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MTV'S 'Teen Mom' Season Three debut is most watched premiere int he history of the 'Teen Mom' franchise with 3.65 million total viewers.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT), the professional producing arm of the Department of Dramatic Arts at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, concludes its 2011 Nutmeg Summer Series with My Fair Lady, running July 7 - 17 in the Harriett S. Jorgensen Theatre (lower Jorgensen Auditorium) on the UConn Storrs campus. The preview performance takes places tonight, Thursday, July 7 at 7:30 p.m. and Opening Night is tomorrow, Friday, June 17 at 8:00 p.m.

It's so much fun to have a hit--and this summer, we have two! Both A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) are performing to capacity houses. That's encouraged us to extend the run of the shows through July 31, 2011.

WHAT: Music Director Gustavo Dudamel leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in performances featuring internationally acclaimed soloists Lang Lang (July 12 & July 14), Gil Shaham (July 19), and Pinchas Zukerman (July 21) and a concert version of Puccini's Turandot (July 17) to launch the 2011 Classical Series at the Hollywood Bowl.

This summer the Un-Common Theatre Co will be the first Amateur Community Theatre Company in the US to perform the much acclaimed, Tony Award winning Broadway Musical SPRING AWAKENING. Winner of eight Tony Awards including best musical, direction, book and score, SPRING AWAKENING celebrates the unforgettable journey from youth to adulthood with a power, poignancy, and a passion you will never forget.

KhotanTM at Treasure Island will close its doors on July 29. The space where the restaurant operates is being considered for future use. Until the closure, Khotan will operate under its normal schedule. About Treasure Island

Virginia's Signature Theatre opens its doors for their annual Target Open House on Saturday, July 23rd. Free and open to the public, this special event runs from noon - 10:00pm and has something for everyone: performances, demonstrations, exhibits, kids' activities, classes, a 'concert on the plaza,' and the return of the very popular Signature Idol Competition, sponsored by Northern Virginia magazine, and mediated by a celebrity panel of judges which includes Broadway star Hunter Foster (Urinetown), national radio host Robert Aubry Davis and Signature's Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer. The Target Open House is held throughout the Signature complex and on the Plaza.

Rachael Yamagata has reunited with Happenstance producer, John Alagia (Dave Matthews Band, Jason Mraz, Liz Phair) and is putting the finishing touches on her new studio album, the follow up to her heralded 2 CD Set Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart. Yamagata will self release the album this Fall.

Sea Tea Improv is taking up residence at Hartford Children's Theatre on Sunday, July 17 at 6:00 pm. Celebrate summer with a pre-show barbeque and free beer tasting before enjoying a family-friendly performance by Hartford's own, Sea Tea Improv at HCT's Carriage House Theatre (360 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT).

TNT has renewed Falling Skies, cable's #1 new series, for a second season. The epic saga about the aftermath of an all-out invasion by an alien military force has been a tremendous hit both domestically and internationally. Falling Skies, which airs Sundays at 10 p.m. (ET/PT), stars Noah Wyle and comes to TNT from DreamWorks Television and executive producer Steven Spielberg. TNT has ordered 10 episodes for the second season, which is slated to air in summer 2012.

The New York Civil Liberties Union today announced a star-studded lineup of award-winning performers for Broadway Stands Up for Freedom, its annual benefit show scheduled for Monday, July 25 at the NYU Skirball Center for Performing Arts.

Priscilla Queen Of The DeserT, presented on Broadway by 'The Divine Miss M,' producer Bette Midler, will perform on the first live premiere results show of season 6 of NBC's hit summer talent competition series 'America's Got Talent.' Tony-nominee Will Swenson will lead the cast in a diva-tastic medley of some of Priscilla's most popular songs - 'Finally,' 'Shake Your Groove Thing,' and 'MacArthur Park' - featuring the show's trademark 2011 Tony-winning costumes designed by Oscar and Tony-winning designers Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner.

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center is excited to announce its fourth annual Summer Gala. On Saturday, July 23rd at 6 p.m., A Celebration of the Town of Waterford will be held in the Sunken Garden on the O'Neill grounds, overlooking Long Island Sound. The evenings festivities will include cocktails, silent auction, dinner and performance.

Male Matriarch - the autobiographical story of its star and creator Amir Levi - challenges postmodern gay identity through his cultural desire to create a nuclear family based on traditional values. Strongly influenced by the love stories of his mother and grandmother, Amir shares his Builla's rhythm, his mother's taste in curly-haired men, and thinks he's destined to be the next matriarch of his Mexican Jewish American family.

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Discovery Channel announced today that Denise Contis has been named Senior Vice President of Production & Development for Discovery Channel. She will be based in Discovery's Los Angeles office and report to Nancy Daniels, Discovery Channel Executive Vice President of Production and Development.

Current TV today announced an additional roster of talent to be featured in the new original series, '50 Documentaries To See Before You Die.' Hosted by renowned documentarian Morgan Spurlock, the five part hour-long weekly series, which kicks off Tuesday, August 2 at 9 p.m. ET counts down fifty of the modern documentary era's most powerful, provocative and moving films. In each show, Spurlock hits the road and revisits several of the iconic figures from films ranging from 'Paris is Burning' to 'Hoop Dreams' to 'Exit Through the Gift Shop.'

'America's Got Talent,' NBC's top-rated summer series from FremantleMedia North American and Syco Television has selected the Top 48 acts that will vie for the coveted $1 million grand prize when the live performance episodes begin Tuesday, July 12 (9-11 p.m. ET).

The 11-Year Old Singing-Sensation Makes Her Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Debut

ABC has licensed its iconic soaps, 'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live' to Prospect Park, it was announced today by Brian Frons, President, Daytime, Disney/ABC Television Group & Janice Marinelli, President, Disney/ABC Domestic Television and Rich Frank & Jeff Kwatinetz of Prospect Park. The exclusive multi-year, multi-platform deal enables the soaps' stories to continue beyond their finale dates on ABC. ABC will broadcast its final episode of 'All My Children' on Friday, September 23rd and will air the final episode of 'One Life to Live' in January, 2012.