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Crystal Bowersox, Lee DeWyze and Casey James are this season's AMERICAN IDOL Top 3 finalists after it was revealed that Michael Lynche received the fewest of America's nearly 37 million votes - the highest of the season. On Tuesday's performance show, the Top 4 performed hit songs from the movies, and Lynche, 26, from St. Petersburg, FL, sang 'Will You Be There?' from 'Free Willy.' In addition, this evening's results show featured special performances by Daughtry, Fantasia and rock legend Bon Jovi.

Director David Leveaux will helm the Broadway revival of ZORBA, starring Antonio Banderas. The news was reported today by Variety. Leveaux directed Banderas in the 2003 Roundabout Theatre Company revival of NINE.

NBC has developed 'Fan It,' an unprecedented custom-built network wide affinity program that provides exclusive incentives and rewards for fans in return for promoting, interacting with and discussing all of the network's new and returning 2010-11 programs.

ABC Family premieres its new original scripted series, 'Huge,' a one-hour relationship drama based on the Alloy Entertainment book of the same name by Sasha Paley, on Monday, June 28 (9:00 - 10:00 PM ET/PT). This new series is being developed by Winnie Holzman ('Wicked,' 'My So-Called Life,' 'Once & Again') and her daughter, Savannah Dooley.

TLC has announced that its new series FOUR WEDDINGS has been renewed for a second season. The network has ordered 8 hour-long episodes, and plans to premiere Season 2 in September.

During the week of May 3, 2010, ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' was up over the prior week in Total Viewers (1.75 million vs. 1.73 million) for the 2nd consecutive week. In fact, 'Kimmel' drew its largest overall audience in 3 months since w/o 2/8/10. In addition, 'JKL' was up by 11% in Total Viewers (1.75 million vs. 1.58 million) over the same week last year.

Surging over its lead-in by 1.8 million viewers and by 50% with young adults at 8:30pm, self-starter The Middle was the #1 show its half-hour for its 4th straight original telecast in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49. In fact among Adults 18-49, it finished as the #1 scripted show in its half-hour for the 6th time in its last 7 first-run airings. The ABC freshman comedy also delivered the #1 position in the half-hour Adults 25-54, Men 18-49 and Men 25-54.

HISTORY(TM)'s bravest drivers head back to Alaska, 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle, for season four of the highly popular series, ICE ROAD TRUCKERS. The group of elite drivers, including legendary Hugh Rowland, Alex Debogorski, the lady of the Ice Road, Lisa Kelly, and two new drivers, will face their most difficult season on the ice. Chronicling both the incredible challenges as well as the history of this fascinating region, season four of ICE ROAD TRUCKERS will premiere Sunday, June 6 at 9pm ET/PT.

Nickelodeon, the number-one entertainment brand for kids, and SCG Power Rangers LLC, an affiliate of Saban Brands, have partnered to make Nick the U.S. television platform for Power Rangers, the long-running kids' TV phenomenon now heading into its 18th television season. The partnership marks the return of the global franchise to its original developer, Haim Saban, who developed and produced the original 'Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' series in 1993. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Beginning Monday, May 31, 2010 at 4:00 pm (PST), Los Angeles theatre professionals Michael Sterling & Paul Stroili take to the airwaves with STATE OF THE ARTS (SOTA), an all-new, 50 minute, weekly worldwide radio series devoted to coverage of the performing arts in Los Angeles and beyond.

The Milk Can Theatre Company presents its seventh season production of two new works in which eccentric behavior and mental illness are often separated by little more than a razor's edge. Presented in repertory, ML Kinney's full-length comedy Life Among the Natives, a story of coming out and coming to terms with one's roots - and The Disorder Plays, an evening of six short works both somber and satirical, about psychiatric disorders and mental illness - will be presented at The Theatre at 30th Street, located at 259 West 30th Street, beginning May 14th through May 30th.

In Redbeard & Domicella, two high school sweethearts deliver a bold retrospective of their young marriage in 'he said, she said' fashion. The witty, irrepressible Redbeard works in a bicycle shop near Brighton Beach; the slightly-built, titanic-hearted Domicella splits her time between a desk at the District Attorney's Office, and the kitchen table where she writes. The play speaks (too soon?) about instances of loss as disparate as September 11th and Michael Jackson's death, as well as Domicella's own close scrape on the wild streets of New York.

Ground Up Theatre Co. Presents GAME OVER World Premiere 6/4-7/18

In this sweet story, Sara Hastings is a single lawyer who is too busy for romance. Her Aunt Martha decides to take an active role in catching Sara a husband. Unfortunately, Aunt Martha takes matters into her own hands using some unorthodox and ridiculous methods of matchmaking. Will Aunt Martha's meddling find true love for Sara?

Broadway/San Diego - A Nederlander Presentation announces a new roster of American Sign Language interpreted performances.

More than 600 guests attended Steppenwolf's Theatre Company's GALA 2010 on Saturday, May 8, 2010 - raising over $1 million for Steppenwolf's artistic and community programming.

The SF Playhouse Presents the Regional Premiere of SLASHER By Allison Moore, Directed by Jon Tracy. The production runs through June 5, 2010.

AVENUE Q, the smash-hit Broadway musical about real life in New York City, as told by a cast of people and puppets, will return to San Diego at the CIVIC THEATRE, performing Tuesday July 6 through Sunday July 11, 2010. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Sunday May 16 at 10AM.

Vanguard Repertory Company in association with the La Cañada Flintridge Shakespeare Festival proudly presents an exciting, unique and irreverent adaptation of Shakespeare's classic summer comedy.

The Australian Ballet presents Coppélia at the Arts Centre from 10 June 2010. This colourful and irresistible production has everything a good story ballet should: a touch of magic, a dash of romance and masses of sumptuous costumes.