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Award-winning solo artist Mike Schlitt, in association with Son of Semele, will present Jesus Ride from March 9 through April 8. The production, which garnered "Outstanding Solo Show" at the New York Fringe in 2009, was presented at Son of Semele Theater last year and will return there this spring for a 5-week run that will culminate in an Easter Sunday performance and celebration.

Charles Fee, Producing Artistic Director of Great Lakes Theater (GLT), unveiled a six-production array of classics to headline the company's 2012-13 season. Great Lakes Theater's fifty-first year is scheduled to run from September 2012 through May 2013 at PlayhouseSquare's Hanna and Ohio Theatres.

The Tony Award-winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2012 preview performances begin February 17, opening a season dedicated to Executive Director Paul Nicholson, who is retiring at the end of the season after 33 years at OSF.

ESPN will begin its 23rd Major League Baseball season with a full national telecast of Opening Night - the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals at the Miami Marlins - Wednesday, April 4, at 7 p.m. ET.

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival closed its 76th season with a collective sigh of relief last night.

Great Lakes Theater (GLT) will commence its 50th anniversary season at the Hanna Theatre, PlayhouseSquare, with a Fall Repertory that features the Tony Award-winning musical, Cabaret and William Shakespeare's uproarious battle of the sexes, The Taming of the Shrew.

GLAAD Media Award recipients were announced in 25 of this year's 32 media categories at the 22nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards presented nationally by RÖKK Vodka and locally by American Airlines and Prudential at the Marriott Marquis Times Square in New York on Saturday night. Additional awards will be presented in Los Angeles on April 10 at the Westin Bonaventure, and in San Francisco on May 14 at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis.

NBC PRIMETIME SCHEDULE -Saturday March 19, 2011 - Saturday April 2, 2011

The Waterfront Playhouse presents David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'Glengarry Glen Ross,' considered to be one of the theater's masterworks of the late 20th Century. The New York Times calls the play 'ferocious comedy and drama, crackling with tension.' Directed by George Gugleotti and featuring an ensemble of powerhouse actors, 'Glengarry' runs January 27 to February 12. The production is sponsored by AT&T, The Real Yellow Pages, with the opening night party sponsored by Sandra and Lee McMannis. The production carries an audience advisory of 'adult language.'

NBC PRIMETIME SCHEDULE - Sunday January 16, 2011 - Saturday January 22, 2011

'Real Housewives of Atlanta' star Kim Zolciak, most famous for dating a married man, tells ATLANTAboy.com in an exclusive interview that she is writing a book on relationship advice for Spring 2011.

Bryan Batt, Bethenny Frankel, Andy Cohen, and Chely Wright were among the celebrities who joined the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) to honor American Airlines, legendary Advertising Age critic Bob Garfield and outstanding images of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in advertising at the 2nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Advertising in New York City.

At a press conference yesterday the Oregon Shakespeare Festival provided a comprehensive picture of the scope of new work underway over the next several season supported by grants totaling more than $800,000. OSF recently received a grant of $600,000 from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation over three years (2010-2012) for the decade-long commissioning, production, and public dialogue initiative American Revolutions: the United States History Cycle. The Edgerton Foundation of Los Angeles, California awarded OSF a four-year $200,000 grant to support the commissioning of five new American musicals, putting OSF in the unique position of creating new American musicals with a resident acting company.

Splash Bar is proud to present a very special edition of 'Scott Nevins' Curtain Call' with Broadway's Frankie James Grande ! On Monday, June 14th Directly following the video madness of 'Musical Mondays' at 11:30pm, co-host Emily McNamara welcomes this sexy and talented Broadway boy (MAMA MIA!) who was crowned the winner of the first 'Mr. Broadway' beauty pageant back to Splash as he takes the stage to serve up a full set of Broadway's hottest tunes, plus a few special guests and surprises. Make sure to get there early to grab a seat to watch those legendary musical numbers on the big screens, and then sit tight as Frankie James Grande performs live in person.

Splash Bar is proud to present a very special edition of 'Scott Nevins' Curtain Call' with Broadway's Frankie James Grande ! On Monday, June 14th Directly following the video madness of 'Musical Mondays' at 11:30pm, co-host Emily McNamara welcomes this sexy and talented Broadway boy (MAMA MIA!) who was crowned the winner of the first 'Mr. Broadway' beauty pageant back to Splash as he takes the stage to serve up a full set of Broadway's hottest tunes, plus a few special guests and surprises. Make sure to get there early to grab a seat to watch those legendary musical numbers on the big screens, and then sit tight as Frankie James Grande performs live in person.

The cast of The Fantasticks, the world's longest-running musical, will sing the national anthem at the Saturday, April 10, 2010 Mets game at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. The performance, which is in recognition of the show's 50th anniversary Off Broadway, is part of Jack Lang Day, named in honor of the beloved Hall of Fame sportswriter who covered the Mets for twenty-five years and who died in 2007.

The cast of The Fantasticks, the world's longest-running musical, will sing the national anthem at the Saturday, April 10, 2010 Mets game at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. The performance, which is in recognition of the show's 50th anniversary Off Broadway, is part of Jack Lang Day, named in honor of the beloved Hall of Fame sportswriter who covered the Mets for twenty-five years and who died in 2007.

In what the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Artistic Director Bill Rauch and Executive Director Paul Nicholson can only describe as amazing, OSF's 2009 season results have exceeded all expectations. Initially anticipating a slump in the 2009 season attendance and revenue, the Festival closed with record attendance of 410,034 (89% of capacity), and record revenues of $17,098,115.