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Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA) students are given the opportunity to study alongside esteemed industry leaders, guest artists and teachers as part of the school's third annual Master Artist Series. The innovative series began in celebration of OCSA's 30th anniversary two years ago and continues to bring high-caliber arts professionals to campus, where they collaborate with faculty to create exceptional learning experiences for students. This season's Master Artist Series kicks off with Broadway actor and recording artist David Burnham ("Wicked," "The Light in the Piazza") performing alongside some of OCSA's own musical theatre students during the school's Season Premiere. The series continues with visiting professionals from the worlds of acting, culinary arts, instrumental and vocal music, musical theater, writing and more.

Below, check out a clip of 'Bringing Back Potter” star Monica Potter's appearance on Hallmark's HOME & FAMILY, airing today (October 12).

THE FLASH star Matt Letscher's visits Hallmark's HOME & FAMILY today (October 7). Matt talks about what it's like to play a hated super villain, how his professional acting career started, and he plays a game with hosts Mark Steines and Debbie Matenopoulos.

LOVE BOAT star Jill Whelan's appears on Hallmark's 'Home & Family' today (October 6) to talk to hosts Mark Steines and Debbie Matenopoulos about celebrating her 50th birthday on board the real 'Love Boat' with her friends and family and she creates DIY spooky Halloween jars.

Cristina Ferrare, longtime co-host of Hallmark Channel's Daytime Emmy(R)-nominated daily series HOME & FAMILY, will depart the network's popular original lifestyle program, it was announced today by Hallmark Channel.

The most popular wedding month of the year is June and Hallmark Channel is celebrating love and romance with Hallmark Channel's 'JUNE WEDDINGS.'

The most popular wedding month of the year is June and Hallmark Channel is celebrating love and romance with Hallmark Channel's 'JUNE WEDDINGS MONTH.'

Hallmark Channel announces Home & Family is renewed for a fourth season and will be the only daytime lifestyle series on cable television to produce and air 52 consecutive weeks of new episodes!

Home & Family lifestyle expert Paige Hemmis and musician Jason Short, of the Australian pop/opera music group ARIA, will be married on a very special Home & Family primetime event, tonight, June 22 (8pm ET/PT, 7C).

Home & Family lifestyle expert Paige Hemmis and musician Jason Short, of the Australian pop/opera music group ARIA, will be married on a very special Home & Family primetime event, Monday, June 22 (8pm ET/PT, 7C).

The award-winning CAP21 Theatre Company has announced casting for the first production of a new musical, THE ARTIST & THE SCIENTIST, with book and lyrics by Jenny Stafford, music by Brandon Anderson, and story by Jenny Stafford and Brandon Anderson. THE ARTIST & THE SCIENTIST is a love story that takes place in the moment between the Scientist's proposal and the Artist's answer. It explores the creative and scientific forces that make us who we are; and the people who challenge us to open ourselves to something more. THE ARTIST & THE SCIENTIST will play a limited run from February 4 -28, 2015 at the CAP21 Theatre, 18 West 18th Street, 5th Floor, New York. www.cap21.org

LUDO'S BROKEN BRIDE: A ROCK OPERA, starring Drew Gasparini (John Lennon Songwriting Award), Alysha Umphress (American Idiot) and Caitlin Kinnunen (Bridges of Madison County) will make its world premiere tonight to a sold out audience at The Cutting Room. The concert will also star Randy Blair (Fat Camp) and Brian Charles Rooney (The Threepenny Opera) with Nate Begle (John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean), Aymee Garcia (Shrek, Avenue Q), Maddy Jarmon (), Dan Kohler (Flashdance), Brendan Malafronte (John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean), Anthea Neri (NAA's Oliver), Azudi Onyejekwe (Violet), and Kate Steinberg.

LUDO'S BROKEN BRIDE: A ROCK OPERA, starring Drew Gasparini (John Lennon Songwriting Award), Alysha Umphress (American Idiot), and Caitlin Kinnunen (Bridges of Madison County), has announced it's complete casting. Joining Gasparini, Umphress and Kinnunen will be Randy Blair (Fat Camp), Brian Charles Rooney (The Threepenny Opera), Nate Begle (John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean), Aymee Garcia (Shrek, Avenue Q), Maddy Jarmon, Dan Kohler (Flashdance), Brendan Malafronte (John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean), Althea Neri (NAA's Oliver), Azudi Onyejekwe (Violet), and Kate Steinberg.

Chinese Mother Jewish Daughter Productions will present a developmental reading of Madame: The Musical on October 10 at Ripley-Grier Studios. The work was previously developed at the New York Musical Theater Festival's inaugural reading series in 2012.

JillIan Barberie, host of the new 'Hollywood Mix', visited with Jillian Mueller 'Alex' of Flashdance - The Musical, and learned how to recreate the show's iconic water scene during the musical's run at the Segerstrom Center. To watch the segment on KTLA, click HERE!

FLASHDANCE-THE MUSICAL, the stage adaptation of the 1983 hit film that defined a generation, will perform at the Majestic Theatre for eight performances tonight, June 18-23. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m., Friday, March 1.

The hugely popular 1983 film Flashdance, starring Jennifer Beals, received a musical facelift and had its world premiere in July 2008 at the Theatre Royal Plymouth. Following a UK Tour, FLASHDANCE – THE MUSICAL opened on London's West End in late 2010. However, the show closed earlier than expected on January 15, 2011. By December 2011, the musical was slated for a Broadway opening in Fall 2012. Ambitiously, the creative teams also announced a second company that would tour the show starting in 2013. The First National Tour of FLASHDANCE – THE MUSICAL kicked off in Pittsburgh on January 1, 2013, giving the show it's second World Premiere of sorts because the re-envisioned production of title features new songs, a new book, a new creative team, and a different physical production. The musical has been on a whirlwind tour and has dates booked through May 4, 2014. Yet, the Broadway opening has been postponed to an unspecified date later in the 2013-2014 Broadway season.

Tonight during KTLA-TV 6 p.m. news broadcast, Jillian Barberie, host of the new Hollywood Mix, visits with Jillian Mueller 'Alex' of Flashdance - The Musical. They go over the iconic splash-segment. Check out sneak peek photos from the taping below!