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The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe opens its 51st season with POSIBILIDAD, or Death of the Worker.

Los Angeles Philharmonic Music Director Gustavo Dudamel will be featured on 60 Minutes this Sunday, May 9 at 7:00 p.m. This will mark the third time Dudamel has been featured on the Emmy award-winning news program.

A pair of plucky orphans fall into the clutches of a greedy couple in the final installment of SCR's 2009-2010 Theatre for Young Audiences season. Ben and the Magic Paintbrush, adapted by Bathsheba Doran from a Chinese folk tale, has its world premiere May 21 through June 6 on the Julianne Argyros stage.

In a presentation titled, 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog,' Michael Riedel talks about his publications (1997-2009) on the occasion of his new release Meckert (Koenig Books). Using numerous pictures and sound recordings, the latter in the form of transcribed texts, Meckert continues the artist's series of publications (Scheißen und Brunzen, 2000; Oskar, 2003; Johnson - Robert, 2004; Tirala, 2006; Gedruckte und nicht gedruckte Poster, 2008; amongst others), which are published as independent works parallel to his exhibitions. Catherine, Tuesday, Fiontan, and Mieke are four new texts that were recorded during his exhibitions in Cork, New York, London, and Basel, respectively. The dialogues come from phone calls, in which the current situation at each exhibition is described.

Seattle Center invites the public to a Free Ice Skate at KeyArena, Friday, June 4, 12 noon - 8 p.m. Free admission, free skate use and 17,000 square feet of ice offer a cool way for families and friends to slide into the weekend.

Los Angeles's acclaimed 24th Street Theatre announces the concluding event of the International Spring Tour of its critically-lauded staging of 'El Ogrito' ('The Ogreling'), by Quebec-based playwright Suzanne Lebeau, translated into Spanish by Cecelia Iris Fasola. The production, directed by Jesús Castaños-Chima, featuring Julieta Ortiz and Gabriel Romero, will be presented in the Santa Ynez Valley, produced by noted Hollywood movie executive, Lee Rosenberg. 'El Ogrito' will perform Saturday, May 22nd (8pm) at the Santa Ynez High School Theater in Sana Ynez. Festival activities, including music, folklorico dancing and food, begin at 6 pm.

Marin Theatre Company Presents WOODY GUTHRIE'S AMERICAN SONG 5/27-6/20

'The Real Housewives of New Jersey' season two premiere drove record ratings for Bravo delivering the highest rated Monday night telecast ever in network history, according to Nielsen Media Research. The Jersey drama delivered 1.64 million adults 18-49 and 2.33 million total viewers, up 30 percent and 36 percent respectively versus season one.

Last week, FOX won the week among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens with strong deliveries from HOUSE, 24, AMERICAN IDOL, GLEE and Saturday's NASCAR RACE: RICHMOND 400. FOX ended the week with a 3.0/9 overall and continues its reign as the No. 1 network of the season.

Paced by 'The Office,' 'Law & Order: SVU,' 'The Biggest Loser,' '30 Rock' and 'Celebrity Apprentice,' NBC averaged a 1.9 rating, 6 share in adults 18-49 and 5.7 million viewers overall for the week of April 26-May 2, according to in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research.

Philadelphia Theatre Company kicks off its 35th Anniversary Season with something new and festive as the organization celebrates its roots with the entire month of October dedicated to new plays to begin its 2010-2011 season. The season also includes the multiple Tony Award winner The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee with music and lyrics by William Finn, the Philadelphia premiere of Anna Deavere Smith in her one-woman, award-winning show Let Me Down Easy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined by Lynn Nottage, and a fourth play to be announced.

Prescott Fine Arts Association presents GOODBYE CHARLIE, by George Axelrod, June 3-12, 2010, directed by veteran PFAA director, Randy Faulkner.

Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing's 64th Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were announced May 4, 2010 by Broadway Star Lea Michele and Tony Award Nominee Jeff Daniels.

Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing's 64th Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were announced May 4, 2010 by Broadway Star Lea Michele and Tony Award Nominee Jeff Daniels.

Defending a nation is no easy task. With just one mistake, billions of dollars along with countless lives can be lost. In TOUGHEST MILITARY JOBS, viewers explore the most difficult and dangerous jobs on land, in the air, at sea and at military bases across the world. Each episode focuses on one specific area of the military and the tasks necessary to keep every soldier safe. Additionally, the series profiles the efforts necessary to keep all of the high-tech equipment operating necessary for the world's most powerful fighting force. TOUGHEST MILITARY JOBS premieres Thursday, May 13 at 9 PM (ET) on Military Channel.

Make sure the kids are in bed because Henson puppets are about to unleash their inner tabloid personalities as GSN (Game Show Network) debuts LATE NIGHT LIARS. The original new late night comedy game show, produced by Henson Alternative, is set in the glamorous, cocktail-soaked world of five outrageous puppets - who also happen to be celebrities. Actor-comedian Larry Miller ('10 Things I Hate About You,' 'Best In Show') serves as ringleader, er, host of the late-night shenanigans. LATE NIGHT LIARS features the brilliant puppet design of Henson Alternative, a label of The Jim Henson Company for content specifically and exclusively for adults. LATE NIGHT LIARS premieres on Thursday, June 10 at 11 PM (ET/PT), only on GSN.

It almost seems like Kathy Griffin's on the A-list now, with a guest-starring role on 'Law & Order SVU,' A-list friends like Cher, Bette and Liza , more award nominations, and the role as host for the Creative Arts Emmy Awards (a.k.a 'Schemmy's') last year. But just when Kathy's enjoying her A-List hosting moment she gets back on the D-List by losing in her category. And so begins season six of Bravo's two-time Emmy winning series, 'Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List,' premiering Tuesday, June 15 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo.

CBS placed first in viewers for the seventh time in eight weeks as SURVIVOR: HEROES vs. VILLAINS delivered its highest ratings since its premiere while the Network had six of the week's top 10 programs, including the top four scripted series, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending May 2, week 32 of the 2009-2010 television season.

Disney Channel was TV's No. 1 network in Total Day in Tweens 9-14 (432,000/1.8 rating - tie), and ranked No. 1 in Prime in Kids 6-11 (880,000/3.6 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (720,000/3.0 rating). In Prime, this week marked the net's 261st consecutive win in Kids 6-11, and 257th victory out of 258 weeks in Tweens 9-14. Among Kids 6-14, Disney Channel's dominance of Prime extended to 261 straight weeks.

During the week of April 26, 2010, ABC finished No. 2 to Fox for the 2nd week in a row among young Adults: Adults 18-49 (2.2/7-tie) and Adults 18-34 (1.7/6).