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The Franklin Performing Arts Company (FPAC) has announced its 2009-2010 season of productions and events. The main stage shows for the upcoming season begins with the musical Cabaret to be presented for two dinner theater shows on October 16 and 17, 2009 at the Franklin Country Club.

The fifth season of the summer hit SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE came to a spectacular conclusion last night, August 6th, as Jeanine Mason was named the champion on the two-hour season finale broadcast live from the renowned Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Mason, 18, a Contemporary dancer from Pinecrest, FL received the most votes out of the record-breaking 21.6 million votes cast. Additionally, she danced off with the cash prize of $250,000, the title of America's Favorite Dancer and a cover feature in the November issue of Dance Spirit Magazine.

The Donmar Warehouse has announced for casting for its production of Pedro Calderon de la Barca's LIFE IS A DREAM. 'DREAM' begins preview performances October 8 and will official open October 13. The play will run through November 28.

Paula Abdul will return to 'American Idol,' for the right price. TMZ is reporting that Abdul wants $10 million a year to return to her judging post.

Due to the demand for seats, Berkeley Repertory Theatre announced today that it will put tickets for Green Day's American Idiot on sale earlier than previously announced. Tickets to the world premiere of this eagerly anticipated show become available to the general public this today, August 7 at 10:00 AM Pacific Time - only at berkeleyrep.org.

Go Comedy! Improv Theater is set to premiere its fifth original comedy, Douche Douche Bhang Bhang, Thursday August 13th at 9pm. DDBB joins Travel Earth Timeshares at 8pm, Silent at 9:30pm, and Matt Naas & the Sing-A-Long Singers at 10pm. Tickets ($10) are available by calling (248) 327-0575 or in person at the Go Comedy! box office Wed - Sun at 7pm.

Phoenix Theatre Artists and Company One are proud to present the return of last season's smash hit, THE SUPERHEROINE MONOLOGUES, for a limited engagement at the Boston Center for the Arts. Based on an idea by Phoenix Theatre Artists' Artistic Director Greg Maraio, the play is written by two of Boston's most talented playwrights, Rick Park and John Kuntz.

Variety reports that the Tony Award-winning revival of HAIR has announced has recouped its investment cost of $5.76 million. The production recouped in less than six months, after opening on Broadway March 31. HAIR began preview performances March 6, 2009.

Albert Schultz, General Director of the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, today announced the line-up for the fourth Sunday in Sundays at the Young, a series of day-long festivals that enlivens the Young Centre throughout July and August.

The Cut Beauty School Inc, The Dexter Family and Temar Underwood proudly present the world premiere of The Brokenhearteds. Directed by Pete Boisvert (Co-Artistic Director/Founder, Nosedive Productions), this political thriller for the 20th century's last generation premieres September 11, 2009.

This coming Monday August 10th the hit show 'The Temperamentals' by Jon Marans continues the hit Militant Mondays, a series of talk backs following the performance. Joe Masteroff, Marle Becker & Jon Marans will lead the lively discussion. It will be moderated by Stacy Shane. 'The Temperamentals' is Off Broadway at the TBG Theater, 312 West 36 Street 3rd Floor, NYC.

Stage, film and television star Anna Paquin has announced her engagement to fellow actor Stephen Moyer. Moyer co-stars as Paquin's boyfriend on the hit HBO series, True Blood.

Menopause The Musical has made the much-deserved move to the Las Vegas Strip and Luxor's Atrium Showroom. Over the course of the last three years in Las Vegas, this 'little show that could' has performed 1,534 times and worldwide has played to more than 11 million people in 250 cities in 13 countries. In Las Vegas alone, Menopause The Musical has entertained nearly 500,000 guests.

As a summer extra, the Diablo Theatre Company will present a semi-staged concert version of ' Funny Girl,' the 1964 classic Broadway musical comedy that starred Barbra Sreisand and introduced a score that includes the standards 'People' and 'Don't Rain On My Parade,' for four performances beginning August 27.

The new film 'The Big Gay Musical' will have its theatrical debut August 9th at The Art House in Provincetown, MA. The event will start at 10:30pm. The film will then hold an NYC premiere September 11 at Chelsea Clearview.

Liza Minnelli will showcase her dynamic talent inside the Hollywood Theatre at MGM Grand September 25 - October 1 at 8 p.m. each evening.

Following a critically acclaimed inaugural year, theater and Academy Award-winning film director Sam Mendes will again direct a transatlantic company of actors for the second season of The Bridge Project, a unique three-year series of co-productions by Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), The Old Vic, and Neal Street Productions devoted to producing large-scale, classical theater for international audiences.

The national tour of Chicago The Musical will entertain Starlight Theatre patrons with its scintillating story and showstopping song and dance numbers on Aug. 11-16. Now the seventh-longest running musical on Broadway, this tale of sin and intrigue is sure to give Kansas Citians a sample of the intrigue of 1920s' Chicago.

Danny Gurwin will join Khori Dastoor for two performances of the California Philharmonic's BROADWAY'S BEST concert. On August 22, the Philharmonic will perform at The Arboretum in Arcadia. The company will then perform the concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall on August 23.

The Historic Fulton Theatre in Downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania announces casting for it's upcoming production of Hello, Dolly! The multi-racial production will be led by LaVon Fisher-Wilson (B'way: Color purple, Chicago) in the title role.