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'Defending the Caveman' star, Kevin Burke, attended the 7:30 p.m. performance of ABSINTHE last night at Caesars Palace. Burke, who was pulled on-stage by The Gazillionaire, met and took photos with the talented ABSINTHE cast, following the show.

The brand new 25th anniversary production of Boublil & Schönberg's legendary musical, LES MISÉRABLES, is coming to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville from May 17 through 22, as part of HCA/TriStar Broadway at TPAC.

Tulsa Opera brings a powerful tale of love and sacrifice to the stage with a company premiere of Bellini's bel canto masterpiece, Norma. The production is being created exclusively for the Tulsa Opera stage by Stanley M. Garner, a popular American stage director and an Oklahoma native.

The rock musical 'The Who's Tommy' continues its run at The Media Theatre through May 22. Peter Kriss portrays the title role in the show based on the famed rock group's legendary concept album from the late 1960's.

International violin virtuoso David Garrett makes another splash in the U.S. with an upcoming two-night, unprecedented stint on ABC's hit TV show, 'Dancing with the Stars.' David will be performing on both Monday, April 11th and Tuesday, April 12th, alongside an assembled 46-piece orchestra as part of the show's first-ever classical theme week.

Darren Criss, the actor who became an overnight sensation after starring as Blaine on the hit FOX musical series GLEE, talked with Access Hollywood recently about the Warblers album, the possibility of a spin-off for his character, and more. Listen to what he has to say below!

Though Jonathan Groff is likely best known to theatre audiences for his Tony-nominated performance in SPRING AWAKENING, he became known to television audiences last year as Jesse St. James in the smash hit GLEE. Next week - on the 146th anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln - he'll appear in movie theaters across the country when 'The Conspirator', centered around Lincoln's assassination, opens nationwide.

A political thriller about who actually wrote the plays of William Shakespeare - Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford - set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her. Get a first look at the trailer now!

Audiences will now have more chances to enjoy the show the Chicago Tribune recommends with three stars, and that Chicago Stage Review calls 'a delicious, handcrafted thriller of the classic style.'

ORIGINAL CAST 2, the 27th Annual musical presentation of the Southland Theatre Artists Goodwill Event (S.T.A.G.E.), took place for one night only on Saturday, April 2 at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex of California State University, raising money for AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA).

The Trudl Zipper Dance Institute presents Tap Fest, an exciting day of free events on Sunday, April 10, 2011 on The Colburn School's downtown Los Angeles campus. This celebration of all things ‘tap' includes a tap improv jam, performances, panels, master classes, workshops and more, all led by tap's best and brightest teachers and performers.

Rubicon Theatre Company continues its 2010-2011 Season with the World Premiere of LONESOME TRAVELER, a musical event that takes audiences on a journey down the rivers and streams of American Folk Music - from the hills of Appalachia to the nightclubs of New York and San Francisco; from the 1920s to the 1960s.

Hope Davis, the actress currently reprising her role in GOD OF CARNAGE at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, may soon be seen by television audiences in HBO's newest series, 'Spring/Fall'.

In the past two decades, the Grammy Award that many theatre fans take note of has been known as 'Best Musical Show Album', and has been awarded to Broadway casts along with the producers and composers who helped to put the show on the Great White Way. Is that about to change? In accordance with the newly announced category restructuring for the 2012 Grammys, at least one part of the award will change: it will now be entitled 'Best Musical Theater Album' in an effort to widen the category.

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is serving as the official educational partner for the new musical White Noise, produced by Whoopi Goldberg and opening April 9 in Chicago. The SPLC's Teaching Tolerance program partnered with the show's producers to create an educational guide that will be used by high school and college students to explore the musical's themes.

Blackfriars Theatre, a not-for-profit mid -sized professional theatre on Rochester's 'Theatre Row' is pleased to announce the opening of 'Tommy,' by The Who (music and lyrics by Pete Townshend, with additional lyrics and music by John Entwistle and Keith Moon. Book by Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff.)

The Sherman Playhouse will open its 2011 season with the classic, Tony Award-winning thriller, BAD SEED, by Maxwell Anderson. The play opens April 22 for a four-week run.

Performance Network Theatre presents Michael Lee and his company Opus Mime on Saturday, April 23 at 1pm. This all-ages show, part of the Children's Theatre Network's Saturday Series for Young Audiences, will be followed by a milk and cookies reception.

After a Canadian tour last fall in Irina Brook's 'Waiting for the Dream', Actor and Director Gerald Papasian is back in Montreal for two special events bringing new interpretations of Armenian favorites. A multi-disciplinary artist, Papasian's passion is to adapt, restage and translate the great treasures of the Armenian repertoire.