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The Abbey Pub, established in 1973 as Chicago's traditional Irish Pub. Our full service restaurant now offers brand new brunch, lunch and dinner menus, featuring traditional Irish and American food. Purchase advance tickets on line at www.abbeypub.com or at Abbey's Box Office, 3420 W. Grace St. at Elston, 773-478-4408

The Sharron Matthews World Domination Tour kicked off with two performances at Toronto's Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. Sharron Matthews makes her New York cabaret debut at the celebrated nightspot Joe's Pub for two shows on Saturday, June 5 at 7pm and Sunday, June 6 at 9:30pm.

THE 15th ANNUAL LOWER EAST SIDE (LES) FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS will bring together under one roof in just three days a multitude of performing artists - actors, dancers, singers, painters, sculptors, playwrights, performance artists, poets, etc. -- all of whom reside, work or have their roots in the culturally diverse, willfully anarchistic Lower East Side -- for New York City's most diverse FREE 3-day festival, from Friday, May 28 through Sunday, May 30, at Theater for the New City (155 1st Avenue, between E. 9th and 10th Sts.) in Manhattan.

Ravinia Festival's 2010 season opens offering up great variety and more than 50 artist debuts beginning on opening night at 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 3, with pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii in the Martin Theatre. Blind since birth and a 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition gold-medal winner, 22-year-old Tsujii will present works by Chopin, Schuman and Lizst as well as Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, Ravinia's 2010 One Score, One Chicago selection. Inspired by the Chicago Public Library's One Book, One Chicago, Ravinia's One Score promotes the enjoyment of classical music and creates a cultural touchstone to enable people at different levels of understanding classical music to engage in community-wide discussion of a single masterwork.

Ravinia Festival regrets that the 'Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy,' concert, originally scheduled for Aug. 1, will no longer be part of the 2010 season due to a venue scheduling conflict. There will be no concert at Ravinia on the evening of Aug. 1.

After being awarded the most prodigious prizes at the Eugene O'Neill Musical Theater Conference, Lauren Robert's astoundingly raw musical about a dangerous love affair between two damaged and attractive souls, was immediately work-shopped in New York where it was further honed within an inch of its life.

Music, traditional drumming and dance set a rhythmic tone for a weekend filled with continuous live entertainment at Seattle Center Festál: Festival Sundiata - African-American Festival, Saturday, June 12, 12 noon - 11 p.m. and Sunday, June 13, 12 noon - 8 p.m., in Center House and Fisher Pavilion.

Nevada Public Radio listeners and members have a rare chance to support public radio while experiencing the Strip's newest Cirque du Soleil® production, Viva ELVISTM at ARIA Resort and Casino on June 5.

A luscious new production of one of Broadway's most endearing musicals, the Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's 'South Pacific,' opens next Wednesday, June 2, 2010, at 8 p.m. at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, and runs through July 17, 2010.

Signature Theatre, winner of the 2009 Regional Theatre Tony Award, presents the Washington premiere of the hit musical comedy [title of show], winner of three Obie Awards and a Tony nomination. A zany take on two friends' decision to write a musical, [title of show] runs through June 27 in Signature's remarkably intimate 110-seat ARK Theatre.

The international hit sensation, FUERZA BRUTA: LOOK UP, is pleased to announce an Artistic Discussion Series. The program will allow cast members of FUERZA BRUTA: LOOK UP to interact with fellow Chicago theaters and share experiences and visions surrounding their artistic communities. Each theater company will be invited by FUERZA BRUTA to attend a performance then share in a collaborative artistic discussion following the show. Collaboraction will be the first theater company to participate in this program on Tuesday, June 2.

A Noise Within (ANW), the highly regarded classical repertory theatre company and a leading force in arts education, presents SUMMER WITH SHAKESPEARE, an intensive three-week summer program for youngsters ages 10 to 18 offering interactive classes on acting, improvisation, voice, speech, movement technique, textual analysis, stage combat and more from July 6 to 24, 2010, at ANW in Glendale.

Fresh off of Broadway, 13, the musical will premiere locally at the Drama Learning Center in Columbia, MD. This rock musical, performed by Teaching Young Actors, DLC's Teen Professional Company, follows Evan Goldman, a nice Jewish boy from NYC's upper eastside who is forced to move to Indiana with his mother after his parents get a divorce. To make matters worse, Evan is on the verge of being Bar Mitzvhed (For you gentiles that means he's becoming a 'man'). The chaos that ensues is truly hilarious, real, and heartfelt. The lyrics and music are by Jason Robert Brown, based on the book by Dan Elish & Robert Horn.

Sweeping views of the City served as a backdrop last Monday evening when Ginger and Moshi Alafi hosted an exclusive event for high level supporters to the SF Playhouse and Bill English, Artistic Director announced plans for their eighth season of award winning theatre. The SF Playhouse has set an enviable standard for theatre production and in the process has attracted the Bay Area's best talent to its stage; this season will continue that trend.

Gregory Itzin (TV's '24,' Broadway's ENRON) has been cast in a multi-episode arc on the new USA Network drama Covert Affairs.

On Sunday 6 June 2010, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts will present Simon Cowell with the Special Award at its annual Television Awards ceremony. In the gift of the Academy, the Award is being presented to Cowell in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry and for his development of new talent.

In light of the death this afternoon of actor Gary Coleman, Avenue Q Co-Creator Jeff Marx has spoken to Entertainment Weekly about the loss of the actor, as well as future changes they would instill in the script - in which Gary Coleman is depiced as one of the show's characters.

HBO Films' 'The Special Relationship,' directed by Richard Loncraine and written by Peter Morgan, stars FROST/NIXON alum Michael Sheen as former British prime minister Tony Blair and deals with Blair's relationship with Bill Clinton (Dennis Quaid). The film also stars Hope Davis as Hillary Clinton and Helen McCrory as Cherie Blair. 'The Special Relationship' will be shown on HBO in the United States and Canada on May 29, 2010.

THE PLAYER Will Premiere On CNBC 6/25

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced today at his annual Stanley Cup press conference that the 2011 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic will be played at Pittsburgh's Heinz Field - home of the Pittsburgh Steelers - and will be broadcast by NBC Sports at 1 p.m. ET on New Year's Day.