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According to an article written for the San Francisco Examiner, TCM will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Frank Loesser's birth with a marathon of his films. The marathon will begin with his 1967 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,' starring original Broadway star Robert Morese (8 p.m. EDT).

Saturday will mark the opening of Main Stage shows for BTF's 2010 season with Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years.

New York City's critically acclaimed Riverside Symphony, widely valued for its adventuresome Lincoln Center concerts at Alice Tully Hall, support of emerging soloists and composers, and Music Memory education program for New York City public school children throughout the five boroughs, is competing with charities nationwide for donations ranging from $250,000 to $20,000 through the Chase Community Giving program running on the Facebook platform.

Opening July 23 at the Overtime Theater, The Last Broadcast of Bailey & Long is the world premiere of a new 'radio play.' The live production is a new look back at the broadcasting world of post-WWII America, as well as a personal valentine to women working in that era.

Auditions for Jean Shepherd's A CHRISTMAS STORY, a comedy based upon the motion picture A CHRISTMAS STORY adapted by Philip Grecian and produced by Broadway Series South in association with Hot Summer Nights General Management by North Carolina Theatre.

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) is entering the home stretch for the world premiere of Johnny Baseball. The extended run must close July 11th 2010. The new musical about the Red Sox opened on June 2nd 2010.

The video for 'Wild & Young,' the swaggering debut single from American Bang's upcoming self-titled album, is currently in rotation on MTV2 and MTVU, while the single is blazing at Active Rock and Alternative radio stations across the country, reaching more than 27 million listeners at all formats. It is currently #19 at Mediabase Active and #24 at Mediabase Alternative. On the BDS/Billboard charts, 'Wild & Young' is at #20 at Active Rock, #21 at Mainstream Rock, and #24 at Alternative.

According to reports from the Hollywood Reporter, actress Jessica Chastain has joined the cast of the upcoming DreamWorks film 'The Help,' based on the best-selling novel by Kathryn Stockett.

Joe's Pub has announced its upcoming schedule for the week of July 22-27, which will include performances by 'The George Gerkie Cowboy Experience' and Lady Rizo.

On Thursday, June 24, Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular made history when more than 1800 'Phantoms' gathered at The Phantom Theatre at The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino to celebrate the legendary show's fourth anniversary on the Las Vegas Strip. Audience members were transformed into 'Angels of Music' and for one record-breaking moment The Phantom Theatre was home to more than 1800 'Phantoms,' the largest gathering of 'Phantoms' ever.

The Covina Center for the Performing Arts is proud to announce the opening of its summer musical Oliver! for a six week- end run, July 1 through August 8. This production of the 1963 Tony winning Lional Bart musical, based on the Dicken's classic Oliver Twist is directed, choreographed, and designed by CCPA veteran Angelo Collado.

ACADEMY, seen at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre in October 2008, was conceived and developed by Andrew Kato, Maltz Jupiter Theatre's Artistic Director, with book, music and lyrics by John Mercurio. The show will go to Korea next week to participate in DIMF- Daegu International Musical Festival.

President Barak Obama proclaimed June Gay Pride Month. In celebration, and as a song of strength and hope for the Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender (LGBT) community, Nhojj released 'The Gay Warrior Song,' which he will debut at the New York City Heritage of Pride Parade on June 27.

The Noble Fool Theatricals Youth Ensemble is ready to transport the Fox Valley 'over the rainbow' with one of the greatest family musicals of all time. Join Dorothy and Toto as they follow the yellow brick road on their quest to find the Wizard while discovering there really is 'no place like home.'

As part of a multi-faceted campaign for the launch of the network's unscripted series THE REAL L WORD, SHOWTIME has launched a three screen interactive viewer experience. Reaching subscribers on every platform - through social networking sites including Twitter, Facebook and foursquare, online on SHO.com and Ustream, with on-air polls, and on mobile through THE REAL L WORD iPhone application - each week fans of the series will have an opportunity to share their comments and participate in the ultimate fan party with the ladies of The Real L Word.

ABC's Thursday line-up ranked No. 1 on the night among Adults 18-49, taking the Net to the top spot on the evening for the 4th week in a row and for the 5th time in the last 6 weeks. ABC beat Fox by 6%, CBS by 36% and NBC by 138%. ABC saw strong year-to-year (6/25/09) improvement in Total Viewers (+1.1 million viewers) and Adults 18-49 (+19%), drawing the Net's best non-sports summer numbers in nearly 4 years in viewers and over 3 years among young adults - since 8/24/06 and 5/31/07, respectively.

Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center welcomes the return of American Ballet Theatre (ABT), America's National Ballet Company, led by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie, to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, July 15-18, with its full-evening production of The Sleeping Beauty.

The Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF) announced selected plays for SHORT SUBJECTS, a division for plays that run under 60 minutes. 23 plays were selected. The festival will run from July 12 - August 1, 2010. Tickets are $15-18. Tickets for shows at the June Havoc Theatre, the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, the Main Stage Theater, and the Jewel Box Theater are available at www.midtownfestival.org or by phone at 866-811-4111. Tickets for shows at the Beckett Theatre, Theatre Row are available at www.ticketcentral.com or by phone at 212-279-4200.

The American Theatre Network is proud to announce the launch of Great Entertainers on Broadway, a new summer series of live performances by some of today's most talented and well known stage, television and cabaret entertainers. The series will be presented in late July and early August at the Times Square Arts Center (TSAC) in the heart of New York City's world famous theatre district.

Theatermakers, the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Theater Institute summer program, returns this season with its free weekly performance series. On Tuesdays at 8 pm, June 29 through July 27, Theatermakers students will present three original one-act plays created within an intensive period of development. Each week's set of plays will follow a given theme or prompt, such as Dream Play, Adaptations, Modern Greek Tragedy.