MY BIG GAY ITALIAN FUNERAL to Celebrate Four Years in Atlantic City with Superstar Theater Show
"My Big Gay Italian Funeral" which originally opened its doors in 2013 at the St. Luke's Theater Off-Broadway, will celebrate its fourth year with a one night only performance in the Superstar Theater at Resorts Casino on July 28th at 9pm. The sequel to "My Big Gay Italian Wedding" created by Three-time Emmy Award Winner Anthony J. Wilkinson was th...
New bench installed in bocce court
In memory of Sal Spinnato who grew up in Little Italy, was a bocce player, past president of the Little Italy Lodge, immersed in the parish and neighborhood, and a treasured friend to many, the Spinnato Family purchased and placed a new bench in Little Italy's bocce courts in memory of their brother/uncle/father. Father Bernie Carman, pastor of Sai...
Opera goes South Philly: DVOC transforms Giacomo Puccini’s Italian comedy “Gianni Schicchi”
For those that think opera is too esoteric, maybe an opera based in South Philadelphia sung in English will sway that notion. The Delaware Valley Opera Company (DVOC), a local opera house that employs emerging talent as well as established singers, has transformed Giacomo Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi” into “Johnny Schicchi,” an Italian comedy about g...
Christopher Macchio Resorts appearance benefits Schultz-Hill Foundation
International singing star Christopher Macchio will make a return appearance to Atlantic City, in the show ‘A Man and His Music,’ at 8 p.m. at July 15 in the Superstar Theater at Resorts Casino Hotel. Proceeds will benefit the Schultz-Hill Foundation, whose mission is to provide music and arts education programs for students and seniors in Atlanti...
'Italian Bred' Staten Island native brings her play to Paramount
Watch for actress/playwright Candice Guardino's "Italian Bred" at the famed Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, N.J., Sunday, July 30, at 3 p.m. Based on true life events and told through the eyes of a little girl growing up Italian in Woodrow, in "Italian Bred," Candice slips in and out of multiple family characters while sharing the stage with came...
Candice Guardino to Bring ITALIAN BRED to New Jersey This Summer
Candice Guardino will visit New Jersey with ITALIAN BRED this summer after successful shows in NYC, LA and Chicago, where she received rave reviews and played to sold-out crowds. July 30th is her Asbury Park, NJ, debut at the Paramount Theatre, followed by Morris Museums Bickford Theatre in August. A new take on solo shows is exactly what Candice d...
Comedian Mary Dimino to Bring SCARED SKINNY to Rahway This July
Combine the typical struggles of childhood with the emotional implications of being above average weight during that formative time, plus the nuances of growing up in an Italian-American family in New York, and mix it with a heaping spoonful of levity and humor: that's comedian Mary Dimino's Scared Skinny in a nutshell. Taking place at the Union Co...
Candice Guardino to Premiere at the Paramount Theatre
Candice Guardino is being called someone who "Stuns!" and is "Redefining Solo Performances" by The Chicago Stage, so it only seems fitting that the world renowned Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, NJ would present Italian Bred. It's based on true life events and told through the eyes of a little girl growing up Italian on Staten Island. Candice sli...
Hudson Shakespeare Company Gives "Taming of the Shrew" A Retro Italian Spin
The Hudson Shakespeare Company returns for its 26th season of touring summer Shakespeare with a retro spin on Shakespeare’s classic war of the sexes romp – “Taming of the Shrew”. The action is moved from the 1590s to 1960s Italy and reintroduces the characters in this new period and foreign setting taking influences from Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” a...
NIAF Holds 5th Annual Congressional Bocce Ball Tournament
For the first time in five years, the rain held off, and the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) was able to hold its Fifth Annual Congressional Bocce Ball Tournament outdoors. The tournament, held in memory of former NIAF Board Member and Chair of the Foundation’s Government Relations and Public Policy Committee Mark Valente, featured 10 t...
Pollini struggles yet shines in Chopin recital at Kennedy Center
Maurizio Pollini won the International Chopin Piano Competition over half a century ago. It launched him on a world-bestriding career that has been prodigious, but he is nearing the end of a brilliant career arc. Health problems forced the Italian pianist to withdraw from recitals in Washington in 2015 and 2011. The Kennedy Center’s Fortas series o...
New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera to Hold Auditions for Tosca
New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera's Artistic Director Lucine Amara invites soloists in all vocal categories to audition for solo roles in the professional opera company’s 2017 production of Tosca. New Jersey residents are encouraged to apply. Open auditions will be held on Tuesday, June 13 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 pm and Thursday, June 15 fr...