ARIA DI COMMEDIA: An Evening of Italian Renaissance Theater and Music

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MARCH 09, 2015 - 06:00 PM
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - 24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011

What do you get when you put together a hungry servant, a know-it-all Latin speaking doctor and a string of sausages? You get Pazzi Lazzi in Aria di Commedia! You'll giggle at Dottore's "little problem" and the beautiful Flaminia's long list of useless suitors. Enjoy classic Commedia dell'Arte tricks and double entendres with a few modern twists!

Three professional actors, Chiara Durazzini, Emanuele Capoano and Maya Attia, interpret famous Commedia stock characters such as Arlecchino, Pulcinella, Balanzone and Colombina with their comedic troubles that result from typical human weaknesses such as envy, lust and greed.

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