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Lynn Nottage attended one of the final Asolo Rep performances of her play, Las Meninas, in Sarasota on the evening of May 12, 2011. Her visit included a gathering on stage with the director and cast after their standing ovation performance.

World renowned artist Michael Godard will host a special event at the Oh My Godard Art Gallery at the Miracle Mile Shops inside the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino. The event will take place on Saturday, May 14 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm.

Single-show tickets for the 61st season of Music Circus at the Wells Fargo Pavilion will go on sale on Monday, May 16 beginning at 10 a.m.

Multi-award winning Rogue Machine brings David Harrower's critically acclaimed play Blackbird to Los Angeles for the first time. The company's recently extended run of Small Engine Repair (CRITIC'S CHOICE-LA Times; GO- LA Weekly, CRITIC'S PICK-Backstage, Ovation RECOMMENDED) will run simultaneously with this production, in Rogue Machine's larger space at Theatre Theater, during the first few weeks in June.

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, under the leadership of Executive Director Stacie Burgua, is proud to present Mary Zimmerman's 'Metamorphoses' at WICA, 565 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA June 10 - 25, 2011.

The Neo-Futurists work to keep LGBTQ youth safe in Illinois schools while connecting to the queer community with the return of their Pride Weekend benefit. This year's event raises funds for both the Neo-Futurists and Illinois Safe Schools Alliance. 30 Queer Plays in 60 Straight Minutes is a special edition of Too Much Light... that pulls favorite queer-sexuality and gender bending themed plays from the past year into one fabulous Pride show.

Internationally famous chef, author and television host, Anthony Bourdain, makes his first appearance at PlayhouseSquare, speaking at the State Theatre Friday, November 4th at 8 PM. Tickets to this one-night event are $57.50, $42.50 & $27.50, on sale now at 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org or the PlayhouseSquare Ticket Office.

The 2009 Drama Desk Award winner and 2010 Bistro Award winner Celebrity Autobiography performs Monday, May 16 at 7:30pm at New York's Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street, with a cast that is scheduled to include Roger Bart, Mario Cantone, Illeana Douglas, Rachel Dratch, Laraine Newman, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, and Alan Zweibel.

McCarter Theatre presents Sleeping Beauty Wakes, a new musical featuring a book by Rachel Sheinkin (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), and a score by composer Brendan Milburn and lyricist Valerie Vigoda, both of the acclaimed trio GrooveLily. The production, which runs through June 5, is directed by Rebecca Taichman, who delighted McCarter audiences with her 2009 production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. The show had its opening night Friday, May 6. Following the McCarter run, the production will move to La Jolla Playhouse. Check out a sneak peek of the show below!

Goo Goo Doll's John Rzeznik and Daryl Hall know a little something about what it takes to be a lead singer in a rock band, and they put that experience to good use on a selection from the catalog of both groups on the 42nd edition of Live From Daryl's House. The newest installment of the Webby and MTV O Music award-winning Internet series, which last year made its broadcast debut on WGN America to impressive ratings, will debut at www.lfdh.com this Sunday, May 15th.

Grammy® Charity online auctions offer exciting music memorabilia with their Musicares Map Fund Charity Auction to benefit MUSICARES® and the Grammy Foundation®

Rock's reigning queen Stevie Nicks has sailed into the No. 6 spot on Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart next week with the release of 'In Your Dreams,' her first studio album in ten years. With sales of 52,370, 'In Your Dreams' is also No. 3 on Billboard's Rock Album Chart and the No. 7 best selling digital album. Nicks' new CD is receiving glowing reviews including US Magazine who claimed 'In Your Dreams' is Nicks' 'finest solo album of her four decade career.'

Tonight's edition of 'Theater Talk' will feature JERUSALEM's Tony-nominated star Mark Rylance and Tony-nominated playwright Jez Butterworth. 'Theater Talk' airs tonight at 12:30 AM on WNET-TV, Channel 13 and on CUNY TV on Saturday, May 14 at 8:30 PM, Sunday, May 15 at 12:30 PM and Monday, May 16 at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM and 7:30 PM.

The Grand Theatre is pleased to announce the lineup for their 2011-2012 season. This four show season includes some familiar favorites and two debuts.

An affectionate paean to Smalltown, U.S.A., of a bygone era, Meredith Willson's 'The Music Man' follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys' band he vows to organize - despite the fact that he doesn't know a trombone from a treble clef. But his plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian the town librarian, who transforms him into a respectable citizen by curtain's fall.

CBS and Warner Bros. Television announced today that Ashton Kutcher will join the cast of the hit comedy, TWO AND A HALF MEN.

Surging over the prior week in the 8 o'clock hour opposite Idol and CBS' original comedies (The Big Bang Theory/Rules of Engagement), ABC's Wipeout defeated NBC's comedies (Community/The Office-R) by wide margins in Total Viewers (+2.6 million) and Adults 18-49 (+31%). The broad-appealing unscripted series made ABC the #2 broadcaster in its slot to Fox among Teens 12-17 and Kids 2-11.

TLC's Extreme Couponing (Wed, May 11, 9:30 p.m. ET/PT) continues to cash in on ratings, delivering 1.7M P2+ viewers, ranking the network #1 in Prime for all ad-supported cable among W25-54 and #2 among W18-49, W18-34, excluding NBA playoffs.

TNT's coverage of the 2011 NBA Playoffs continues to establish record-setting numbers for the network as the most-watched and highest-rated basketball postseason to-date in cable television history and has helped establish TNT as one of the top networks in all of television during its telecast windows among male viewership.

VH1 announced today that it will air the 17th annual 'Critics' Choice Movie Awards' on Thursday, January 12 at 9:00 PM ET/PT. This year marks the first year that the show will be held on a Thursday and the fifth straight year the network will televise the event. In addition, Den of Thieves will produce for the second year with Jesse Ignjatovic serving as executive produce for the third year.