Mario News

A much-anticipated highlight of the fall season, the Museum Gala is the American Museum of Natural History's largest annual benefit. More than 750 guests are expected to attend this year's dazzling evening, hosted by Tina Fey. Following cocktails in the Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda, guests will enjoy a dinner menu designed by Mario Batali, a live auction, and a performance by Bruno Mars in the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life

NBCUniversal's Hispanic cable network mun2 will simulcast the "2014 NCLR ALMA Awards" LIVE on Friday October 10th at 10pm ET / 7pm PT.

The Rainbow Theatre Project launches their second season on Monday, October 20, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. with an evening of staged readings featuring David Csontos' My Night with Rock Hudson, paired with four plays, affectionately referred to as the "Betty & Veronica Plays," by Mary Steelsmith. This quartet includes Happy and Gay, Moon Dancers, Dancing with Ms. Liza and Dancing with Sherpas.

Rachel Dratch stopped by the fourth hour of TODAY to talk about her new political comedy 'Tail! Spin!' which follows the public scandals of four political figures.

Mario Lopez stopped by THE TALK on CBS to discuss his new memoir, 'Just Between Us' and how he lost his virginity at the age of 12.

POLITICAL INTRIGUE. CONSPIRATORS. MURDER. JULIUS CAESAR, a tragic play in five acts written by William Shakespeare and directed by Robert Beltran (Star Trek: Voyager; Zoot Suit; Eating Raoul), will be coming to the community of Boyle Heights, CA presented in a five-week run by CASA 0101 Theater and Josefina Lopez, Artistic Director. The production will be presented on the theater's Main Stage located at 2102 East First Street (at St. Louis Street), Boyle Heights, CA 90033 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and on Sundays at 5:00 p.m., October 17 - November 16, 2014. A Preview performance will be given on Thursday, October 16, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. There will be no performance on Sunday, November 9, 2014.

Loosely based on Shakespeare's Hamlet and E.M Foster's novel Maurice, the World Premiere of Beyond Desire is playing at Hayes Theatre Co from Friday, 21 November to Saturday 13 December 2014.

Opera Saratoga announces its 2015 Summer Festival season, which will run from July 2 - July 26, 2015 at multiple venues throughout Saratoga Springs, New York.

The Italian Academy hosts the inaugural concert of *The Stefan Wolpe Fund featuring world premieres and works by Charles Wuorinen, Jonathan Dawe, Matthew Greenbaum and William Anderson on Thursday, October 30th at 8pm. Also on the program, a New York premiere for string sextet by Charles Wuorinen. Featured artists: JACK Quartet, pianist Steven Beck, Vox n Plux, violist Miranda Cuckson and cellist Jay Campbell. This concert was produced by Zaidee Parkinson and Alanna Maharajh Stone with generous support from *The Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music.

“After the ALMAs,” an MSNBC special program hosted by Alex Wagner, will air live from Pasadena, CA on Friday, October 10 at 11 p.m. ET/ 8 p.m. PT immediately following the “2014 NCLR ALMA (American Latino Media Arts) Awards.” The ALMA Awards will air live on MSNBC at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.

The creative director shuffle is back. It wasn't so long ago that we waited with baited breath to find out where names like Nicolas Ghesquière and Alexander Wang would settle. And now, again, after Peter Copping stepped down from his role as creative director of Nina Ricci (rumored to be going to Oscar de la Renta), WWD has confirmed the gossip: Guillaume Henry will serve as Nina Ricci's new creative director.

On last night's TONIGHT SHOW, after a sip of sangria, Chef Mario Batali shows Jimmy and Questlove how to make an easy gazpacho soup from a recipe found in his cookbook, America Farm to Table.

In its fourth year, presented by AARP, The Outstanding Filipino Americans in New York (TOFA-NY) Awards, the grandest celebration that caps the monthlong Filipino American History Month in New York City, has announced today that Filipino-American EGOT holder Bobby Lopez ('Frozen,' 'The Book of Mormon'); fashion designer and philanthropist Josie Natori; Dean of Academic Affairs at Columbia University Sheila Coronel; the people behind Fiesta In America, an annual trade and cultural expo; and the medical mission volunteers of Philippine Medical Association in America (PMAA) will be feted with the highest honors--The Heritage Awards--at TOFA-NY Awards ceremony, which will be held at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall (881 7th Ave, New York, NY) on Saturday, October 25, at 7 p.m.

According to WWD, Peter Copping is stepping down as Nina Ricci's creative director after five years at the Paris-based fashion house. This announcement also confirms the rumors that Copping will take over as lead designer at Oscar de la Renta.

Lefra Productions is bringing six of its top productions of this year to the Clover Aardklop National Arts Festival. In a first for the festival, Lefra Productions will have the full use of the Totius Hall on the PUK campus.

LOVE LETTERS star and Broadway vet Carol Burnett will stop by NBC's 'Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' tonight, October 6th.

?First Run Theatre once again presents it's highly successful festival of short 10 minute new plays by St. Louis playwrights. 8 new plays by 7 playwrights were selected from a special submission in March thru July 2013. This production will be at Southampton Presbyterian Church.

James LaRosa returns to the Off Broadway stage when he steps into the role of Anthony Pinnunziato in Off-Broadway's My Big Gay Italian Wedding at the St. Luke's Theatre tonight, October 4th at 8pm.

Gordon Elliott, Executive Producer of ABC's “The Chew,” announced today that The First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, will make her first appearance on the show, TODAY, OCTOBER 3 (1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m., ET).

New American Folk Theatre (NAFT) announced that it will present the world premiere of 'Witches Among Us', a musical by Chicagoans Rick Karlin (book) and Scott Free (music and lyrics), today, October 3, at The Call, 1547 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.