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The new IFC Original Series DINNER WITH THE BAND is the first cooking show to combine culinary delights, musical performances and conversations with select acclaimed indie music artists. DINNER WITH THE BAND debuts April 27 at 10:30 pm ET/PT in IFC's Tuesday night AUTOMAT programming block, following two new back-to-back 15-minute episodes of FOOD PARTY.

Building on its lead-in by 14% at 8:30pm against the second half-hour of an expanded 2-hour Idol, ABC's repeat The Middle ranked as the #1 scripted TV show in its slot among Adults 18-49 (1.6/5), matching an original episode of CBS' Accidentally On Purpose (season finale) and beating NBC's original Mercy by 33% (1.2/3).

'LOST LIVE: The Final Celebration' will feature appearances by 'Lost' cast members -- including Nestor Carbonell, Michael Emerson and Jorge Garcia -- and be performed by Oscar winning composer Michael Giacchino, who will conduct a live orchestral performance featuring the iconic music of 'Lost' at UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 13, to celebrate the upcoming series finale. In addition, a special preview of the penultimate episode will be screened immediately after the concert.

Tenor Mario Frangoulis & Friends in a special benefit concert for Give US Your Poor. Mario Frangoulis, along with Grammy-nominated, world-famous blues and soul singer Mighty Sam McClain and up-and-coming French singer George Perris, who recently opened in Paris and Belgium for Lara Fabian's European tour. Audiences should also expect some surprise appearances.

On Monday, April 19, Ilene Graff made her Broadway at Birdland debut with her concert, 'First You Dream.' Accompanied by her Musical Director-husband Ben Lanzarone and singing a duet with daughter Nikka Lanzarone, Graff performed songs ranging from Harold Arlen to the Beatles, the Bergmans to Sondheim, all with unique interpretations and arrangements. Family, friends and fans packed the music room, including Ilene's cousin Randy Graff, Joanna Gleason, Steve Marzullo, Mark Sendroff, Nick Adams, Lori Tan Chinn and New York fire chief Dan Daly. Daly called Ilene, 'The quintessential sweetheart!'

The Magic of Miranda Sings at Cabaret at the Castle

New York Comedy Club Announces Shows for 5/7-8

Big band sound transforms the Lincoln Theatre into a Duke Ellington jazz club as Arena Stage presents Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies, choreographed by and starring Maurice Hines (Broadway's Sophisticated Ladies and Uptown... It's Hot!) with direction by Charles Randolph-Wright (Arena's Guys and Dolls and Blue).

Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's Love, Loss and What I Wore, an intimate collection of stories covering some of life's most poignant moments and their corresponding wardrobe, is coming to the Geffen Playhouse's Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater.

Tony Award Winner, Emmy Award Winner and Oscar Nominee Laurence Fishburne transforms into Thurgood Marshall to tell the triumphant story of how a boy from the backstreets of Baltimore changed history. Written by George Stevens Jr and helmed by Leonard Foglia, Thurgood plays at the Geffen Playhouse from June 27 to August 8, 2010, with an opening night of July 7.

Listings for upcoming comics at Broadway Comedy Club for May 7 to 9, 2010.

The Riverside Theatre, Voza Rivers/New Heritage Theatre and Walk Tall Girl Productions will present Obie Award-winner Daniel Beaty in his new solo play THROUGH THE NIGHT. Directed by Charles Randolph-Wright, the New York Premiere of THROUGH THE NIGHT will have a limited engagement, from May 4 - May 23, at The Riverside Theatre, 91 Claremont Ave. (bet. 120th & 122nd St.), Morningside Heights.

First Folio's WILL ROGERS plays through May 2nd!

Put on your dancing shoes and sashay to the Pollard Theatre's production of the Thoroughly Modern Millie, a hilarious, wacky romp running through May 2, 2010 in historic downtown Guthrie, OK.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) presents the Rhode Island premiere of Rock 'N' Roll, an extraordinary theatrical event from four-time Tony Award winner Tom Stoppard (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Travesties, The Real Thing, The Coast of Utopia). Stoppard's sprawling tale about revolution, rock music and politics in the late 20th century is an inspirational work of the modern theater. Gamm Resident Director Judith Swift (An Ideal Husband, Nixon's Nixon) directs this rousing anthem of love and freedom.

The 2010 Tommy Tune Awards have been announced! To a crowd of over 2,000, Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) President and CEO, John C. Breckenridge, declared the winners of TUTS' eighth annual Tommy Tune Awards on the evening of Tuesday, April 20, at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts.

24th Street Board member (and former LAUSD School Board member) DAVID TOKOFSKY is turning 50. So we decided to make David work on his birthday and throw a little fundraising birthday brunch for a few of David's friends. So come raise a glass to Tokofsky, laugh with Sandra Tsing Loh, sing with Alan Chapman and Karen Benjamin, and all the while raising money for a great cause; 24th Street's Arts Education programs.

Knitting Factory Entertainment is proud to announce the second show at OHM, a West Chelsea rental tower that has been presenting intimate, private shows in its lobby/performance space. The show will star DJ Spooky, who will be doing a special performance based on his score of the silent film Kino Glaz (Cinema Eye). Released as a DVD companion-piece to his latest CD, The Secret Song, the DVD features the rare 1924 film from the Russian Revolution by the renowned Russian director Dziga Vertov as scored by Spooky.

Our award-winning summer camps are designed with all campers in mind-whether an experienced performer or brand-new to theater, NWCT summer program appeals to students from novices and Broadway-bounders, and everyone in between.

Learn the creative process and get a glimpse behind the scenes of Performance Network Theatre's production of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken's 'Little Shop of Horrors.' The Behind the Scenes event will be held on Sunday, May 2nd at 4:15pm, following the 2pm matinee performance.