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The Philadelphia Ballet presents, La Fille Mal Gardee at the Academy of Music from June 2 through the 11th.

The Arden Theatre presents Hans Christian Anderson's, THE FLEA AND THE PROFESSOR, now through June 12th. The play tells the story of a young professor who loses everything in the world but the flea who lives in his vest and that turns out to be plenty.

Dimitri Vassilakis will launch his latest album, 'Across the Universe' at The Zinc Bar 82 West 3rd Street (btw Thompson & Sullivan) Greenwich Village on Monday, June 6th 9-11pm.

The line-up for the 2011 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, to run September 2-17, has been announced. Running in conjunction with the Philly Fringe, the annual festival is a 16-day explosion of wild creativity and daring performances.

For the first time together on the Fox Theatre stage, America's favorite sibling entertainers will star in Donny & Marie - Christmas In Detroit, a holiday production that will play a limited engagement of seven performances from Tuesday, Nov. 29 through Sunday, December 4 at the Fox Theatre. Part of the Fox 2011 - 2012 Theater Series presented by Fifth Third Bank. Tickets (range from $30 - $100) tickets are now on sale.

Relive the 60's! Complete with hairspray-infused towering wigs, wacky-patterned costumes and a musical beat that radiates from the stage, Stagecrafters presents the irresistible musical comedy, Hairspray which runs May 20 through June 12 at the Baldwin Theatre, 415 S. Lafayette in downtown Royal Oak.

The Tipping Point Theatre presents its final show of their All-American season, CRIMES OF THE HEART, now through June 25, 2011. This black comedy could have been ripped from a tabloid headline, yet is ultimately about the importance of sisterhood.

Hillsong United, the contemporary Christian group from Australia, is coming to Grand Rapids for the first time, appearing Aug. 15 in the Van Andel Arena. A 36-hour long exclusive pre-sale beings at 10 a.m. June 1 and runs until 10 p.m. on June 2 at Ticketmaster.

The Detroit Free Press reports that 27-year old country singer and guitarist Frankie Ballard from Battle Creek is tonight's opening act for Bob Seger at the Palace. Ballard has broken into the music scene with impressive speed and in the company of some high-profile acts.

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will embark on an unprecedented series of Metro area concerts to complement performances at Orchestra Hall in 2011-12.

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra closes out its season this weekend with musical director Leonard Slatkin conducting the romantic music of Tchaikovsky.

According to abc.com, actor Denzel Washington confessed he was a bit scared before giving his commencement speech at the University of Pennsylvania this week. Addressing about 5,000 graduates at the Ivy League school in Philadelphia, the Oscar- and Tony-winning actor said the ceremony was 'a little overwhelming and out of my comfort zone,' which he said is why he accepted the invitation to speak.

The six-month-long Philadelphia Irish Theatre Festival draws to a close this weekend as the Annenberg Center of the Performing Arts presents Martin McDonagh's THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN. The plays tells the tale of an eccentric rural space changed by a Hollywood film crew in the 1930s.

The Post-Gazette reports that John Michael Taormina from Quigley Catholic High School and Bethany Menjivar from Ambridge Area High School are Mancini Award winners picked to compete at the National High School Musical Theater Awards in New York.

The cast of GLEE is taking their act on the road again for a 16-city North American tour that will include stops at Minneapolis' Target Center on June 1 and Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena on June 14.

The cast of GLEE is taking their act on the road again for a 16-city North American tour that is slated to come to the Wells Fargo Center on June 8, 2011. The 'Glee Live! In Concert!' tour will star 13 members of the TV series' cast

The Star Tribune reports that Julian Crouch, co-founder of London-based Improbable Theatre, has been in Minneapolis over the past week working on a new show, 'The Devil and Mister Punch', base on Punch, the iconic puppet character that has been featured in British puppetry since the 17th century.

Over 500 up and coming student dancers will appear at this year's Regional Dance America Northeast Festival, titled The Pointe Is Dance, May 19-21 at the Byham Theater. Many of these talented dancers hope to one day perform on stages all over the world, including on Broadway.

RENT, the 1996 Pulitzer-prize winning Broadway musical based loosely on Puccini's opera 'La Bohème,' is currently in production through May 29th at Theatre Charlotte. The 1996 Pulitzer-prize winning Broadway musical follows a year in the lives of seven friends living the Bohemian lifestyle in New York's East Village

This week, Seth welcomes the stars of WONDERLAND, Kate Shindle and Carly Rose Sonenclar. Unfortunately, it was only the night before the interview that the actresses learned that WONDERLAND would be closing. In today's feature, they openly share their thoughts about the end of a show that had become dear to their hearts.