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Minutes prior to the start of the Olympic games in Vancouver on Friday, February 12, NBC aired an abbreviated version of 'We Are the World 25 for Haiti', a recording to benefit the victims of the Haiti earthquake. The full video can be seen below. The single is available for download from iTunes with proceeds going directly to the We Are the World Foundation.

After touring for two years throughout Europe and performing MEN FAKE FOREPLAY in London, Paris, Amsterdam, and the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland, Emmy Award winning writer and Tonight Show comedian, Mike Dugan, brings his one-man comedy to the Meyer Theatre in Appleton on February 13th at 7:30 PM.

American Theater Company (ATC) celebrates its 25th Anniversary with The Silver Project, a year-long festival of 30 world premiere short plays penned by some of the country's leading playwrights. The Silver Project will run over ten evenings between February 8, 2010 and June 20, 2010 at American Theater Company, 1909 W Byron St, Chicago.

'The Pee-wee Herman Show' will close on February 7 at Club Nokia @ L.A..

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce an extension of the American premiere production of Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard's AGES OF THE MOON through Sunday, March 21, 2010.

Emmy Award winning writer and Tonight Show comedian, Mike Dugan, takes an unflinching look at the secret life of men in his one-man comedy Men Fake Foreplay, live at the State Theatre in Easton on Saturday, January 23rd at 8 PM.

San Francisco artist Keith Hennessy, award-winning performer, choreographer, teacher, organizer, and member of Sara Shelton Mann's legendary Contraband, makes a rare Minneapolis appearance with his solo performance piece Crotch. On the surface, with references to the images and actions of artist Joseph Beuys, Crotch is about art, its histories and heroes. Deeper, a sadness grows, a queer melancholy where chaos through play becomes form. 'Crotch' will be staged at the Southern Theatre from January 21-23, 2010.

San Francisco artist Keith Hennessy, award-winning performer, choreographer, teacher, organizer, and member of Sara Shelton Mann's legendary Contraband, makes a rare Minneapolis appearance with his solo performance piece Crotch. On the surface, with references to the images and actions of artist Joseph Beuys, Crotch is about art, its histories and heroes. Deeper, a sadness grows, a queer melancholy where chaos through play becomes form. 'Crotch' will be staged at the Southern Theatre from January 21-23, 2010.

Disney Theatrical Productions welcomed Oscar, Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Whoopi Goldberg (moderator of ABC's THE VIEW) to the cast of Broadway's landmark musical event, THE LION KING - for one night only - on Thursday, January 14 at the Minskoff Theatre (200 West 45th Street, NYC). Goldberg appeared in a series of surprise cameos throughout the 8pm performance. The appearance marks a return for Goldberg to the legit stage and her Lion King roots, having originated the voice of Shenzi the Hyena more than 15 years ago in the 1994 Disney animated feature.

Performances start Tuesday, January 12, for 'The Pee-wee Herman Show' at Club Nokia @ L.A. LIVE for a limited 4-week engagement, through February 7.

'The Wedding Singer' comes to Boise! The show will play on January 9 and 10 at The Morrison Center.

Performances start Tuesday, January 12, for 'The Pee-wee Herman Show' at Club Nokia @ L.A. LIVE for a limited 4-week engagement, through February 7.

'The Wedding Singer' comes to Boise! The show will play on January 9 and 10 at The Morrison Center.

'The Wedding Singer' comes to Boise! The show will play on January 9 and 10 at The Morrison Center.

Queens Theatre in the Park (QTP) presents THE NUTCRACKER on Tuesday, December 29 at 1pm and 4pm and Wednesday, December 30 at 1pm and 4pm in the Claire Shulman Playhouse Main Stage Theatre at Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, NY.

Queens Theatre in the Park (QTP) presents THE NUTCRACKER on Tuesday, December 29 at 1pm and 4pm and Wednesday, December 30 at 1pm and 4pm in the Claire Shulman Playhouse Main Stage Theatre at Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, NY.

Queens Theatre in the Park (QTP) presents THE NEWS IN REVUE on Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 8pm in the Cabaret Room at Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, NY. Tickets are $25 and are available at www.queenstheatre.org or by phone at 718-760-0064.

Who doesn't like watching TV all day and eating well cooked meals without lifting a finger? The American dream, right?

Who doesn't like watching TV all day and eating well cooked meals without lifting a finger? The American dream, right?

Winston Smith is sick of losing. The major sports teams in Chicago let him down time and time again.

San Francisco artist Keith Hennessy, award-winning performer, choreographer, teacher, organizer, and member of Sara Shelton Mann's legendary Contraband, makes a rare Minneapolis appearance with his solo performance piece Crotch. On the surface, with references to the images and actions of artist Joseph Beuys, Crotch is about art, its histories and heroes. Deeper, a sadness grows, a queer melancholy where chaos through play becomes form. 'Crotch' will be staged at the Southern Theatre from January 21-23, 2010.

Who doesn't like watching TV all day and eating well cooked meals without lifting a finger? The American dream, right?

Who doesn't like watching TV all day and eating well cooked meals without lifting a finger? The American dream, right?

On Monday, November 16th, Barbra Streisand will call The Doctors to discuss her passionate crusade to support heart health awareness for women, a cause which led her to create and endow the Barbra Streisand Women's Cardio Vascular Research and Education Program at Cedars Sinai Medical Center.

Led by dancer, choreographer, singer, and artistic director Janis Brenner, the seven-member Janis Brenner & Dancers conveys a myriad of stories through movement in 5 Decades - an evening of both retrospection and celebration that reconnects generations past with the present.