Margot News

The nominees for PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2017 were announced this morning at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills.

Due to popular demand, the Signature Theatre (Paige Evans, Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director; James Houghton, Founder) production of 'Master Harold' ... and the boys, written and directed by Tony Award winner Athol Fugard, has been extended for a second time.

Following the record-breaking success of Festival 2016 and in the midst of a robust artist residency season, Jacob's Pillow Dance is planning its momentous 85th Anniversary Festival.

The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) is pleased to announce that the prestigious Genée International Ballet Competition Final at the Sydney Opera House on 11 December 2016 will be live streamed from Sydney Opera House online. Hosted by Australian TV presenter and Dancing with the Stars 2015 winner Emma Freedman, viewers will have the opportunity to witness some of the world's most talented young ballet dancers compete in the renowned competition judged by David McAllister, Artistic Director of The Australian Ballet, Kevin O'Hare, Director of The Royal Ballet, and Francesco Ventrigilia, Artistic Director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet.

Victoria Theatre Association (VTA) presents the popular lunchtime arts preview series Mid-Day Arts Cafe onToday, Nov. 15 h in the Wintergarden of the Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center. The November Mid-Day Arts Cafe features close-up look at Dayton Ballets showcasing members of the Dayton Ballet Company. Tickets can be purchased at www.ticketcenterstage.comor by calling 937-228-3630 or 888-228-3630.

The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) is pleased to announce that the prestigious Genee International Ballet Competition Final at the Sydney Opera House on 11 December 2016 will be live streamed from Sydney Opera House online. Hosted by Australian TV presenter and Dancing with the Stars 2015 winner Emma Freedman, viewers will have the opportunity to witness some of the world's most talented young ballet dancers compete in the renowned competition judged by David McAllister, Artistic Director of The Australian Ballet, Kevin O'Hare, Director of The Royal Ballet, and Francesco Ventrigilia, Artistic Director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet.

The Nov. 12 edition of 'Saturday Night Live' has scored the show's highest overnight results so far this season and its top adult 18-49 rating in Nielsen's local-people-meter markets since December 2013.

On Saturday, November 5, 2016, Buenos Aires company Estampas Porteñas returned to the U.S. for a special one night engagement debuting their newest production Deseos: Stories of Longing and Desire along with works featuring tango and malambo- traditional dances of Argentina. Under the leadership of acclaimed dancer and choreographer Carolina Soler, this performance celebrates the essence of Argentine culture through music and dance.

Jacob's Pillow Dance, home to the longest-running international dance festival in the U.S., is accepting applications for its 2017 Summer Internship Program. More than 30 interns from around the world are selected, following a competitive application review and interview process, to help produce the field's most comprehensive and engaging festival of dance.

Deadline has reported that Peaky Blinders', Charlotte Riley,  has signed on to play Kate Middleton in a television adaptation of West End and Broadway hit, King Charles III.

In Late-Night Metered-Market Ratings for Saturday Night: The Nov. 5 edition of 'Saturday Night Live' has scored the show's second-highest rating of the season to date in adults 18-49 in Nielsen's markets

Audiences are bound to be awestruck by The Court Theatre's summer musical, Legally Blonde the Musical. The award-winning Broadway sensation, based on the Amanda Brown novel and hit 2001 film of the same name, is a musical comedy that smashes stereotypes and absolutely explodes on stage.

In Late-Night Metered-Market Ratings for Saturday Night: The Nov. 5 edition of 'Saturday Night Live' has scored the show's second-highest rating of the season to date in adults 18-49 in Nielsen's markets with local people meters and equaled the show's #2 rating of the season in metered-market households.

The Dallas Opera is very proud to present the eagerly anticipated revival of an historic Dallas Opera production: Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer's critically acclaimed twenty-first century masterpiece: MOBY-DICK, starring world-renowned heldentenor Jay Hunter Morris as Captain Ahab.

Palo Alto Players, the Peninsula's first theatre company, continues its 86th season with one of the most powerful stories of the 20th century, The Diary of Anne Frank, adapted by Wendy Kesselman from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, based on the personal memoirs of Anne Frank. A timeless testament to the human spirit that resonates through generations, The Diary of Anne Frank plays November 4-20, 2016 at the Lucie Stern Theater, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, and is directed by Dennis Lickteig, with Roneet Aliza Rahamim of Palo Alto in the title role.

Victoria Theatre Association (VTA) presents the popular lunchtime arts preview series Mid-Day Arts Cafe onTuesday, Nov. 15 h in the Wintergarden of the Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center. The November Mid-Day Arts Cafe features close-up look at Dayton Ballets showcasing members of the Dayton Ballet Company. Tickets can be purchased at www.ticketcenterstage.comor by calling 937-228-3630 or 888-228-3630.

Due to popular demand, the Signature Theatre production of The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World AKA the Negro Book of the Dead, by Pulitzer Prize-winner Suzan-Lori Parks and directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz, has been extended an additional week.

The Wick Theatre will have audiences jumping for joy with their second show of the season, Sister Act.

The Signature Theatre production of "Master Harold" ... and the boys, written and directed by Tony Award winner Athol Fugard, has been extended by one week.

In Late-Night Metered-Market Ratings for Saturday Night: ·         “Saturday Night Live” has delivered its highest metered-market household rating for an encore telecast since February 2015.