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Bring your story to the party. In this three-week Thursday-night slam-style event, six audience members will get five minutes each to tell a true story from their own lives, competing for fabulous prizes and a chance to move on to the championship round.

This year, among the announced performers are hip hop pioneer Snoop Dogg, Bjork, and Sinead O'Connor. Among the announced stage works is The Life & Death of Marina Abramovi?, which is set to star Willem Defoe.

Stevie Hawkins new single from his third studio album, What The Funk? is the upbeat, 'Good Times'. While Stevie Hawkins has become noted for his live performances, his debut album 'Georgia Jam' features some of the best live jams of Southern Rock, his studio album 'High Time' was one of really showcasing Stevie's vocal and drumming talent as it fused rock, blues, and even a little jazz into a soulful mix.

THE AMERICAN DEMIGODS proudly present the Chicago premiere of ERRATICA, an academic farce by Reina Hardy.

This special edition of (le) Poisson Rouge's weekly party will be an homage to the old Village Gate. Dress as if it's 1965 - think Mad Men - and get ready to enjoy the pre-1965 tunes of the Golden Age of Broadway while sipping an Old Fashioned!

Michael C. Hall - best known as serial killer star of Showtime's 'Dexter' but also a stage star in hits such as CHICAGO - has been named as the new ambassador for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Can't make it to New York or Los Angeles for open calls to audition for the New World Stages production of RENT? RENT offers the 2011 online audition contest. The entry deadline for the online audition contest is 11:59 PM Eastern on Friday, March 18, 2011, and already hundreds of videos have made their way to YouTube. Below, view some of the video auditions - from casual fans to professionals, and everyone in between!

As previously reported by BroadwayWorld, Charlie Sheen has been adding dates to his 'Charlie Sheen Live: My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not an Option Tour'. Now, the Hollywood Reporter has announced two more additional dates: Houston, Texas (April 26), and Vancouver, BC (May 2).

Nicole Scherzinger appeared as Maureen in last summer's adaptation of RENT at the Hollywood Bowl; will she next appear in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA or CATS? Maybe not, but for Scherzinger it would be something she looks forward to. 'If there's any way I can have a working and creative relationship with Andrew that would be my greatest honour,' she tells the Mirror.

Jane Asher has appeared in appeared in numerous films in the 1960s, in addition to a healthy stage career. Now, the 64-year-old has reportedly been working with screenwriter Hugh Whitemore to bring the late cookbook author Elizabeth David to the stage.

This Saturday, March 19, Purple Rep will present Happy Naked Funtime: A Burlesque Extravaganza, an event to benefit their upcoming project, Gay Plays for Straight People (and also gay people) which will feature the revival of Mariah MacCarthy's The All-American Genderf*ck Cabaret running in rep with the world premiere of Larry Kunofsky's The Un-Marrying Project, May 8-30 at The Paradise Factory (64 East 4th Street between 2nd Ave and Bowery).

The Theatre School at DePaul University's Showcase Series of Contemporary Plays and Classics presents MEDEA by Euripides, translated by Frederic Raphael & Kenneth McLeish, and directed by Damon Kiely.

The 2011 Spring Repertory season at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival will include Ron Hutchinson's comedy Moonlight and Magnolias and Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing and Julius Caesar. Three 'Extreme Weekends' are available where all three shows can be seen in the same weekend on April 30 - May 1, May 7-8, and May 21 - 22.

ARCADIA arrives on Broadway from the West End where this production became an instant sold out hit in 2009 and was deemed 'Stoppard's most brilliant play' (The Observer), 'one of the most exquisite plays of the 20th century' (The Independent), and 'sexy, sophisticated, and killingly funny.' (The Evening Standard). Did it receive the same warm welcome on Broadway? Find out here!

Sex, Pies & A Few White Lies -Monica Parker's hit one-woman show is funny, heartbreaking, as well as a love story - but perhaps most importantly, a life affirmation that will leave you and your friends wanting more.

Bravo hits the road 'Jack,' kicking-off the fourth annual highly-anticipated and widely successful 'Top Chef: The Tour.' The 20-city tour brings the Emmy and James Beard Award-winning, No. 1 food show on cable to fans and foodies nationwide, beginning Friday, April 15th at Soulard Farmers Market in St. Louis, Missouri.

riday, March 25, 2011 marks the Fort Greene Festival Kick-Off Party at Sanders Studio with host, Rosie Perez (Academy Award nominated actress), and special guest DJs, Ali Shaheed Muhammad ('A Tribe Called Quest') and Rich Medina (BET/Centric's 'Master of the Mix').

The first retrospective of the drawings of American contemporary artist Richard Serra will be on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from April 13 through August 28, 2011.

On March 16th Glee returned to PaleyFest: the William S. Paley Television Festival (PaleyFest2011) at the historic Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, California, for a special event. Click below to watch the cast chatting about their roles, past episodes, and the future of the mega-hit FOX series!

As reported by TV Line, Jimmy Smits has been cast as the remaining lead role in the Stephen Gagham pilot being produced by NBC for this fall.