport Country Playhouse kicks off its 2012 Family Festivities Series with a new twist on classic fairytales, "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales," on Sunday, January 29, 1 and 4 p.m. Tickets are $18. Birthday party rental facilities may be scheduled in advance. Pre-show children's activities begin one hour before each performance.

Chekhovek, a new comedy adapted and directed by Melania Levitsky from nine of Anton Chekhov's best known short stories, will be given its New York premiere when previews begin Wednesday, February 1, at 8:00 pm for an opening Tuesday, February 7, at 7:00pm at the ArcLight Theatre.