David Letterman News

The Capitol Center for the Arts today announced an exciting lineup of performances for its seventeenth season.

The Pit Stop Players http://rosenblummusic.com/pitstop.html, a fourteen-member instrumental ensemble composed of veteran Broadway pit musicians, closes its third season with a concert at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Benzaquen Hall, 450 W. 37th Street, New York, NY, on Monday, May 14, 2012 at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $25 ($15 for students) http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=PIT4 or cash at the door.

CBS Interactive Music Group's award-winning concert webcast series, LIVE ON LETTERMAN, will showcase best-selling and multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, Norah Jones, in a live webcast concert from the world-famous Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, Wednesday, May 2 (8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT).

Chicago White Sox star Philip Humber, who threw a perfect game for the team on Saturday, will present the Top Ten List on the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, Monday, April 23 (11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Humber will present the Top Ten via satellite from the Oakland Coliseum, where the White Sox will face the Oakland Athletics Monday night.

The Grove Theatre in Historic downtown Upland presents an evening of adult humor with comedian Judy Tenuta for One Night Only on Saturday, April 21st. Judy has strong stage, television, comedy and film credits, having appeared in “The Vagina Monologues' and in 'Menopause the Musical' both in LA and Chicago, and has had her own stand-up specials on Showtime, HBO and Lifetime. Judy was the first female stand-up comic to win 'Best Female Comedian' at the American Comedy Awards and is a two-time Grammy nominee for her comedy CD'S. That same year, she became the national spokesperson for a series of Diet Dr. Pepper commercials. The self-described 'Love Goddess' and 'Aphrodite of the Accordion' has made hundreds of guest and co-hosting appearances on such popular TV shows as 'The View', 'Late Night with David Letterman', 'Larry King Live', 'Entertainment Tonight', and 'Comics Unleashed'.

FOX (10.97 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 3.0, #1) was again the network to beat on Thursday with new episodes of 'American Idol' (14.59 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 3.9, #1) and 'Touch' (7.35 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 2.1, #T6) - its series low.

Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble will be performing at Holy Child this Friday, April 20 at 8 p.m. The evening includes a world premiere by MCCE's 2011-12 composer-in-residence Andrew Rosciszewski and works by MCCE's Composer Search Finalists 2011, Enrico Arcaro, Franz Joseph Haydn and Alec Wilder.

Acclaimed composer/writer/performer David Yazbek will return to the stage at Joe's Pub with his remarkable band for the first time in four years. The concert will take place Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 7:30pm and will feature songs from Yazbek's album "Evil Monkey Man" on Ghostlight Records, plus new works and songs from his other albums and his recent Broadway show Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.

Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble will be performing at Holy Child this Friday, April 20 at 8 p.m. The evening includes a world premiere by MCCE's 2011-12 composer-in-residence Andrew Rosciszewski and works by MCCE's Composer Search Finalists 2011, Enrico Arcaro, Franz Joseph Haydn and Alec Wilder.

Broadway vet Jason Alexander will guest star as Alan's cardiologist, Dr. Goodman on the 200th episode of the CBS comedy TWO AND A HALF MEN.

CBS Interactive Music Group's award-winning concert webcast series, LIVE ON LETTERMAN, will showcase country music superstar and multiple GRAMMY® Award winner Carrie Underwood in a live webcast concert from the world-famous Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, Monday, April 30 (8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT).

NBC (8.61 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 3.1, #1) held onto the demo crown on Monday thanks to new episodes of 'The Voice' (9.94 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 3.6, #2) - its series low for performance shows - and 'Smash' (5.96 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 1.9, #10) - its lowest-rated telecast to date.

On last night's ABC's WORLD NEWS TONIGHT, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told Diane Sawyer that he has been invited to appear on NBC's sketch comedy 'Saturday Night Live'. Said Romney about the invitation, "I haven't made a decision on that; just heard about it. Of course, it would depend on the nature of the skit. I want it to be funny."

The Midtown Men, a touring group starring four of the original cast members from JERSEY BOYS, just celebrated two years of touring as a group! This video features the song 'Working My Way Back to You' and a slideshow of highlights from their first two years.

This time last year, Mike Birbiglia was a well-respected comedian, author and playwright, thanks to his popular stand-up comedy concerts, his regular guest spots on public radio's This American Life, comedy CDs and his bestselling book, Sleepwalk With Me and Other Painfully True Stories (which he also turned into a long-running stage show). Fast forward to February 2012, and now Birbiglia has become an even bigger, more respected super-hyphenate as filmmaker, co-writer (along with Ira Glass), actor and director in his movie version of Sleepwalk With Me…which just won an award at the Sundance Film Festival.

NBA Hall of Famers Magic Johnson and Larry Bird talked about their storied basketball rivalry and their unique friendship off the court on last night's LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN. Their appearance coincided with the Opening Night of the new Broadway show MAGIC/BIRD.

The Midtown Men, a touring group starring four of the original cast members from JERSEY BOYS, just released a new promotional video featuring a performance of 'Working My Way Back to You' from their newly-released CD.