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MGM Resorts International and Red Bull North America are teaming up for a series of high-energy parties and live performances to kick Spring Break into gear. Combining sun, excitement and energy, Spring Break LIVE! will give Spring Break Escape party-goers more live entertainment options during the biggest bash in Sin City March 22-31, press notes state. Guests who have booked a Spring Break Escape package at any of the six participating MGM Resorts properties will receive a special Escape room key providing access to each of the events below, free of charge.

Legs Malone has announced "RAISE THE ROOF!", a benefit for Coney Island USA's urgently required theater and building repairs. With an ensemble of burlesque and sideshow performers, this benefit will help support the CIUSA. The benefit will take place on Saturday, April 7th at 9pm at Sideshows by the Seashore, 1208 Surf Avenue in Coney Island and admission is $20. Check out the video on the needed repairs below!

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival Board of Directors announced today the generous donation of $4.5 million from a group of donors comprised of The Goatie Foundation, Roberta and David Elliott, and Helen and Peter Bing. The gift answers a challenge issued 10 years ago when Jo Lynn Allen of the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, the lead donor for the construction of OSF's New Theatre, passed on the opportunity to name the theatre, issuing the requirement for other donors to make a significant contribution to secure the naming rights. The combined gift from the above group of donors meets the Allens' threshold, and gives them the naming rights.

Next season's Great American Orchestra Series includes: The Philadelphia Orchestra (Sat. Feb. 9 2013 @ 8 PM), the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (Sat. Feb. 23 @ 8 PM), and the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra (Fri. Mar. 1 2013 @ 8 PM), along with two Specials: 14th Annual Salute to Vienna (Tues.Jan.1, 2013 @ 8PM), and violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman (Thurs. March 14, 2013 @ 8 PM). The powerful 2012-2013 Bravo Dance Series features MOMIX: Botanica (Tues. Jan.22, 2013 @ 8 PM), Motionhouse: Scattered (Tues. Jan. 29, 2013 @ 8 PM), the Russian National Ballet Theatre's Sleeping Beauty (Sun. Feb. 24, 2013 @ 7 PM), Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance (Tues. Mar. 12, 2013 @ 8 PM) and Parsons Dance (Wed. Mar. 20, 2013), and Dance Specials: STOMP (Thurs. Jan.3, 2013), and Traces (Wed. Feb. 6 @ 8 PM).

Chanhassen Dinner Theatres presents the popular local 9-piece band, MENAGE A NEUF, in concert on The Club stage for a one-time event on Friday, March 30 at 8:30pm.

VENUS IN FUR star Hugh Dancy will be featured this weekend on "CBS2 News Sunday." The interview with anchor Dana Tyler will air Sunday, March 18 at approximately 8:45 AM on WCBS/Channel 2.

Five-time Emmy Award® winner and crowd favorite Dennis Miller brings his stand-up routine back at The Orleans Showroom April 27 and 28.

Arts Flamenco, a source for experiencing traditional flamenco culture and instruction in NYC, announced today that in addition to the weekly Saturday performances, a monthly performance would take place at Centro Español Theater in Astoria, Queens. La Nacional, NY's oldest Spanish Benevolent Society presenting Spanish cultural events (est'd 1868) has been hosting Alegrias, a weekly Saturday showcase for live Flamenco Theatre, since 2003. The addition of a second monthly showcase at the spacious Centro Espa?ol in Queens allows Arts Flamenco to increase availability and access to flamenco culture outside of Manhattan.

Touchstone Theatre presents A RESTING PLACE, a new community-based play drawn from stories of Bethlehem citizens who lived during the Civil War. This outdoor theatrical experience features a cast of over a hundred performers and will be presented five times in five different outdoor venues around Bethlehem over the course of three days. There will also be auxiliary events including panel discussions and a guest lecturer following each performance.

Labyrinth Theater Company (Co-Artistic Directors Stephen Adly Guirgis, Mimi O'Donnell, Yul Vázquez and Managing Director, Danny Feldman), Off-Broadway's home of exhilarating and incendiary theater, announces the complete casting for the World Premiere production of Ninth and Joanie, written by Brett C. Leonard and directed by Mark Wing-Davey. Performances begin at The Bank Street Theater (155 Bank St.) on April 5, 2012.

ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery announces the appointment of Line Sandsmark as its new Managing Director, effective March 22, 2012.

Magnet Theater presents CITIZEN MODELS, Friday, March 23 at 8:30pm; Tickets $10. Three cowboys settle their scores the old fashioned way. An old Broadway star finally attempts her long-anticipated comeback. And, in a blatantly self-referential sketch, a young comedian tries to convince his friend to come see his show. These sketches and more, in the classic Citizen Models style-- funny and good. CITIZEN MODELS is fast-paced theatrical sketch comedy that could almost be classified as 'Performance Art.' Written, directed, produced, and performed by Anne Fidler, Kevin Young, Paul Travisano, and Tyler Foltz.

Two-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick and three-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara star in NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, featuring music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin. The production will begin performances on Broadway on Thursday, March 29, 2012 and officially open on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street). The show is directed & choreographed by three-time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall and features a book by two-time Tony Award-winner Joe DiPietro. The cast and creative team met the press yesterday and BroadwayWorld was there for the big event. Check out a performance preview below along with full coverage and interviews!

York Theatre Company celebrates the legendary librettist and lyricist Tom Jones with Musicals in Mufti: The Tom Jones Festival. The series opener, The Show Goes On, a portfolio of theater songs by Mr. Jones and his longtime collaborator Harvey Schmidt has direction by Pamela Hunt and features Tom Jones (The Fantasticks), Graham Rowat (Guys and Dolls), Stephanie Umoh (Ragtime, York's Falling for Eve) and Susan Watson (Follies). Check out the production photos below!

Rick Harrison from Pawn Stars (History Channel) attended the March 14 performance of Jersey Boys at its new home, Paris Las Vegas. Check out the photo of the star at the show below!

The American Theatre Wing (Theodore S. Chapin, Chairman, Board of Trustees; Heather Hitchens, Executive Director) is now accepting applications for the 2012 SpringboardNYC summer program, being held June 5 - 16 in New York City. Limited to 35 participants, SpringboardNYC provides financial aid and multiple scholarship programs to students who qualify.

Kate Winslet is exploring the possibibility of making her stage debut opposite Billy Nighy in David Hare's play Skylight, Daily Mail reports. According to Daily Mail, the Oscar-winning actress has already spoken with Hare several times about acting in the play, which Hare would direct.

FOX's I Hate My Teenage Daughter, starring Katie Finneran, has been canceled, Entertainment Weekly reports. The comedy will play its final episode of the season on Tuesday, April 3. A recent episode of the show only garnered 3.6 million viewers and a 1.4 rating among adults aged 18-49. FOX may air the remaining episodes over the summer.

MTV's 'Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew' ('ABDC') with ten dance crews prepared to take the stage, when 'ABDC' premieres on Wednesday, April 11 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. This season, nine all-new hip-hop dance crews will take the stage with one returning past crew, fan favorite from season two, 'Fanny Pak.' This is the first time in the series' history a crew from a prior season will return to compete for the title. Will they be able to win the prize this time around? Tune in as the crews get ready to dominate and showcase their dance moves for the ultimate opportunity to become America's Best Dance Crew, and win a $100,000 cash prize.

Rabbit Hole plays Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sunday matinees April 15th, 22th, and 29th at 2pm, opening April 6th and closing April 29th. Tickets are $20, $11 for ages 16 and under and may be purchased online at www.ccct.org or by phone at 510-524-9132. Contra Costa Civic Theatre is located at 951 Pomona Avenue (at Moeser) El Cerrito, with free parking in an adjoining lot.