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Talk show listings for Wednesday, May 4

Talk show listings Tuesday, May 3

The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities has announced Jim J. Bullock will star in the upcoming production of Hairspray. Known for his work on Broadway, Off-Broadway, LA Theater and Television, including the series Too Close for Comfort and The New Hollywood Squares, Jim previously performed the role of Wilbur Turnblad on Broadway. This time Jim takes the Arvada Center stage as the favorite 'Mother of the 50's forced into the 60's', Edna Turnblad. This fully staged regional production of Hairspray opens June 21 and runs through July 17, 2011.

Talk show listings for Monday, May 2

The Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company just received word that it's the recipient of a grant of $10,500.00 from the Cooperative Marketing Program, provided by the New Jersey Department of State: Division of Travel and Tourism, stating in the accompanying letter that 'your comprehensive application and well-developed marketing plan persuaded the committee of your commitment to strengthening your own mission, supporting regional and state tourism and working toward a stronger New Jersey economy.' This is the fourth year in a row that ELTC has received this prestigious grant, and it will be used solely for advertising.

Theater Works is pleased to announce Youth Works' production of WINNIE THE POOH. Performing in the McMillin Theater from May 6 - 22nd, audiences will follow Winnie The Pooh and Friends as 'terrible' trouble begins. Kanga comes to the forest with soap for baths and spoonfuls of Strengthening Medicine! Something must be done! Tickets for this special play are only $16 / adult and $12 / student. Tickets are on sale now!

Bob Egan's New Hope presents a Saturday evening bill of comedy that will bring two nationally renowned comedians to Bucks County for two special shows.

'La Nonna' vertelt de lotgevallen van een letterlijk en figuurlijk alles opvretende bomma die haar familie in de armoede duwt. De enige oplossing is haar kwijt te geraken, en alle middelen zijn goed. Op een sublieme manier, en met nadrukkelijk aanwezige Tangomuziek, is dit stuk nog het best te omschrijven als het grotesk antwoord op Ruud De Ridder zijn 'Wat moet we met den Bompa'-stuk !

PURE Theatre is proud to present the South Carolina premiere of Race by David Mammot. Directed by PURE's Co-Founder and Artistic Director Sharon Graci, and will feature . The show opens Thursday, May 13th and runs through the 22nd.*

Brat Productions returns to Fergie's Pub to produce Brat's favorite bar tales from Conor McPherson and Mark O'Rowe May 8 to 16

Mad Horse Theater presents SPRING AWAKENING by Frank Wedekind, translated by Jonathan Franzen. The play runs Thursday - Sunday May 5th - 22nd at Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland, 899-3993. Tickets are $18.00& $20.00. Thursdays are pay-what-you-can. For reservations please call 899-3993. More information is available at www.madhorse.com.

Deep Dish Theater Company invites you to join a lively, informal discussion of Homer's Greek epic, The Odyssey, Monday, May 23 at 7:00 p.m. at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill. The conversation, presented in conjunction with the theater's production of Shakespeare's Othello, will be led by Evelyn Daniel and is free and open to the public. No prior attendance or registration is required.

The 10th annual Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), co-founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff, and presented by founding sponsor American Express, announced the winner of the Heineken Audience Award - Give Up Tomorrow - tonight at Eye Beam in New York City. The film's director, Michael Collins, will receive a cash prize of $25,000.

On March 25th 2009, theater mogulas Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb were convicted on fraud and forgery charges. Justice Mary Lou Benotto of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto said they 'systemically manipulated the books' at the now defunct Livent Inc., behind Canadian and Broadway hits like PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.

convergence-continuum, continues its 2011 Season at the Liminis theatre with the Mid-West premiere of The Museum Play by Jordan Harrison - a dark and comic exploration of untenable longings to posses the past, and the preservation of love and desire. The Museum Play will be the third work by playwright Jordan Harrison to be produced by convergence-continuum, who have previously presented Harrison's Act a Lady and Finn in the Underworld.

This weekend, WABC-TV aired a half-hour special on the best of the new Broadway season, including ANYTHING GOES, ARCADIA, THE BOOK OF MORMON, GHETTO KLOWN, THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, JERUSALEM, THE MOTHER WITH THE HAT, THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE, PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL, THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON and WONDERLAND. The special will aired Saturday, April 30 from 7:00 PM to 7:30 PM and is now available online.

The Malcontent - The multiple award-winning Antaeus Company (winner of the Los Angeles Drama Critic's Circle Award for Outstanding Season for 2010) opens its second season of classics with a fully double-cast production of John Marston's viciously funny, filthy, and surprising masterpiece. The usurped Duke of Genoa takes the disguise of the outrageous Malevole (the titular Malcontent) to spy on the corrupt foibles of the new Duke and his unctuous cronies. Disguises, false deaths, seductions, deceptions, and adulteries all drive the plot of this enormously entertaining play.

Supermodel Christie Brinkley made her Broadway debut April 8 as Roxie Hart in CHICAGO at the Ambassador Theatre and recently sat down on 'The View' to talk about how she landed the role and the rehearsal process. She also talked about all the encouragement she's received from her parents.

'Breaking Bad's' Bryan Cranston is set to play the mayor in the upcoming 'Rock of Ages' film, to be directed by Shankman and based on the Broadway musical, according to Deadline.com. Cranston will play the husband of an advocate who wants to ban rock and roll. That role will be played by Catherine Zeta-Jones and both were created specifically for the movie.

LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, the 2010 Tony Award winner for Best Revival of a Musical, will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, May 1 at 3:00 PM at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street). At closing, the production will have played 433 performances and 15 previews. LA CAGE AUX FOLLES will be launching a national tour this fall, starting in October in Des Moines, IA.