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This May FOX delivers major television events, all-new episodes and big guest stars, including 'FOX Rocks,' a week of music-themed FOX programming April 29 through May 5; primetime broadcasts of NASCAR ON FOX races May 1 and May 8; two not-to-be-missed one-hour installments of FAMILY GUY, including the milestone 150th episode May 2 and the latest 'Star Wars' saga-inspired season finale May 23; a BONES episode written by best-selling author and series inspiration, Kathy Reichs, May 6; the two-part season finale of FRINGE, featuring the long-awaited face-off between Walter Bishop (John Noble) and William Bell (guest star Leonard Nimoy), May 13 and May 20; the May 18 GLEE episode directed by Joss Whedon and guest-starring Neil Patrick Harris, Molly Shannon, Idina Menzel and Jonathan Groff; a special preview of Matt Nix's ('Burn Notice') new action comedy THE GOOD GUYS May 19; the AMERICAN IDOL-themed 21st season finale of THE SIMPSONS with guest voices Ryan Seacrest, Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, Kara DioGuardi and Ellen DeGeneres May 23; the climactic and historic series conclusion of the groundbreaking and award-winning 24, May 24; and the three-hour, two-night season finale of AMERICAN IDOL, featuring the final performance show May 25 and the final live results show that's sure to captivate America May 26.

Last auditions for Gladstone Theatre in the Park's season held April 17.

Theatre for Young America will present 7 productions on the H&R Block City Stage located on level B of Union Station, 30 W. Pershing Road in Kansas City, Missouri. TYA will also offer three tours this next season.

Broadway Theatre of Pitman presents My Way April 30 through May 22.

Due to audience demand, The Cleveland Play House has extended the run of Bill W. and Dr. Bob by a week. The added performances begin on Thursday, May 6 and run through Sunday, May 9, 2010.

GLEE pays homage to Madonna and the power of her music with a full episode devoted to one of the most revered and iconic musicians of this generation. The sure-to-be-fan-favorite installment of television's most-loved new series will air in its regular time period Tuesday, April 20 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Capital Stage continues as Sacramento's 'home of the premieres' with its presentation of Peter Sinn Nachtrieb's hilarious and outrageous Hunter Gatherers. Winner of the 2006 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award and Will Glickman Award, Hunter Gatherers was included in every Bay Area media's list of best plays for 2006. Besides the Bay Area, Hunter Gatherers has been a huge hit with critics and audiences from LA to Philadelphia and Seattle to Dallas.

Nicole Parker, best known for her work on Fox's sketch comedy show 'MADtv' will play the role of Rosemary and Melissa Fahn, who starred on Broadway in 'Wicked,' will play the role of Hedy LaRue in Reprise Theatre Company's production of the Pulitzer Prize winning 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying' at UCLA's Freud Playhouse May 11 to 23 (Press Opening May 12).

CBS's May sweep will be highlighted with the season finales and cliffhangers of its hit comedies and dramas as well as the finales of THE AMAZING RACE 16 and SURVIVOR: HEROES VS. VILLAINS.

Ruskin Group Theatre is proud to present their second world premiere production during the 2010 season. Robert Mollohan's new play is a Southern Gothic tale of one family, trapped by its own tradition. An obsession with one of America's famous icons helps to lift their spirits, and to invest in the dream that American pop culture promises.

'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo,' which had its world premiere at the Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre in 2009 and was named a 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist earlier this month, opens at the CTG/Mark Taper Forum at the Los Angeles Music Center on Sunday, April 25. Previews are underway and performances continue through May 30, 2010.

In a new interview with Advocate.com, Megan Mullally comments on her departure from Roundabout Theatre Company's LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART, as well as her former co-star Sean Hayes' recent announcement about his sexuality.

As the Walt Disney Concert Hall 2009/10 season closes, the Los Angeles Philharmonic embarks on an 8-city, 10-concert U.S. tour led by Gustavo Dudamel, his first as Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. This, the orchestra's first coast-to-coast tour of the United States since 2001, starts in San Francisco on May 10 and May 11, and also stops in Phoenix (May 12), Chicago (May 14), Nashville (May 15), Washington, DC (May 17), Philadelphia (May 19), and Newark (May 21). The tour concludes in New York City with two performances on May 20 and May 22, 2010.

Elaine Defibaugh 'Nite Lite, City Brite' The Black Light Paintings shows from May 5th to June 19th, 2010. There will be a reception May 6th at 6-8pm.

The 5th Avenue Theatre's production of Leonard Bernstein's madcap musical On The Town continues performances through May 2, 2010.

On Saturday, May 1st, Bay Street Theatre will host an exciting, star-studded evening of performances and tributes, to honor the legendary lives of one of America's greatest theatrical couples-Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach. The evening kicks off at 6:30pm with a wine reception in the Bay Street lobby, followed by a live all-star performance by an ever-growing list of Who's Who from American theater and film.

A special engagement of the most beautiful love story ever told, DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, produced by NETworks, comes to life in San Francisco at the Golden Gate Theatre August 17-29, 2010 as a part of the 2009-2010 Citibank Best of Broadway series under the direction of Carole Shorenstein Hays. Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature film, this eye-popping spectacle has won the hearts of the young and old. This classic musical love story is filled with unforgettable characters, lavish sets and costumes, and dazzling production numbers, including 'Be Our Guest' and the beloved title song. Tickets go on sale Sunday, April 25.

To celebrate the close of the Guggenheim's 50th Anniversary year on May 14, 2010, the museum announces a new online competition inviting participants to reimagine the museum's iconic rotunda and submit their ideas via the image-sharing site Flickr.

In 'The Power of Madonna' episode, MR. SCHUESTER (Matthew Morrison) is concerned that the girls in the glee club are being disrespected and bullied by the male members. Looking to Madonna and her musical message of equality as inspiration, he challenges the entire team to choose Madonna songs as their next assignment in the hopes that the girls embrace Madonna's strength, independence and confidence so that the guys will see the errors of their misogynistic ways. The glee club takes the assignment to heart and performs some of Madonna's greatest hits, including 'Express Yourself' and 'Like a Prayer.' Meanwhile, KURT (Chris Colfer) and MERCEDES (Amber Riley) give SUE (Jane Lynch) a vote of confidence with a Madonna makeover that is definitely in 'Vogue.'

Three Colorado theatres have engaged in an ongoing legal battle to win an exemption from their State's smoking ban for theatrical smoking. Denver's Curious Theatre Company, Paragon Theatre and Boulder's Theatre 13 (no longer a petitioner) argued that smoking onstage is expressive behavior protected by the First Amendment.