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HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is playing its last performance at the Marcus Center on February 27. This Milwaukee engagement is presented by Broadway Across America-Milwaukee and the Marcus Center as part of the Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus Center Series.

The Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee-Producing Artistic Director, Todd Schmidt-Managing Director) production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will close on February 13. The production is directed by Marc Bruni, with choreography by Wendy Seyb.

California girls BEACH GIRL5 are preparing to make waves worldwide with the November 30th US release and January 10th UK release of the club banging single, SCRATCH. The girls are ready to take the world by storm beginning with a five-week road trip across the UK and a 15-city American tour starting in November. With a long line of credits including opening for Justin Beiber and Selena Gomez at this year's PopCon as well as having their debut album produced by Armato/James, who have worked with the great pop talents including Miley Cyrus and Mariah Carey, BG5 is ready to prolong a summer of fun with the contagious and fresh single, Scratch.

Ring in the New Year at Amnesia, high atop MotorCity Casino Hotel on Friday, December 31 from 8:00 pm until 4:00 am. This New Year's Eve celebration features DJ Mups, DVDJ Chris B, DVDJ Simon Matty, DJ IIB, and the Amnesia Dancers. A midnight champagne toast and continental breakfast at 2:00am are included.

This winter, Arts World Financial Center is taking a trip back in time to 17th Century Italy, the Silent Film Era, mid-20th Century New York City and beyond with an eclectic line-up of music, theater, film, and dance, organizers announced today.

MotorCity Casino Hotel is proud to host the '2011 Motor City Battle of the Bands,' sponsored by Metro Times at Sound Board on Thursday, February 10 at 7:00pm.

Goodman Theatre is proud to announce the Chicago screening of Steven Soderbergh's art house biopic, 'And Everything Is Going Fine,' about the life and work of the late celebrated monologist Spalding Gray, presented by IFC Films. This 89-minute film, declared 'a valuable coda to the storyteller's cinematic legacy' (The Hollywood Reporter), features footage from Gray's numerous stage appearances at the old Goodman Theatre between 1985 and 1999.

Matthew Polenzani will sing the role of Alfredo in La Traviata for all performances this season. For the January 19, 22, 26 and 29 performances, Polenzani replaces Francesco Meli, who has withdrawn due to illness.

TUNE IN AS MTV CELEBRATES THE NEW YEAR WITH COMEDIAN WHITNEY CUMMINGS, THE CAST OF JERSEY SHORE, AND A PERFORMANCE BY FLO RIDA.

What better way to start off the new year than with old friends as CMT presents marathons of the classic series' THE DUKES OF HAZZARD, DALLAS and GREEN ACRES over New Year's weekend. This nostalgic weekend of programming kicks off on Friday, December 31 with back-to-back episodes of THE DUKES OF HAZZARD from 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 a.m, continues with a marathon of episodes of the 80's drama DALLAS from 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 1, and concludes with the 60's favorite GREEN ACRES on Sunday, January 2 from 2:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. All times are ET/PT.

EW reports 'No Easy Decision' will air Dec. 28 at 11:30 p.m. ET, and follow former '16 and Pregnant' subject Markai, who considers having an abortion after finding out she's pregnant again.

All nine 'American Idol' winners, from Kelly Clarkson to Lee DeWyze, traveled to their hometowns and reflected on what life has been like since being crowned America's favorite singer on 'AI: Welcome Home,' a special that aired on Fox affiliates over the weekend.

The Composer lives on! Berkeley Repertory Theatre's irreverent holiday show - Lemony Snicket's The Composer is Dead - has proven so popular that the Tony Award-winning nonprofit has added performances in January. Now this deliciously silly new show will continue entertaining local audiences through January 16. Families in particular have embraced The Composer, so Berkeley Rep has added matinees on the final weekend: tickets are now on sale for 2 PM performances on January 15 and 16.

'America's little big band', Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, will perform at the State Theatre in Easton for the first time on Friday, January 7th at 8 PM.

Horse Trade Theater Group (Erez Ziv, Managing Director, Heidi Grumelot, Artistic Director) brings back some of their favorite shows from the 2010 season including Sumer Shapiro and Peter Musante's Legs and All, Martin Dockery's Wanderlust, Tanya O'Debra's Radio Star, and John Clancy's The Event, January 6-15. Tickets to all encore performances ($15/$12 students & seniors) are available by calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444 or online at www.horseTRADE.info.

The Howard County Arts Council announces the opening on January 14, 2011 of two new exhibits in the galleries at the Howard County Center for the Arts Gallery I will showcase three Maryland artists who have used light as a subject matter. The exhibit, entitled Source, features a video installation by Symmes Gardner, selfilluminated light totems and wall sculptures by Melissa Burley, and stunningly simple black & white photography by Lynn Silverman. In Gallery II, small and meticulous is the theme in Fastidious Studies with embroidery pieces by Catonsville artist Suzanne Herbert-Forton, photography by Maryland artist Anne Chan, and sculpture by North Dakota artist Donovan Widmer.

Horizon Theatre Company is pleased to announce its 27th season of contemporary theatre. Horizon's 2011 season features four Regional Premieres and the revival of an audience favorite. Horizon's intimate 175 seat theatre can be found in Atlanta's funky Little Five Points business and arts district.

Actress and comedian Wanda Sykes will debut her award-winning routine at The Mirage Friday, March 11 and Saturday, March 12. Sykes, one of the '25 Funniest People in America,' according to Entertainment Weekly, will take the stage at 10 p.m. both nights inside the Terry Fator Theatre.

Ring in the New Year with a puppet show for the whole family! Barefoot Puppets presents Galapagos George on Saturday, January 1 at the Sandglass Theater at 2 and 4pm. Tickets are $8; cash or check at the door. You can also order tickets by calling 802-387-4051.

Greg Lewis Organ Monk Trio will perform at 55 Bar on 55 Christopher St. in the West Village on Thursday, December 22nd 7-9pm with Greg Lewis playing Organ, Ron Jackson on Guitar, and TBA on Drums. For more information on 55 Bar please visit http://55bar.com/. Also visit http://www.greglewismusic.com/ for more information on the Greg Lewis Organ Monk's new CD featuring Greg Lewis-organ, Ron Jackson-guitar, Cindy Blackman-drums. CD was released on October 1, 2010.