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Broadway Stars will come together to perform in 'Broadway Sensation,' a benefit celebrating Israel's future on Monday, May 16th, 2011 at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall.. New Yorkers will be simultaneously treated to a star-studded event broadcast live in Times Square.

The President and Mrs. Obama will host a celebration of American poetry and prose by welcoming accomplished poets, musicians and artists as well as students from across the country to the White House next week.

To celebrate Mother's Day, treat your mom and the family to the hilarity of Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon.

The always-changing Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon is the world's longest running musical revue.

Time magazine has just announced the complete list of 2011's Most Influencial People. The list is comprised of 'artists and activists, reformers and researchers, heads of state and captains of industry. Their ideas spark dialogue and dissent and sometimes even revolution.'

FELA!, the landmark Broadway musical, which won three Tony Awards (Broadway's highest honor) including Best Choreography (Bill T. Jones), is coming to Lagos from April 20th to 25th.

Proceeds from the April 16th performance of Political Subversities will be donated to the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund. Additional donation opportunities will also be available at thisperformance.

The Ailey Extension offered free dance classes to over 50 New York teens on Sunday, April 10th.

A tribute to Principal Dancer Jose Manuel Carreño will highlight American Ballet Theatre's Opening Night Gala at the Metropolitan Opera House on Monday, May 16 at 6:30 P.M.

Proceeds from the April 16th performance of Political Subversities will be donated to the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund. Additional donation opportunities will also be available at thisperformance.

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution 'recognizing the artistic and cultural contributions of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the 50th Anniversary of the first performance of Alvin Ailey's masterwork, Revelations.' Authored by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and cosponsored by Senators Charles E. Schumer and Robert Menendez, this resolution honors Revelations as a timeless classic 'beloved by people around the world' with universal themes 'that illustrate the strength and humanity within all of us.'

teve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon, the world's longest running musical revue in history, will hold a post-performance talkback and Q&A session with the cast, crew and artistic team from the show on Friday, April 1, 2011. Jan Wahl - San Francisco's favorite show biz critic - will be on-hand to moderate. The talkback provides audience members the rare opportunity to get an inside look at what it takes to put on the world's longest running musical revue. Tickets for this performance range in price from $25 - 130 and are available by phone at 415-421-4222, at the Beach Blanket Babylon Box Office (678 Green Street, San Francisco) or online at beachblanketbabylon.com.

In recognition of his work as a philanthropist and environmentalist, Nickelodeon will honor actor and musician Justin Timberlake by presenting him with The Big Help Award during Nickelodeon's 2011 Kids' Choice Awards on Saturday, April 2, at 8:00 p.m. (ET/Tape delayed for West Coast). Timberlake will be honored during the star-studded telecast, hosted by Jack Black at USC's Galen Center in Los Angeles. The Big Help Award recognizes individuals who take actions to better the world and whose significant impact on their community has inspired kids to do the same.

On Wednesday, March 30th, First Lady Michelle Obama will host a special event during the annual celebration of Women's History Month at the White House.

On Wednesday, March 30th, First Lady Michelle Obama will host a special event during the annual celebration of Women's History Month at the White House.

Talk show listings for Thursday, March 24.

Cellist Alisa Weilerstein will perform Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra in 15 North American cities in March and April 2011.

New Orleans has been selected as one of only three US cities for the upcoming tour of Corella Ballet Castilla y Leon, Spain's only classical ballet company.

Talk show listings for Thursday, March 24.

Decca Classics has signed an exclusive recording contract with cellist Alisa Weilerstein, whose natural virtuosic command, technical precision and impassioned musicianship led New York magazine to describe her as 'arguably Yo-Yo Ma's heiress apparent'.