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Fans will be applauding in praise of multiple Tony-Award winning Broadway artist Charles Strouse -- one of America's most successful musical theatre composers -- during a one-night-only gala tribute to the man who penned the scores for more than 30 stage musicals, including 'Bye Bye Birdie,' 'Annie' and 'Applause.'

The Lord of the Rings In Concert: The Fellowship of the Ring will be performed on Friday, October 14 at 8 p.m. in Las Vegas only at the Orleans Arena. This musical and theatrical event features Howard Shore's complete Academy Award® and Grammy®-winning score and is performed live on-stage by more than 200 musicians.

If the promise of sex is the ultimate aphrodisiac, the threat of no sex certainly can be the ultimate weapon in a power play between the sexes. In playwright Yvette Heyliger's new anti-war comedy, White House Wives: Operation Lysistrata!, a group of upper echelon political wives decide to take matters into their own hands in order to subvert the war agenda of their Republican husbands.

Casa Mañana continues its long-standing tradition of presenting world-class entertainment when it launches Fort Worth's 2011 - 2012 social season with Three Phantoms in ConcertTM. Come enjoy an evening of elegance and hear the sounds of Broadway's finest on Saturday, August 27, 2011. Tables and performance-only tickets are now available at www.casamanana.org.

Jim Caruso announces the return of TOM WOPAT to the Birdland stage on Monday, June 20 at 7pm. This concert is part of the Broadway at Birdland series, which highlights performers and composers from the Great White Way.

Final weeks have begun for the limited engagement of Roundabout Theatre Company's critically acclaimed and Tony nominated production of Oscar Wilde's comedy The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by and starring Brian Bedford as 'Lady Bracknell.' The final performance of the 28-week run will be Sunday, June 26th at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd St.).

In honor of Father's Day and graduations, dads and grads may purchase discounted tickets for only $10 for BABY WANTS CANDY, the hilarious improvised musical comedy now in its fifth year at Chicago's Apollo Theater, 2540 North Lincoln Avenue, throughout the month of June. To receive the discount, dads should wear their ugliest tie and grads should wear their cap and/or gown when purchasing tickets at the Apollo Theater box office on Fridays this month.

The play premiered on Broadway in 1929 and was last revived in London in 2004 and on Broadway in 2006. The production reportedly will play the West End's Duke of Yorks Theatre beginning July 19th; tickets are currently selling through September 3rd via Ambassador Tickets.

NBC announced today that acclaimed comedian and Emmy Award winning host Ben Bailey (Discovery Channel's 'Cash Cab') will host the new NBC game series 'Who's Still Standing?' The series will offer a single contestant the chance to win a cash prize of up to $1,000,000 by taking down each of their opponents in fast-paced trivia battles.

MTV today announced that Emma Watson is confirmed to present viewers with an exclusive sneak peek of the final adventures of a global film phenomenon and one of the summer's most highly anticipated films - 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2' - during the '2011 MTV Movie Awards.'

Jazz songstress Ali Hughes (frontwoman for Sydney ensemble ali & the thieves) is about to take the New York Fringe Festival by storm with Leonard Cohen Koans, a stunning exploration of the artist's work. Catch highlights from this show and Ali's other interpretations when she sings at The Wharf Sessions accompanied by Leonie Cohen.

Jennifer Hudson began her career as one of the finalists on American Idol and skyrocketed to stardom with her film debut in Dreamgirls, which earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Hudson's self-titled debut album won the Grammy for Best R&B Album in 2008. She recently released her sophomore album, I Remember Me.

San Diego Theatres continues to offer a wide range of the best entertainment for their audiences with the announcement of the first presentations of an evolving 2011-2012 BALBOA THEATRE SEASON! The previously announced FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE! 35TH Anniversary World Tour stop on August 2 will be joined by two other great events, k.d. lang and the SISS BOOM BANG on October 22 and An Evening With HOWIE MANDEL on October 23.

Harold Sanditen will make a stop with 'Thoughts 'Round Midnight' during his musical tour for one show only on June 19, 2011 at 2 PM, at the Arthur Newman Theatre at the Joslyn Center in Palm Desert following the success of this show in 2010 and 2011 in London, New York and Chicago.

Soup Can Theatre is thrilled to announce its upcoming production: Peter Weiss' legendary and Tony Award winning drama-musical, Marat/Sade (full title: The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade). This dark and unflinching show - packed full of madness, melody and Machiavellianism - is sure to be a highlight of Toronto's summer theatre season!

Musical Theatre West is proud to announce the professional regional premiere of THE WEDDING SINGER at the beautiful 1,070-seat Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach. THE WEDDING SINGER previews July 8 and runs July 9 through July 24, 2011.

Grease the musical, named for the 'greasers' of the 1950's, made it's Broadway debut in 1972. It records the romance of two high school kids and addresses many of the social issues that teenagers face such as, gang violence and teenage pregnancy. Known for it's doo-wop, and rock and roll score!

The Ogunquit Playhouse production of Avenue Q features Broadway's Howie Michael Smith, who heads the cast as Princeton (and Rod) reprising his Broadway role; Kate Monster and Lucy The Slut are played by Ashely Eileen Buckman who comes to Ogunquit fresh from the Avenue Q National tour; and Rebecca Larkin plays Christmas Eve, reprising her role from the national tour as well. Get a sneak peek of the production by clicking below!

GLEE follows an optimistic teacher who - against all odds and a malicious cheerleading coach - inspires McKinley High's Glee Club to conquer the world one singing competition at a time. GLEE stars Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Jessalyn Gilsig, Jane Lynch, Jayma Mays, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Matthew Morrison, Amber Riley, Mark Salling and Jenna Ushkowitz. Go behind the scenes for the filming of GLEE in the feature below!

LOVE NEVER DIES composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, stopped by opening night and gave his thoughts at the end of the performance. View his speech below!