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After last week's shocking elimination of fan-favorite Sherri Shepherd, the DANCING competitors were widdled down to nine. Going into the halfway point of the competition, the remaining dancers and their partners were tasked with creating routines for the designated 'Latin Week.' The broadcast featured a performance by Santana, with sure-fire frontrunners emerging.

In the midst of the second national tour, Broadway's most beloved group of men, JERSEY BOYS, are set to hit the Murat Theatre's stage. The show is slated to run from Jan. 9 through the 27th in 2013. For more information on the JERSEY BOYS national tour, check out the show's official website at www.jerseyboysinfo.com. Tickets to the show's stop in Indianapolis are set to go on sale later this year.

As previously reported on BroadwayWorld, stage empress Idina Menzel has launched an extensive national tour playing throughout the United States in 2012. She is set to play the Peabody Opera House in June, and tickets for this one-night only event are on sale now.

Broadway In Chicago recently announced the complete 2012-2013 season, bringing old favorites, as well as new ones to Chicagoan theater-goers. The upcoming season will include I LOVE LUCY LIVE ON STAGE, KINKY BOOTS, SISTER ACT, DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL, and WAR HORSE. In addition to the shows running during the official season, off-season specials include Stuffed And Unstrung, Rock Of Ages, Rain: A Tribute To The Beatles and Les Miserables. The complete season line-up, including performances dates and venues, is as follows:

The Fred Kavli Theatre is set to welcome the French bourgeois, presenting the national tour of LES MISERABLES for a week-long engagement from September 4th through the 9th. More information on LES MISERABLES, visit www.lesmis.com. Tickets for the national tour's stop at the Civic Theatre are available at www.los-angeles-theatre.com.

DANCING WITH THE STARS welcomed Kiss back to the stage to closeout perhaps the most impressive week of performances, 'Rock Week.' It heralded new leaders in the competition, with Donald Driver and Maria Menounos receiving the highest marks by the judges. Disney star Roshon Fegan managed to climb his way to the top of the competition, clearing former DANCING starlet, Katherine Jenkins, fell to third place points-wise after an attempt to rile up some Welsh aggression. But what came in the last few seconds of the broadcast, the star eliminated this week, was even more surprising than the performances of last night.

DANCING WITH THE STARS did away with the ball gowns, the glitz, and laid on the edge with leather costumes and daring make-up for designated 'Rock Week.' Featuring a performance by the titans of theatrics, Kiss, this week's performance show laid out the theme right from host Tom Bergeron's opening monologue. The typical DANCING broadcast this was not.

The Arkansas Repertory Theatre is scheduled to bring NEXT TO NORMAL and the Goodman household to Little Rock audiences this summer for a limited engagement. The rock musical will play from May 1st through the 27th. Tickets to NEXT TO NORMAL are availabe by calling The Rep's box office at (501) 378-0405, or online at https://tickets.therep.org/TheatreManager/1/login&event=0. For more information regarding the production in the future, visit http://www.stagestheatre.com/cms_current__season/nexttonormal.html.

Segerstrom Hall is set to welcome the national tour of the iconic Broadway hit WICKED, for a month-long stay next winter. The show is slated to play from February 20 to March 17, 2013. For more information on the national tour of WICKED, visit www.wickedthemusical.com. To purchase tickets for the show's stop at Segerstrom Hall, visit www.costamesatheater.com.

Segerstrom Hall is set to welcome the AMERICAN IDIOT national this summer, the punk rock adaptation of Green Day's conceptual album of the same name from May 28 through June 3. For more information on the national tour of AMERICAN IDIOT, visit www.americanidiotthemusical.com. Tickets are available at www.costamesatheater.com.

The Orpheum Theater is set to bring CATCH ME IF YOU CAN to Minneapolis audiences from December 11 through the 16th. For tickets to CATCH ME IF YOU CAN's stop at the Orpheum Theater, visit www.minneapolis-theater.com.

The PlayhouseSquare is set to welcome the bizarre and beloved THE ADDAMS FAMILY national tour from April 10 through the 22. During its run at the Palace Theatre, the cast of the production will be offering a master dance class, teaching locals the moves and routine to the show's opening number. Participants must be advanced level high school or college students, or local professional artists. Ages 14 and up only, please. Others are welcome to observe. Participation is free, however, advance registration is required.

Going into the second results show of the season, the verdict wasn't in the points. From the previous night's episode, in which competitors and their professional partners constructed a routine hinged around a personal experience, two things were clear: Katherine Jenkins and William Levy had managed to secure themselves at the top of the competition, their dances yielding the first 10s of the season, and the rest fell into a big 'ol rumba-samba-jivey lump in the middle with 24s and 25s. With performances by Seal and Rascal Flatts, it was anybody's guess as to who would depart the DANCING competition, and forfeit the trophy to another celeb.

Going into the third week of ABC's DANCING WITH THE STARS after the elimination of tennis pro Martina Navratilova, the remaining contestants were given a unique assignment: rather than choose between one form of dance or another, they and their partners were opened up to any style. The catch: to center it around a personal EVENT, in order to open themselves up to the audience and viewers at home. Previously, it was known to create memorable routines that revealed the competitors as individuals, people - rather than celebrities and pseudo-celebrities vying for a nationally televised prize. The judges, were once again, overly gracious with their compliments, the critiques dulled.

As BroadwayWorld first learned last weekend in our interview with Cheyenne Jackson at the GLAAD Media Awards, the star has a new album in the works. He exclusively revealed to BroadwayWorld that collaborators include Sia & Charlotte Sometimes, and today we have learned that the album is set for release in June.

The Academy of Music is set to present the national tour of WAR HORSE to Philadelphia audiences from November 20th through December 2nd of this year. Based on a novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford in association with Handspring Puppet Company, War Horse is currently running on Broadway, The West End, and in Canada. More information on WAR HORSE is available at www.warhorseonbroadway.com. For tickets to the Philadelphia stop, visit www.philadelphia-theater.com.

The Buell Theater is set to welcome the national tour of the Broadway hit MEMPHIS, for a limited engagement. The tour will perform for Denver audiences in October, from the 10th through the 21st. More information on the national tour of Memphis can be found at www.memphisthemusical.com. For tickets to the tour's stop in Denver, www.denvercenter.org.

The Muriel Kauffman Theatre, a subsect of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, is set to welcome the national tour of the original rock musical, HAIR. HAIR is slated to perform from February 5th through the 10th, 2013. For tickets to HAIR's Kansas City stop, visit www.kauffmancenter.org.

Clowes Memorial Hall is set to welcome the French bourgeois, presenting the national tour of LES MISERABLES for a limited engagement. The show will run from April 11th through the 15th. For more information on LES MISERABLES, visit www.lesmis.com. Tickets for the national tour's stop at Clowes Memorial Hall are available at www.indianapolis-theater.com.

The Boston Opera House will welcome the national tour of the iconic Broadway hit WICKED, for a month-long stay in 2013. The show is slated to run from August 7th through September 15th, 2013. For more information on the national tour of WICKED, visit www.wickedthemusical.com. To purchase tickets for the show's stop at the Boston Opera House, visit www.boston-theater.com.