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The Memorial Day weekend is coming up and there’s plenty to do if you need to get out and escape the heat including a number of great concerts around the country. Sports fans will find NHL Stanley Cup Finals at the United Center in Chicago with the Blackhawks and the Flyers on Saturday and Monday. There’s plenty of pro baseball games around the country and the ticket prices are pretty cheap right now.

NBA playoffs games this weekend will have the Los Angeles Lakers playing the Phoeinix Suns in the Western Conference Finals and in the East the Boston Celtics are still trying to take out the Orlando Magic and tonight’s game will tell if they play again this weekend.

Sporting Events for the Memorial Day Weekend:

• NHL Stanley Cup Finals – Chicago Blackhawks vs Philadelphia Flyers
• NBA Western Conference Finals – Phoenix Suns vs Los Angeles Lakers
• NBA Eastern Conference Finals – Orlando Magic vs Boston Celtics
• MLB Baseball – Baseball Games across the country

Concerts this weekend include:

• Bon Jovi
• Brad Paisley
• Brooks and Dunn
• Carole King and James Taylor
• Conan
• Daughtry
• Dave Matthews Band
• Tim McGraw

Theatre Events this weekend include:

• Wicked the Musical
• Jersey Boys
• Mary Poppins
• Billy Elliot
• South Pacific
• The Lion King

Valentine’s Day is this Sunday and there’s still plenty of last minute gift ideas for this coming weekend if you don’t already have plans. Hopefully the weather has cleared up a bit by then so travel isn’t a problem in your area.

If you haven’t seen Wicked the Musical, or even if you have, you can still find tickets for Wicked at several theaters around the country including the Gerswhin Theatre, Orpheum Theatre – San Francisco, David A Stratz Center – Carol Morsani Hall and the Peace Center in Greenville, SC.

The Winter Games in Vancouver begin on Friday with the Opening Ceremonies followed by Ice Hockey, Freestyle Skiing, Speed Skating, Figure Skating, Alpine Skiing and many more events for Valentines Day weekend. Tickets for the Opening Ceremony and most of the Winter Games Events are available now and are in hand and ready to ship overnight.

More ideas  for this coming weekend include tickets for the NBA All Star game on Valentines Day at Cowboys Stadium, the AMA Supercross at Angel Stadium, The San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo and a number of NBA basketball games and NHL hockey games around the country.

Concerts this Valentines Day weekend are very limited in number but include some heavy hitters such as Mariah Carey, Justin Bieber, Billy Joel and Elton John and the Black Eyed Peas. There’s even more theatre going on this weekend that make for a great romantic weekend including the Jersey Boys, Billy Elliot and the Color Purple at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles.

The Addams Family Musical is currently performing at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre through January 10, 2010. The Addams Family was created by New York Cartoonist Charles Addams and the musical brings to life the characters he created in the cartoon as opposed to the 1960’s television show.

The Addams Family was created by Jersey Boy’s authors Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo, also from the Jersey Boys. There were only 150 drawings used for the musical out of several thousand available, and the story centers around the oldest child, Wednesday, letting her very close and loving family know she has fallen in love for the first time.

Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth lead the cast of the Addams Family Musical and they do a great job of portraying Gomez and Morticia and they have a fantastic supporting cast as well. The Addams Family Musical moves to the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York in March for an extended run through at least November.

More information about the Addams Family Musical can be found from Chris Jones of the Chicago Tribune and you can buy Addams Family Musical Tickets at the Oriental Theatre, the Ford Center for the Performing Arts in Chicago, Illinois or the Addams Family Musical at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York.