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On last night's DANCING WITH THE STARS Results Show, Charm La'Donna gave a special dance performance in the AT & T Spotlight segment of the show.

Carson Kressley's enthusiasm for his ballroom dance routines couldn't make up for his lack of technical ability, and last night, the fashion maven was the latest star to get the boot from ABC's DANCING WITH THE STARS. Soccer World Cup star Hope Solo also had been in jeopardy of leaving.

Ticket Summit®, the leading conference and trade show for the live entertainment industry, today announced its 2012 summer conference location to be set at the Bellagio resort, hotel, and casino in Las Vegas, NV.

Quién es Quién (Who's Who) en el Teatro en México, permitirá conocer y reconocer a los talentos que han hecho o hacen posible esta industria en el país. Así también se podrán presentar a los nuevos valores. Hoy: Alessandra Pozzo.

As I wrote five years ago, regarding the first edition of Town Hall's Annual Broadway's Rising Stars concert, the traditional middle evening of their Summer Broadway Festival, this is an event where I have absolutely no intention of writing anything the least bit negative about any of the young performers who were hand-picked by Scott and Barbara Siegel to sing an evening of showtunes.  I have no desire to be the critic who drives some 22-year-old to tears with a bit of constructive criticism, inspiring him or her to angrily vow to the heavens, 'Someday I'll show that Michael Dale!'

The annual Broadway's Rising Stars features students from theatrical institutions throughout the country, including AMDA, CAP21, Steinhardt, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Carnegie Melon, Marymount Manhattan College, and The New School. These future performers make their debut on The Town Hall stage in what has become a national showcase. Scott Coulter is the director, with choreography by Vibecke Dahle and musical direction by John Fischer.

Get ready for those ‘summer nights' with the Rydell High gang - Sandy, Danny, The Pink Ladies and The T-Birds, as Surflight Theatre's Grease, the original high school musical, hits the Jersey Shore in an all-new production featuring the unforgettable songs from the hit motion picture

Nikki Gil, TV personality, actress and recording artist, seems to be fascinated playing off-beat characters in stage musicals. Gil made her theater debut as blonde sorority star Elle Woods last year. And she's set to grace the stage again starring as dancer-for-hire Charity Hope Valentine in 9 Works Theatrical's production of the Broadway musical comedy Sweet Charity in August.

Untold histories will emerge during "Sombras," Chicago-based choreographer Joel Valentin-Martinez's April 14 to 16 dance concert on Northwestern University's Evanston campus.

Untold histories will emerge during "Sombras," Chicago-based choreographer Joel Valentin-Martinez's April 14 to 16 dance concert on Northwestern University's Evanston campus.

High-stepping cowboys, scatting jazz tappers and ethnic dance will provide "Danceworks 2011" with theatrical flair centered on themes of community, connection and celebration.

Houston Grand Opera (HGO) will present its forty-first world premiere, To Cross the Face of the Moon / Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, commissioned by HGO through its Song of Houston project. Music by José 'Pepe' Martinez, music director of Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, with libretto by acclaimed Broadway director and author Leonard Foglia, the opera will be performed in concert by a cast that includes mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte, baritone and HGO studio alumnus Octavio Moreno, and Martinez, together with Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, on Saturday, November 13, 2010, at the Wortham Theater Center in Houston, Texas. This will be Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán's only Houston performance in 2010.

Houston Grand Opera (HGO) will present its forty-first world premiere, To Cross the Face of the Moon / Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, commissioned by HGO through its Song of Houston project. Music by José 'Pepe' Martinez, music director of Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, with libretto by acclaimed Broadway director and author Leonard Foglia, the opera will be performed in concert by a cast that includes mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte, baritone and HGO studio alumnus Octavio Moreno, and Martinez, together with Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, on Saturday, November 13, 2010, at the Wortham Theater Center in Houston, Texas. This will be Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán's only Houston performance in 2010.

2006 Tony award-nominated 'The Wedding Singer', starring mainstream television and recording stars Gian Magdangal and Iya Villana, opens at the Meralco Theatre in Manila on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 8 p.m. The proceeds from the opening night will directly benefit the medical outreach and feeding program of The Orange Project, a nonprofit educational foundation that helps needy and hungry Filipino children.

Ticket Summit, the leading international ticket conference, today announced that its exhibit hall is completely sold out. A three-day event, the Ticket Summit summer conference is scheduled for July 14-16, 2010 at The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Department of Dance summer season heats up with three unique and innovative dance performances in July.

The Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Department of Dance summer season heats up with three unique and innovative dance performances in July.

Ticket Summit, the leading international ticket conference, today announced that its exhibit hall is completely sold out. A three-day event, the Ticket Summit summer conference is scheduled for July 14-16, 2010 at The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

'Danceworks 2010,' an annual showcase of the choreography of Northwestern University's nationally renowned dance faculty, alumni and guest artist, has something special to celebrate this year -- the 30th anniversary of the School of Communication's Dance Program.

'Danceworks 2010,' an annual showcase of the choreography of Northwestern University's nationally renowned dance faculty, alumni and guest artist, has something special to celebrate this year -- the 30th anniversary of the School of Communication's Dance Program.