Margaret Cho News

The show must go on a?" outdoors!  For the first time since early March, The Ridgefield Playhouse will be doing its first live performance.  American Idol Finalist Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon and Award-winning comedian Christine O'Leary will headline a fun night of stand-up comedy and music on Saturday, July 25 at 7pm. 

This weekend (June 27-28) in live streaming: celebrate Global Pride, Lea Salonga sings with Seth Rudetsky, and so much more!

Project Angel Food's LEAD WITH LOVE Emergency Telethon has added more exciting people to the roster, answering the call to help raise much needed funds in support of the growing demand due to COVID-19.  

Netflix has released the trailer for its upcoming animated film, Over the Moon, which features the voices of Broadway stars Phillipa Soo, Ruthie Ann Miles, Kimiko Glenn, and Conrad Ricamora!

While the world will celebrate a bit differently this year, June is still a month for Pride. Social distancing might keep the LGBTQ+ community physically apart, but many organizations are providing ways to come together... virtually.

TBS' upcoming comedy competition series Tournament of Laughs has set its bracket and released the final match-ups in the battle for laughs.

Looking to hone your acting chops while stuck inside? Preparing for your next big audition, whenever that may be? We've rounded up 10 MORE monologue books that are sure to fit the bill!

TBS is serving up the ultimate comedic match with a seven-episode greenlight for Tournament of Laughs, set to premiere on Sunday, June 21 at 10:00pm ET/PT.

American Masters joins PBS' summer-long celebration of female trailblazers in honor of the women's vote centennial with three new documentaries exploring the lives of remarkable changemakers, both past and present.

Today, Her Campus, the number one media brand for college women with over 400 campus chapters, presented its first-ever “I'm Still Graduating” virtual graduation ceremony with a star-studded line-up of today's most inspiring entertainers, musicians, politicians and entrepreneurs, to celebrate and commemorate and uplift the Class of 2020. The event was broadcast digitally on ImStillGraduating.com. Thousands of student graduates from over 800+ schools across the country tuned in!

In alignment with A Noise Within's (ANW) season theme of Spirits Rising, Noise Now will further expand its reach for fall 2020 by partnering with ten Los Angeles cultural arts organizations for ten events beginning in late August through the beginning of January. The fall season was announced last week via Facebook Live by ANW Director of Cultural Programming Jonathan Muñoz-Proulx. Launched in February 2019 and now in its second year, Noise Now is a cultural initiative by A Noise Within aimed at sharing artistic resources and producing events that are radically accessible to all audiences, including underrepresented groups, communities of color, young people, and anyone who may not be equitably represented in theatre.

NBC is teaming with Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios and Funny Or Die for the two-hour comedy special a?oeFeeding America Comedy Festivala?? on Sunday, May 10 from 7-9 p.m. ET/PT. The all-star event will feature a plethora of today's biggest comedy superstars to support and raise money for America's largest hunger-relief organization, Feeding America.

Elizabeth Banks, Jenny Slate, Margaret Cho and more join dozens of Celebrities on April 30th for OPERATION SAVE ABORTION. Operation Save Abortion is an urgent fundraiser to help Independent Abortion Providers keep their doors open.   

During a time of social distancing, The Ridgefield Playhouse is working hard to keep the arts accessible to the community.  a?oeJust because we can't be in a classroom together, doesn't mean we can't create together!a?? said Executive Director Allison Stockel. 

You may remember Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon as the 2019 a?oeAmerican Idola?? finalist whose incredible vocal range and emotional backstory grabbed the judge's attention and elicited comparisons to the likes of Jeff Buckley, Freddie Mercury and Billy Joel.

Netflix Is A Joke, Netflix's comedy brand, is throwing a week-long comedy festival, Netflix Is A Joke Fest. Produced by Netflix in association with Live Nation, the star-studded celebration of comedy will take over Los Angeles April 27th - May 3rd and feature live stand-up shows, special events and activations with Netflix comedians and artists from around the world. Featured Netflix talent include Ali Wong, Amy Schumer, Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle, David Letterman, Jamie Foxx, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, Kevin Hart, Martin Lawrence, Sebastian Maniscalco, the cast of Schitt's Creek and more. The fest will also include STAND OUT: An LGBTQ+ Celebration  with headliners Alan Carr, Hannah Gadsby, Margaret Cho, Rosie O'Donnell, Sandra Bernhard, Wanda Sykes and more.

Crown & Anchor Cabaret Series 2020 in Provincetown, MA will return this summer at The Crown & Anchor's Paramount Theatre and Cabaret Room and at Town Hall Auditorium. 

Apple has released the trailer for Visible: Out on Television, a five-part documentary series that premieres exclusively on Apple TV+ February 14.