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The Iridium Jazz Club will present Dr. Lonnie Smith for concert on April 10th and 11th, with sets at 8:00pm and 10:00pm each night.

Great Lakes Theater Festival (GLTF) will conclude its 2009-10 season in the company's revolutionary home at the Hanna Theatre, PlayhouseSquare, with a Spring Repertory that features Keythe Farley, Brian Flemming and Laurence O'Keefe's outrageous Off-Broadway Musical of the Year, Bat Boy: The Musical and William Shakespeare's magical masterpiece, A Midsummer Night's Dream. The productions will be performed in rotating repertory April 8 - May 16, 2010. The Spring Repertory features GLTF's resident artistic company of actors performing two alternating plays on the same stage over six weeks. Veteran Festival artist Victoria Bussert will direct Bat Boy: The Musical.

The Laguna Playhouse recently announced their upcoming 2010-2011 season, which marks the company's 90th anniversary. The 2010-2011 season begins July 6 with the award-winning hit musical Life Could Be a Dream. Other sensational shows on the season schedule include the World Premiere of the poignant dramatic comedy I Loved Lucy, the World Premiere co-production of the romantic musical Daddy Long Legs, Hershey Felder in MAESTRO: The Art of Leonard Bernstein, and the classic Noel Coward comedy Private Lives.

The Theatre School at DePaul University is pleased to announce that FRED WILLARD (actor, For Your Consideration, Best in Show, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy) will join BEN VEREEN (actor, Roots, Sweet Charity, Pippin) and 2010 Pulitzer Prize nominee TARELL ALVIN MCCRANEY (playwright, The Brother/Sister Plays & Theatre School Alumnus) as recipients of the 2010 Awards for Excellence in the Arts on Monday, April 19, 2010, at the Four Seasons Hotel.

Creole Restaurant and Music Supper Club, located at 2167 Third Avenue (NE corner 118th St.), known for its great food according to ZAGAT, ambiance, and for bringing Jazz and R&B back uptown, proudly presents a Dedication to Art Blakey and Dizzy Gillispie for the inspiration of Afro-Cuban Jazz in America on Saturday, April 10, 2010.

In a shocking turn of events, tonight featured the first of the top six gentlemen to head home. Each of the three ladies were called up first, eventually learning that they were each safe on the night. After that, the night was a complete shocker, ending on a sad note for one of the contestants.

Tonight, the 'Idol' contestants were given the task of taking on the rather extensive Lennon/McCartney songbook. Given the sheer number of tunes to select from and the vast differences in types of songs, it would seem each contestant should have been able to find a song that would suit both their voice and personality. Many of the contestants, thankfully, did so, giving one of the best shows so far this year. As the competition heats up, it's interesting to see the bar set to a new level each week , although, each week it also becomes all the more clear who doesn't belong.

Director Gordon Edelstein recently discussed the critical split over his recent endeavor, THE GLASS MENAGERIE, and the six nominations it received for the Lucille Lortel Awards.

Frank Rizzo, theatre critic for Courant.com, recently discussed whether or not the production of THE ORPHANS' HOME CYCLE was snubbed by the Lucille Lortel Awards.

In a recent interview with The Star Ledger, ADDAMS FAMILY star Bebe Neuwirth discussed her transition into the project and how she approached the role of Morticia, as well as her career working with Fosse and her career as a whole.

Donna Murphy, star of the upcoming production of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at City Center, recently sat down with the New York Daily News to discuss her feeling on the production and her upcoming Disney film.

New York Magazine caught up with Tony Award winner Julie White during her premiere her new film 'Breaking Upwards' and asked who she might want to star in a movie about her life.

The New York Post recently took a look behind the scenes of the current tour of 101 DALMATIANS, specifically looking at the difficulties of having a cast of 15 dogs. According to the report, the dogs have received their own tour bus and enjoy more luxuries than many of the cast members.

Teen pop sensation Justin Bieber will join the cast of the hit television show GLEE for a performance at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, April 5th. The musical performances will be available for a live online broadcast at www.whitehouse.gov/eastereggroll.

Christopher Fitzgerald and Cara Seymour will join the cast of the 2009 Drama Desk Award winner Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words on Monday, April 5 at New York's Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street.

Chicago-based pH Productions is currently hosting a run of the classic film, The Breakfast Club, in musical form. Founding member Jason Geis co-wrote and is directing the production that will run through April 26th.

Twitter Watch shines a BWW spotlight on Broadway and television star Lea Michele, who currently stars on the hit television show GLEE and was the original Wendla in Spring Awakening.

The Tulsa Area Community Theatre Alliance has announced its weekly schedule for April 5th through the 11th.

Manhattan Children's Theatre will present the fifth and final production of its 2009-2010 season: Stanley's Party - a world premiere musical adaptation of the popular books Stanley's Party and Stanley's Wild Ride.

Horton Foote's play, THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, will begin performances at The Quotidian Theatre on April 16th. The theatre will continue with the production, despite the cancellation of The Tribute to the Life and Work of Horton Foote, which has been postponed until later this year.