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Teatro ZinZanni's upcoming production Love, Chaos & Couture opening May 20, features an artistic collaboration with international fashion designer Luly Yang, who created thirteen original costumes for the show. An affectionate send-up of the world of high fashion, the show stars the legendary Tony Award winner Liliane Montevecchi, who returns to the San Francisco spiegeltent after an absence of two years, and ZinZanni favorite, comedian Frank Ferrante.

The Club Hippo & SHOWTUNES VIDEO MADNESS presents "DIVAS AFTER DARK," A Late - Night Cabaret starring cast members from the National Tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. The benefit performance will take place Wednesday, April 21st at 11:30pm.

Celebration Theatre presents the West Coast Premiere of HARAM IRAN, based on the real life trial and execution of Iranian teenagers, Ayaz Marhouni and Mahmoud Asgari, convicted of being gay in Mashad, Iran in 2005. HARAM IRAN, originally scheduled to conclude April 4th, will now continue through April 11th. The production began previews on Wednesday, March 3rd and opened on Friday, March 5th. The show plays the Celebration Theatre, 7051B Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood.

TAFFE Productions will present the world premiere of Carlsbad playwright Steven Oberman's new musical "Mozu." The play is an adult-cast show about Japanese snow monkeys and runs August 19 through September 12 at Diversionary Theatre, located at 4545 Park Blvd., San Diego. Performance times are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm, and Sundays at 2:00pm.

The Katselas Theatre Company continues its landmark 2010 Season with the World Premiere of James Lyons' Alter Ego, a fresh, candidly irreverent, sometimes poignant look at relationships, fidelity, monogamy, addiction and everything else that takes place between the upper thighs and the lower waist. The production is co-directed by Audrey Moore and Leila Vatan. Producing is Gary Grossman. The production opens Saturday, April 10 at the Beverly Hills Playhouse.

Broadway star Rob Evan will appear with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra in their "Beethoven's Last Night" theatrical event. Evan will portray the title role of Ludvig van Beethoven in the rock opera. The show is part of a limited 31 city run performing for the first time in years in an intimate theatre setting and will perform in New York at Radio City this Thursday, April 8th.

Discovery Channel today announced the appointment of Discovery Communications veteran Kevin Bennett to Senior Vice President of Programming, a key position on the flagship's senior leadership team. Beginning immediately, Bennett, who replaces Ken Schwab, will have direct responsibility for all aspects of Discovery Channel's programming, including the scheduling of all dayparts.

Nickelodeon celebrates Earth Day with the premiere of an environmentally conscious SpongeBob SquarePants' special, 'SpongeBob's Last Stand,' on Thursday, April 22, at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. The half-hour special is part of a green-themed day of programming, beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET/PT, which includes new episodes of preschool series Team Umizoomi, The Fresh Beat Band, Go, Diego, Go!, Ni Hao Kai-lan and The Backyardigans, encores of iCarly, True Jackson, VP and SpongeBob SquarePants, as well as family favorites on Nick at Nite. The network's ode to Mother Earth begins with Nick News with Linda Ellerbee: Your Thirsty World, a special about kids who are taking action to fight for everyone's right to free and clean water, on Sunday, April 18 at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT.

Voting begins today for the 2010 CMT MUSIC AWARDS, country music's only fan-voted award show, with the announcement of this year's first round finalists. Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum and Sugarland lead the pack in first round nominations with four each, followed by Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood and Zac Brown Band, who each garnered three.

FOX has pulled its freshman comedy 'Sons of Tucson' from its Sunday lineup, effective immediately. 'American Dad,' the show it replaced, will reassume the 9:30/8:30c slot this Sunday, April 11.

An exotic locale, sunny skies, and a new life abroad is what most people dream of when they want to escape. But sometimes, whether it's a short-lived spring break, completely starting life anew or taking a quick trip to get away from things back home for a while, this new lease on life could prove to be a dangerous one. Presenting eight real-life tales of faraway dreams that became bone-chilling realities, PARADISE LOST captures what it's like to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and a long way from home. As eight one-hour episodes, each story relives the nightmare of someone's dream trip gone horribly awry, and tells the tale of how they lived through it all. Investigation Discovery, America's leading investigation network and fastest-growing ad-supported cable network for women 25-54, presents true stories of PARADISE LOST, beginning Wednesday, April 7 at 10 PM (ET).

Actor, author and blogger Wil Wheaton of the popular television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the classic film Stand By Me, has signed for a guest starring appearance on the 4th season of Eureka, one of Syfy's most popular original series. The new season is slated to return to Syfy on Friday, July 9 at 9:00PM ET/PT.

USA Network, the number one cable network, is set to continue its track record of award-winning and highly-rated original series for the 2010-2011 television season. Jeff Wachtel, president, original programming, USA Network and co-head, original content, Universal Cable Productions, today announced the network development slate of seven new pilot scripts from acclaimed television and film notables, including Steve Carell ('The Office'), John Michael Higgins ('Best in Show'), and Anthony Edwards ('ER'). Additionally, USA showrunners Steve Franks, creator of PSYCH, and John McNamara, executive producer of IN PLAIN SIGHT, along with FACING KATE writer Jan Nash, are in talks to develop projects, demonstrating the network's confidence in its current series collaborators.

UNDERCOVER BOSS was Sunday's top program in viewers and key demos and THE AMAZING RACE won its time period in key measures as CBS won its fourth consecutive Sunday in viewers and key demographics, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for April 4.

'GLEEk Week,' a week of special initiatives for GLEEks, kicks off today and begins the official countdown to the too-big-to-miss spring premiere of GLEE airing at a special time Tuesday, April 13 (9:28-10:30 PM ET/PT) following AMERICAN IDOL on FOX.

In his only television interview to promote the No.1 Box Office hit 'Clash of the Titans,' Liam Neeson joins host Andy Cohen in the Bravo clubhouse on 'Watch What Happens Live' this Thursday, April 8 at midnight ET/PT.

NBC has picked up three freshman alternative series as 'The Marriage Ref,' 'Minute to Win It' and 'Who Do You Think You Are?' are renewed for the 2010-11 season. The announcement was made today by Paul Telegdy, Executive Vice President, Alternative Programming, NBC and Universal Media Studios.

Warner Bros. Records has announced that it will make a series of vinyl albums and singles available on April 17th exclusively in honor of Record Store Day - a celebration of the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the USA, and hundreds of similar stores internationally.

Las Vegas audiences can't get enough of Venetian headliner Wayne Brady. After a brief hiatus, BASE Entertainment and The Venetian are pleased to announce new performance dates for Brady's hit show, Making It Up beginning Memorial Day Weekend.