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Yesterday afternoon Real Housewife of NY Alex McCord and her family came to see SPIDER-MAN: Turn Off The Dark. Below, check out photos of them with the cast backstage!

Is laughter really the best medicine? The popular adage is put to the test in this hysterically funny, one-woman tour de force about picking up the pieces of a broken heart and beginning life again, My Brilliant Divorce. In its only second major American regional production, Asolo Rep's Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards directs celebrated Broadway star Mary Testa, a two-time Tony Award nominee, as Angela, the 40-something housewife blindsided by her philandering husband's desertion in Aron's engaging, mid-life crisis comedy.

The Bridges of Madison County, a new musical, based on the best selling novel by Robert James Waller, will begin performances on Monday, January 13, 2014, at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street), with an opening night late February 2014. This story about a devoted Iowa housewife and her unlikely love affair with a National Geographic photographer has inspired seven of the theater's most distinguished artists to create a new Broadway musical.

In South Coast Repertory's amusingly naughty World Premiere production of Beau Willimon's THE PARISIAN WOMAN (now playing through May 5), 'Body of Proof' star Dana Delany plays Chloe, a morally ambiguous but undeniably tenacious Washington DC housewife with high political aspirations, especially for her husband (Steven Weber) who's seeking to be the next Attorney General. Armed with wit and sexuality, Chloe seduces her way through the intoxicating pursuit of power.

Cadence Theatre Company, in partnership with Virginia Repertory Theatre, closes its 2012/13 Season with the emotionally packed Broadway rock-musical Next to Normal. Performances will begin at the Sara Belle and Neil November Theatre, Marjorie Arenstein Stage on Thursday, April 25, 2013 and run for four weeks only through Saturday, May 18, 2013. Winner of three 2009 Tony Awards and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Next to Normal examines the powerful story of Diana, a suburban housewife suffering with bipolar disorder, and the effects of that illness on her family. This is the groundbreaking musical that leaves audiences astounded and uplifted at the difference that understanding, hope, and encouragement makes in our lives. Cadence Theatre Company and Virginia Rep will be partnering with NAMI, The VCU Department of Psychiatry and the ReelAbilities Film Festival for this production.

It was a liberating divorce and the loss of her identify as the 'perfect wife' that made Barbara McNally realize she had no idea who she truly was; but, it was the discovery of a racy photograph of her naked grandmother that inspired her to do something about it.

Whether he's playing a Westchester housewife who's preparing her cabaret tribute to Edith Piaf, Cinderella's much maligned stepmother in the style of Mildred Pierce, or the tough but warm-hearted owner of a speakeasy, performance legend Charles Busch continues to delight and redefine his craft as a master humorist, illusionist, and camp icon. The author of dozens of hit plays (Tale of the Allergist's Wife, Red Scare on Sunset, Flipping My Wig, Times Square Angel, Our Leading Lady, The Third Story, Die! Mommie! Die!, Psycho Beach Party, The Divine Sister, and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom to name but a few), Busch makes his 54 Below debut for two very special year end performances, joined by Musical Director Tom Judson. Expect laughter, music, tears, and sequins. But no boas. Busch will play 54 below March 7-14. Check out photos of Busch in rehearsal below!

Audrey Tautou stars as a provincial housewife in 1920s France, whose suffocating marriage to a boorish landowner inspires her to a fatal bid for freedom, in the late director Claude Miller's exquisite adaptation of the classic novel by Francois Mauriac. The film is set for release in late spring 2013.

The Kinsey Sicks, America's favorite dragapella beautyshop quartet, will celebrate their 20th anniversary with "America's Next Top Bachelor Housewife Celebrity Hoarder Makeover Star Gone Wild!" This over-the-top new musical will play three performances only at Hennepin Theatre Trust's New Century Theatre April 4-5, 2013. In this brilliant reality TV mash-up, we find Rachel, Winnie, Trixie and Trampolina in the jungle, trying their best to score at challenges that involve singing, dancing, dating, dieting and, of course, large insects. Tickets are on sale now. For tickets or more information, please visit www.HennepinTheatreTrust.org or call 1.800.982.2787.

Surfside Players will present the crowd-pleasing farce Love, Sex and the I.R.S., by William Van Zandt and Jane Millmore, directed by Troy Jones. Tax season is upon us, and if you're looking for ways to score a refund, here's an example of what NOT to do. Jon Trachtman and Leslie Arthur, out-of-work musicians rooming together in New York, are listing each other as married on tax returns to save money. The day of reckoning comes when the I.R.S. informs the 'couple' they're going to be investigated by a Mr. Spinner. Leslie masquerades as a housewife, aided by Jon's fiancee, Kate. Complicating matters further, Leslie and Kate are having an affair behind Jon's back, Jon's mother drops in unexpectedly to meet her son's fiancee, and Leslie's ex-girlfriend shows up demanding to know why Leslie has changed and won't see her anymore…

A.A. Jones' literary reveal 'Tilt Diary of a Virgin Stripper' has captivated men and women alike. More than just a day-to-day account of a housewife thrown into the underground world of exotic dance, sex and drama, 'Tilt Diary' is an intimate, soul-bearing memoir of a woman making her way in a man's world and owning her power. The book has fueled the imaginations of readers around the world and also empowered and liberated its audience. Daring, titillating and yes erotic, 'Tilt Diary' is not only a confessional but also the story of a phoenix rising. In the vein of bestsellers 'Fifty Shades of Grey' and 'Wild,' 'Tilt Diary' taps deep into the secret sanctum of femininity, uncovering a latent hunger determined to be fed.

Kathryn Morris ('Cold Case') stars as a Manhattan housewife who gets an unexpected reality check in THE SWEETER SIDE OF LIFE, a Hallmark Channel Original Movie World Premiere tonight, January 19 (9p.m. ET/PT, 8C).

No one likes hearing the phone ring in the middle of the night; it even seems to have a more ominous tone - or maybe it's just the jingling of our nerves as we pick it up. When Jackie Carpenter uneasily answered a call at 2:00 a.m. - she could never have imagined what she was about to hear. This ordinary Atlanta housewife's heart pounded in her chest as she listened to her daughter-in-law hysterically telling her that her son had been arrested and charged with felony murder. This story is chronicled in the film A Cry for Justice. Watch the trailer below!

Shirley Valentine is a witty and insightful story of a middle-aged working class Liverpool housewife who is transformed by a surprise holiday in the Greek islands. A Laurence Olivier Award winner for Best New Comedy in 1988 and Tony Award nominee for Best Play, the one-woman play stars Footlight Award winner Heather Hawkins. Shirley Valentine runs from January 23 - February 16, 2013 at ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery in West Seattle.

Kathryn Morris ('Cold Case') stars as a Manhattan housewife who gets an unexpected reality check in THE SWEETER SIDE OF LIFE, a Hallmark Channel Original Movie World Premiere Saturday, January 19 (9p.m. ET/PT, 8C).

Bravo Media heats up Hotlanta as the network greenlights two new series focusing on life in Atlanta; MARRIED TO MEDICINE and TAKING ATLANTA and picks up a second season of 'Don't Be Tardy...,' following everyone's favorite wig-wearing Atlanta Housewife Kim Zolciak.

Born To Be A Channel is an autobiography based on Margaret's experience as one of the most internationally respected clairvoyants, channels, and past-life healers. Travel with Margaret on her incredible journey from housewife to the powerful realization of her life's work.

Set against a backdrop of the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s, the Arts Center of Cannon County presents Chicago-the story of Roxie Hart (with Alexandra McNamara and Jessica Storvik alternating in the role) a housewife and nightclub dancer who maliciously murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to walk out on her-running September 14-13 in Woodbury.

Golden Globe(C) winner and famous 'Housewife' Teri Hatcher has signed a directing and recurring guest star role deal with ABC Family for the original series JANE BY DESIGN. Hatcher will be playing Jane's (Erica Dasher) long-lost mother for four episodes to be filmed between mid-May and mid-June, and will make her appearance starting on the June 19th episode.

Tomorrow, April 17, Broadway favorite Melissa Errico returns again to Joe's Pub, where she will share what she's been up to and how she manages all the things going on in her life these days as a self-described 'Desperate Housewife' of her own design. Directed by Richard Jay-Alexander and Musical Director John Oddo, The special one-night-only event is sure to be an amazing evening with a lot of great music.

For the ArtsWest 2012-2013 season, Artistic Director Christopher Zinovitch has announced a selection of plays, beginning in September with a fast-paced irreverent rock musical about the country we live in - a Broadway blockbuster, that received Tony Award© nominations, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and two Drama Desk nominations. The holiday season will include a mix of rockin' holiday hits in a fond salute to 1960's girl groups. Audiences will then travel from Liverpool to Greece with a middle-aged, working class housewife in a classic comic masterpiece. The season's fourth play, another recent Broadway blockbuster, exposes the fundamental truths that result when opposing views of family and friends collide. The season will close with a genius at work as Beethoven and a musicologist examine the creative process against a background of passion and parenthood.

According to Deadline.com, Broadway veteran Loretta Devine has joined the cast of Lifetime's 'The Client List' as a series regular. The series is about 'a Texas housewife who, after being deserted by her husband, ends up running a massage parlor which serves as a front for a call girl service.'

First Family Entertainment and New Wimbledon Theatre present Dame Edna Everage in this year's pantomime Dick Whittington. The original desperate housewife turned global gigastar makes her pantomime debut at New Wimbledon Theatre this Christmas.

Recipe For a Perfect Wife, a comedy with music set in a 1950s TV?studio during a recording of the hit show 'Britain's Best Housewife', has had its booking period at the West End's Charing?Cross Theatre extended to Thursday December 22.

On Friday's episode of THE WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW on Fox, Victoria Gotti all but confirmed the rumors that she is a member of the cast of the upcoming CELBRITY APPRENTICE on NBC, along with contoversial housewife Teresa Guidice of Bravo TV's THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NJ.