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Amadeus, Peter Shaffer's exquisite masterpiece and winner of a Tony Award for Best Play and an Academy Award for Best Film, opens Friday, January 7 at New Hampshire Theatre Project.

Lily of the Conservative Ladies, written in 1963, is a newly discovered play by Michael Locascio, who wrote the first original play performed at LaMama. It was discovered by director Mari Gorman as she was hunting for plays for her newly formed company, Glass Beads Theatre Ensemble. The play is a 1950s Noir Suspense drama with comic overtones about a murder involving a young woman controlled by her past. Performances will be at the June Havoc Theatre.

After five seasons of being dropped off in remote locales around the globe, survival expert and extreme adventurer Bear Grylls finds new extreme destinations and faces more challenges, sharing invaluable survival strategies along the way. The sixth season of Discovery Channel's MAN VS. WILD kicks off on Thursday, February 17 at 9PM ET/PT.

The Allstate Sugar Bowl earned an 8.4 overnight rating on ESPN, according to Nielsen, the second-highest overnight rating for college football in ESPN history. The game, a 31-26 Ohio State win over Arkansas, trails only last week's Rose Bowl Game (11.7), and all four BCS telecasts this month are among ESPN's top six college football overnights ever.

On the heels of its fifth-consecutive record breaking year in 2010, Bravo has greenlit four all new stand-up comedy specials with two-time Emmy winner Kathy Griffin. To keep the pop culture gossip and celebrity encounters fresh, a new one-hour special will air quarterly in 2011.

Daniel Tosh is back as the arbiter of all things Web on a new night and time with an all-new wardrobe choice for the new season. He'll even reveal a brand new set, but, rest assured, even though it's new, it'll still be just as cheap as the old one. The third season of 'Tosh.0' premieres on Tuesday, January 11 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, immediately followed by the series premiere of 'Onion SportsDome' at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT.

Sports are finally about to get the attention they deserve, courtesy of The Onion. America's most trusted news source is teaming up with COMEDY CENTRAL to bring viewers the most intense televised sports news program in recorded human history. 'Onion SportsDome,' a 30-minute rundown of the finest in sports news, analysis, scores, highlights, rumor-mongering and petty personal attacks, premieres Tuesday, January 11 at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on COMEDY CENTRAL, following the third season premiere of 'Tosh.0.'

NBC will introduce a new superhero this month with the premiere of the drama series 'The Cape,' and in anticipation of the show's two-hour premiere on Sunday, January 9 (9-11 p.m. ET), NBC will partner with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation for a unique campaign to highlight historic statues all over the city.

A year ago on this date ESPN announced the launch of an event-based only 3D network which would air nearly 100 events in its first year. Today the company announced at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show that ESPN 3D will now air content 24-hours a day. As of Feb. 14, 2011, the network will show replays of previously televised ESPN 3D events when the network is not showing a live event.

She&Her Hold A TOUCH OF MUSIC Auditions 1/5-6

INTO THE WOODS Opens At The Barn Players 1/7

SHE&HER PRODUCTIONS is thrilled to announce their upcoming auditions for THE PILLOWMAN by Martin McDonagh.

The Barn Players Hold FROST/NIXON Auditions 1/22-23

In this workshop students will begin (or continue) their journey of uncovering their personal clown. This type of clowning uses a red nose and is rooted in the teachings and techniques of Jacques Lecoq. Curriculum will include the principles of awareness, availability, simple presence, status, partnering, and ensemble play. No experience necessary, just an open heart and a brave soul!

Jill Haworth, who lit up the Broadway stage as the original Sally Bowles in CABARET, has passed away. The English actress, 65, died Monday in Manhattan of natural causes.

When the jingle bells have been put away and the bitter cold hits the streets of New York City, it's time for Midwinter Madness! Presented by John Chatterton, the Midwinter Madness Festival raises the curtain on a three-week festival of more than two-dozen one-act works. Running February 7th to February 27th, Midwinter Madness will take place at the Payan Theatre in the Roy Arias Studios, located on the 5th floor of the Times Square Arts Center, at 300 West 43rd Street.

Concern Worldwide will hold its annual Women of Concern Brigid Awards luncheon on Friday, February 25, 2011 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel, 1 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL. The 2011 Women of Concern Brigid Awards luncheon honors three outstanding Chicagoland women for their exceptional achievements. A silent auction featuring national and local celebrities' new and gently used handbags and wallets will also be a highlight. The funds raised from this event will support Concern Worldwide's Maternal and Child Health programs in Haiti, Rwanda and Malawi.

Next Tuesday, January 11, 2010 at 10pm, a host of Broadway performers will gather at (Le) Poisson Rouge to celebrate the music of Adam Gwon and the release of the original cast recording of his musical Ordinary Days, which is now available on Ghostlight Records.

PEEPSHOW, Las Vegas' hottest show and only striptease spectacular is pleased to announce Angel Porrino, Las Vegas local and co-star on the new hit TV series, 'Holly's World' on E!, has signed on to take over the role of 'Bo Peep,' a modern woman who discovers her sexuality, during Holly Madison's hard-earned vacation dates throughout 2011.

Susan Sullivan will play Lady Sneerwell in the L.A. Theatre Works audio recording of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's deliciously malicious The School for Scandal.