Dorothy Hamill News

With the same grace she showed on the ice as an Olympic champion, Dorothy Hamill gave a heartfelt goodbye on last night's DANCING WITH THE STARS. A serious spinal injury could lead to irreparable damage if she continued her pursuit of the Mirror Ball Trophy. Watch her official announcement below!

One contestant withdrew from the competition owing to what might be an 'irreparable' injury, sparing their fellow contestants from elimination.

The dancing continued on Week 2 of ABC's DANCING WITH THE STARS. Below, check out the highlights from last night's performances!

It may only be week two, but DANCING WITH THE STARS is already in full swing with enough walk-outs, breakdowns and resolve-shaking injuries to fuel a finale. This season's crop of B-listers and has-beens certainly know how to bring the petty drama. Unfortunately, that's about all most of them have to offer.

Wynn Las Vegas' Johnny Avello predicts the odds to win this season of ABC's DANCING WITH THE STARS. See how your favorites fare below!

Below, check out some of the highlight performances on night one of ABC's DANCING WITH THE STARS Season 16!

Johnny Avello of Wynn Las Vegas calculates the odds to win DANCING WITH THE STARS Season 16 going into the premiere on 3/18/2013.

ABC has debuted a behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming cast of DANCING WITH THE STARS in rehearsals, including REAL HOUSEWIVE Lisa Vanderpump, comedian Andy Dick, Olympian Dorothy Hamill, soap star Ingo Rademacher, and boxer Victor Ortiz. Check out the photos below!

DANCING WITH THE STARS hosts Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke-Charvet announced this season's celebrity and professional pairings live on 'Good Morning America' on ABC. This season's dynamic lineup of stars will perform for the first time on Live National television with their professional partners during the two-hour season premiere of 'Dancing with the Stars,' MONDAY, MARCH 18 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. Below, check out promo photos of the new cast!

Sterling's Upstairs at The Federal has set Sunday, December 9 as auditions for the 7th consecutive year of LA's Next Great Stage Star®, it was announced today by producers Michael Sterling and Tony Monsour of Michael Sterling & Associates in Los Angeles, CA. www.msapr.net. For the second consecutive year - author, actress, concert headliner, and arts philanthropist Barbara Van Orden joins Sterling and Monsour by gifting LA's Next Great Stage Star® with the Barbara Van Orden Grant which provides invaluable assistance to production of the annual competition.

STATE OF THE ARTS (SOTA), the critically acclaimed weekly performing arts radio series which previously, since its May 31, 2010 premiere, aired live on Mondays from 4:00 - 4:50 pm PST on the LATalkRadio.com Network, is moving its weekly broadcast to Thursdays beginning today, July 19, 2012, it was previously announced by State of the Arts co-producer/co-hosts and theatre professionals MICHAEL STERLING & Paul Stroili.

STATE OF THE ARTS (SOTA), the critically acclaimed weekly performing arts radio series which previously, since its May 31, 2010 premiere, aired live on Mondays from 4:00 - 4:50 pm PST on the LATalkRadio.com Network, is moving its weekly broadcast to Thursdays beginning Thursday, July 19, 2012, it was announced today by State of the Arts co-producer/co-hosts and theatre professionals MICHAEL STERLING & PAUL STROILI. Guests on July 19 will include TV, Broadway star and Tony Award nominee CHRISTOPHER SIEBER (Shrek The Musical, and co-star with George Hamilton in the U.S. National Tour of La Cage Aux Folles; and Film and Television star ESAI MORALES (La Bamba, NYPD Blue, Caprica - Syfy TV's prequel to the series Battlestar Galactica).

The Broadway at Birdland concert series will present JEFF HARNAR in "Does This Song Make Me Look Fat?" on Monday, August 27 at 7pm. Musical Director for the concert will be Alex Rybeck, with Mark Minkler on bass and Ray Marchica on drums.

Penumbra Theatre Company, the nation's preeminent African American theatre, announces a special presentation of I Wish You Love in the 2011-2012 season. Due to popular demand, 16 performances will be staged at Penumbra Theatre November 18 - December 4, 2011

The sun came out in Thousand Oaks, CA last week as Cabrillo Music Theatre proudly opened its all new production of the hit musical, Annie. ANNIE also marks the return of Sally Struthers as Miss Hannigan to the Cabrillo stage, having won a Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Award for her performance as the Fairy Godmother in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella last season. Annie opened Friday, October 14th and continues through Sunday, October 23rd, at the 1,800-seat Kavli Theatre at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, located at 2100 Thousand Oaks Boulevard in Thousand Oaks. Broadway World TV's Los Angeles Correspondent/Producer Michael Sterling and Associate Producer Jerry Evans of JLE Media Group Inc., spent a day with Ms. Struthers and the Annie company to talk about the world's beloved musical.

On what would have been Cole Porters 120th Birthday, The Town Hall (123 West 43 Street), Times Square's landmark concert venue, will present Easy To Love: Andrea Marcovicci and Jeff Harnar Sing Cole Porter, on Thursday, June 9, at 8:00 P.M.