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CENTRIC announces the return of the SOUL TRAIN AWARDS, the classic music awards show that highlights R&B music's finest and bridges the gap between the soulful sounds of yesterday, today and tomorrow.

The Latin Recording Academy® (www.latingrammy.com) announced today it has partnered with Heineken, Hennessy, AXE, Degree for Women, Dove® Clinical Protection, Verizon, 7UP, Dodge, McDonald's®, the American Heart Association, PEOPLE En Español, Allstate, and Univision Radio for sponsorship and promotion of the 11th Annual Latin GRAMMY® Awards and its surrounding events. The Biggest Night in Latin Music will once again be held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010. The show will be broadcast live on the Univision Network from 8 - 11 p.m. ET/PT (7 p.m. Central).

B.B. King Blues Club & Grill is located at 237 West 42nd Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues) New York, NY 10036

Wicked is a fun , entertaining show and the touring production on view at the Canon Theatre has enough magic to make one forgive some of the inadequacies, but it isn't as sharp a production as was previously seen here. * * * 1/2 (OUT OF 5)

The second annual SOUL TRAIN AWARDS gears up for a highly anticipated show on Wednesday, November 10 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in metropolitan Atlanta, GA. Hosted by Oscar-nominated actors Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson, the 2010 SOUL TRAIN AWARDS will premiere on both CENTRIC and BET on Sunday, November 28 at 9:00 PM*.

The Music Theatre of Connecticut 2010/11 MainStage Season will open with award-winning cabaret performer Klea Blackhurst, direct from New York in 'Everything the Traffic Will Allow: The Songs and Sass of Ethel Merman.' Klea Blackhurst - hailed as an 'improbably terrific young performer' by the New York Times - will bring her critically acclaimed show, 'Everything the Traffic Will Allow: The Songs and Sass of Ethel Merman' to Music Theatre of Connecticut for a limited engagement with performances beginning October 8. Since its original New York debut in 2001, this knock-out show continues to take the country by storm with Klea delivering bright new interpretations of Merman's signature songs such as 'I Got Rhythm, ' 'Everything's Coming Up Roses' and 'There's No Business Like Show Business,' as well as rarely-performed obscurities including 'Just A Moment Ago,' 'I've Still Got My Health,' and 'World Take Me Back.'

Frantic Assembly and National Theatre of Scotland present BEAUTIFUL BURNOUT by Bryony Lavery Directed by Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett and featuring the music of Underworld at York Hall Leisure Centre, 5 - 15 Old Ford Road, Bethnal Green

Though the guest list for the 80th birthday show is celebrity-packed, there'll also be scores of stars on stage, including Christopher Biggins as compere, telling the story of the theatre from its foundation in the 1930s as a cinema to its current status as UK home to the Wicked phenomenon

The Music Theatre of Connecticut 2010/11 MainStage Season will open with award-winning cabaret performer Klea Blackhurst, direct from New York in 'Everything the Traffic Will Allow: The Songs and Sass of Ethel Merman.' Klea Blackhurst - hailed as an 'improbably terrific young performer' by the New York Times - will bring her critically acclaimed show, 'Everything the Traffic Will Allow: The Songs and Sass of Ethel Merman' to Music Theatre of Connecticut for a limited engagement with performances beginning October 8. Since its original New York debut in 2001, this knock-out show continues to take the country by storm with Klea delivering bright new interpretations of Merman's signature songs such as 'I Got Rhythm, ' 'Everything's Coming Up Roses' and 'There's No Business Like Show Business,' as well as rarely-performed obscurities including 'Just A Moment Ago,' 'I've Still Got My Health,' and 'World Take Me Back.'

CENTRIC announces the return of the SOUL TRAIN AWARDS, the classic music awards show that highlights R&B music's finest and bridges the gap between the soulful sounds of yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Frantic Assembly and National Theatre of Scotland present BEAUTIFUL BURNOUT by Bryony Lavery Directed by Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett and featuring the music of Underworld at York Hall Leisure Centre, 5 - 15 Old Ford Road, Bethnal Green

HotCity Theatre, a professional theatre company with a focus on contemporary programming and new play development announces programming for the 2011 upcoming season. HotCity theatre produces a calendar year season and with the presentation of three new scripts on the Kranzberg Mainstage as well as the 6th Annual GreenHouse New Play Festival, will be adding focus on the portion of their mission relating to the development and production of new scripts.

Al Green is set to perform at the B. B. King Bllues Club & Grille on September 2 at 8pm. for more information, visit: www.bbkingblues.com

Anthony Hamilton and KEM will top the bill of R&B and soul superstars on the 2010 Budweiser Superfest with special guests Jaheim and Raheem Devaughn and more. Co-headlined by KEM and Anthony Hamilton, the sensational summer powerhouse tour will make a stop at Detroit's Fox Theatre on Saturday, August 28 at 7:00 p.m.

The well-known BIG-Z BAND from Bradenton will be performing Motown hits at the third FREE FridayFest concert on the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Bay Front on Friday, August 27, from 5 to 9 p.m.

The well-known BIG-Z BAND from Bradenton will be performing Motown hits at the third FREE FridayFest concert on the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Bay Front on Friday, August 27, from 5 to 9 p.m.

Jim Caruso is proud to announce the return of singer Natalie Weiss in 'Deja-New: A Fresh Take on the Familiar.' The event will take place on Monday, August 23 at 7pm, as part of the long-running Broadway at Birdland concert series.

Albert Schultz, General Director of the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, today announced a new line-up of artists who will be performing as part of the Saturday Night Cabaret Series in the Garland Cabaret every Saturday night at 10pm.

B.B. King Blues Club & Grill is located at 237 West 42nd Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues) New York, NY 10036. Tickets may be purchased via Ticketmaster - www.ticketmaster.com / 1-800-745-3000 or at the B.B. King's Box Office: 10:30am - Midnight ($2 per ticket service charge)

On Thursday, August 5, the 32nd annual Seaside Summer Concert Series at Asser Levy/Seaside Park, hosted by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, will welcome singer, songwriter and actor John Legend, who performed at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Concert Series in 2008. The Seaside Summer Concert Series at Coney Island and Martin Luther King, Jr. Concert Series in Crown Heights/Central Brooklyn have entertained hundreds of thousands of residents over the past three decades and remain the largest free concert series in the New York metropolitan area.