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The city-wide Seattle Celebrates Bernstein Arts Festival continues throughout May with six of the region's diverse arts groups producing works written and inspired by the legendary composer/conductor. The Festival focuses on the multi-faceted genius of Leonard Bernstein - composer, writer, conductor, thinker, media personality, and educator-in events that spotlight this uniquely American artist's legacy as well as showcase the wealth and wonder of Seattle's world class arts scene.

On May 9, 2010 150 of New York City's best young ballroom dancers will show off their moves in the fox trot, cha cha, tango, waltz and the swing for their mothers on Mother's Day at the Dancing Classrooms 4th Annual Dance Festival. The event is scheduled from 1:00 - 6:00 p.m. at Columbia University's Lerner Hall, 2920 Broadway in New York City.

Cast members have been announced for the City Theatre of Independence's spring production of Tom Stoppard's 'Arcadia.'

On Wednesday, April 21, Grammy Award winner Michelle Williams, formerly of Destiny's Child, returned to the Los Angeles theatre scene, this time as 'Roxie Hart' in the Los Angeles engagement of CHICAGO at Pantages Theatre following her extended Broadway engagement!

Royal George, 1641 N. Halsted, raised the curtain at 7:30p.m. on Monday, May 3rd, 2010 in honor of Michael Cullen, owner of the Mercury Theater and Cullen's Bar and Grill, and a thirty five-year veteran producer and pioneer in the development of Chicagoland theater as it is known today. Recently suffering from a stroke, Mr. Cullen requires extensive therapy treatments. The evening, directed by Michael Weber, featured Chicago's Entertainer Ron Hawking, Gretchen Cryer (Writer and star of I'm Getting My Act Together) and cast members from Million Dollar Quartet. The evening also featured cast members appearing from some of the many dynamic productions that Michael Cullen produced including Steel Magnolias (Nancy Baird), A Couple of Blaguards (Howard Platt), Pump Boys And Dinettes (Malcolm Ruhl, John Foley, Shawn Stengel, Tom Mendel, Mary Launder, Rick Pickren, Tammy Mader, Liza Jaine, Tiffany Herlien, Shaun Whitely, Brian Burke and Maggie LaMee) & The Irish And How They Got That Way (Jane Baxter, Miller, Kent Lewis, David Girolmo, Justine Serino, and Susan Voelz.). Chicago Tribune Theater Critic Chris Jones made a special appearance that was the highlight of the evening. Thousands of dollars were raised for Mr. Cullen's rehabilitative care.

The award-winning Beatles concert RAIN - A Tribute To The Beatles is adding additional performances due to unprecedented demand for its electrifying Broadway/San Diego ~ A Nederlander Presentation return engagement. RAIN: A Tribute To the Beatles will now be seen for five performances only at San Diego CIVIC THEATRE: on FRIDAY MAY 14 at 8PM; SATURDAY, MAY 15 at 2PM & 8PM, and SUNDAY MAY 16 at 1PM & 6PM. Local audiences clamored for tickets, and sold out its highly successful Broadway/San Diego debut at the Balboa Theatre in April of 2009.

Circus Theatricals opens its 3010 Season with the West Cost Premiere of 'More Lies About Jerzy' by Davey Holmes, directed by David Trainer. Producing is Jeannine Stehlin. The production stars acclaimed, award-winning actor, Jack Stehlin. The production opens Saturday, May 15 at Circus Theatricals at the Hayworth.

This year's Tony nominations include a healthy showing for a musical developed last year at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre during its pre-Broadway run: Memphis. A co-production between The 5th and La Jolla Playhouse, this original musical by David Bryan (music and lyrics) and Joe DiPietro (lyrics and book) tells the story of a white DJ whose love of black music helped bring about the birth of rock n' roll.

The Grove Theatre invites you to join us on Saturday, May 15th for 'The Sounds of Gospel', an evening of music for the soul.

Last night at an awards ceremony held in the Palace of Fine Arts, San Jose Repertory Theatre was awarded five distinct honors by the San Francisco Bay Area Critics' Circle Awards' committee for the critically acclaimed world premiere of The Kite Runner. In the category of 300 or more seats, San Jose Rep received a grand total of twenty-five nominations from the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics' Circle for outstanding productions when announced in March.

The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe opens its 51st season with POSIBILIDAD, or Death of the Worker.

Los Angeles Philharmonic Music Director Gustavo Dudamel will be featured on 60 Minutes this Sunday, May 9 at 7:00 p.m. This will mark the third time Dudamel has been featured on the Emmy award-winning news program.

A pair of plucky orphans fall into the clutches of a greedy couple in the final installment of SCR's 2009-2010 Theatre for Young Audiences season. Ben and the Magic Paintbrush, adapted by Bathsheba Doran from a Chinese folk tale, has its world premiere May 21 through June 6 on the Julianne Argyros stage.

In a presentation titled, 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog,' Michael Riedel talks about his publications (1997-2009) on the occasion of his new release Meckert (Koenig Books). Using numerous pictures and sound recordings, the latter in the form of transcribed texts, Meckert continues the artist's series of publications (Scheißen und Brunzen, 2000; Oskar, 2003; Johnson - Robert, 2004; Tirala, 2006; Gedruckte und nicht gedruckte Poster, 2008; amongst others), which are published as independent works parallel to his exhibitions. Catherine, Tuesday, Fiontan, and Mieke are four new texts that were recorded during his exhibitions in Cork, New York, London, and Basel, respectively. The dialogues come from phone calls, in which the current situation at each exhibition is described.

Seattle Center invites the public to a Free Ice Skate at KeyArena, Friday, June 4, 12 noon - 8 p.m. Free admission, free skate use and 17,000 square feet of ice offer a cool way for families and friends to slide into the weekend.

Los Angeles's acclaimed 24th Street Theatre announces the concluding event of the International Spring Tour of its critically-lauded staging of 'El Ogrito' ('The Ogreling'), by Quebec-based playwright Suzanne Lebeau, translated into Spanish by Cecelia Iris Fasola. The production, directed by Jesús Castaños-Chima, featuring Julieta Ortiz and Gabriel Romero, will be presented in the Santa Ynez Valley, produced by noted Hollywood movie executive, Lee Rosenberg. 'El Ogrito' will perform Saturday, May 22nd (8pm) at the Santa Ynez High School Theater in Sana Ynez. Festival activities, including music, folklorico dancing and food, begin at 6 pm.

Marin Theatre Company Presents WOODY GUTHRIE'S AMERICAN SONG 5/27-6/20

'The Real Housewives of New Jersey' season two premiere drove record ratings for Bravo delivering the highest rated Monday night telecast ever in network history, according to Nielsen Media Research. The Jersey drama delivered 1.64 million adults 18-49 and 2.33 million total viewers, up 30 percent and 36 percent respectively versus season one.

Last week, FOX won the week among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens with strong deliveries from HOUSE, 24, AMERICAN IDOL, GLEE and Saturday's NASCAR RACE: RICHMOND 400. FOX ended the week with a 3.0/9 overall and continues its reign as the No. 1 network of the season.

Paced by 'The Office,' 'Law & Order: SVU,' 'The Biggest Loser,' '30 Rock' and 'Celebrity Apprentice,' NBC averaged a 1.9 rating, 6 share in adults 18-49 and 5.7 million viewers overall for the week of April 26-May 2, according to in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research.