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“Castle” (10 p.m., ABC): Celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito guest stars as himself in an episode of “Castle” that finds our crew investigating the murder of a chef found frozen to death. Brrrr.

“The Real Housewives of New Jersey” (10 p.m., Bravo): Nail down the tables. “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” return after a season that saw plenty of vicious words — and utensils — fly. Can old wounds be mended? We certainly hope not.

TV listings, B6

DVD releases

Available Tuesday:

“Art & Copy”

“Leap Year”

“Nine”

“Play the Game”

“Preacher’s Kid”

“Tetro”

“Tooth Fairy”

entertainment news

‘Phantom’ tickets for regional shows

The touring production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera” will come to Cleveland’s Palace Theater from July 28 to Aug. 22 and Pittsburgh’s Benedum Center from Aug. 25 to Sept. 19.

Tickets are on sale for the Cleveland show at the PlayhouseSquare ticket office, 1519 Euclid Ave., Cleveland; online at playhousesquare.org or by calling (216) 241-6000. Go to playhousesquare.com for more information.

Tickets for the Pittsburgh show go on sale next Monday at the Box Office at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave.; online at phantom.pgharts.org or by calling (412) 456-4800.

Salem Youth Chorus is a semifinalist

Salem Youth Chorus and its conductor, Jon Simsic, are among the first semifinalists for The American Prize spring competitions.

Semifinalists were selected from applications recently received from 26 states. Finalists will be selected in May, and winners will be announced in mid-June.

The American Prize is a series of national competitions that reward the best in the performing arts. It was founded in 2009 and will be awarded annually in many areas of the performing arts starting this year.

Winners receive cash prizes, professional adjudication and regional, national and international recognition.

Amphitheater gets a new name

PITTSBURGH

The Amphitheatre at Station Square is now known as Trib Total Media Amphitheatre. The venue will host 30-40 events each season and has a capacity of 5,000.

Events scheduled this summer include 19 concerts (including Heart, the Flaming Lips, the Scorpions and 311), a Fourth of July extravaganza and a rib festival.

Go to tribtotalmediaamp.com for more information.