Summer may be concert and festival season, but you can experience The Four Seasons all in one night when Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons make their way to the DeYor Performing Arts Center in Downtown Youngstown in August. Valli is set to perform Friday, August 1, which coincides with the Greater Youngstown Italian Fest weekend, which lasts from...

Ross Martucci fell in love with special effects makeup as a child, when he saw the gruesome Freddy Krueger of the movie “Nightmare on Elm Street” on the cover of a horror magazine. “I couldn’t believe how it was possible to make somebody look like they were burnt from head to toe and it not be real. It was almost like magic to me,” the Chicago-base...

Boston Summer Opera has unveiled its 2025 summer slate. The main opera of the company’s second summer season will be Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” which opens on July 11 and runs through the 13th. The first showcase is set to take place at Arlington Street Church at 7:30 p.m., and the second presentation will take the stage of The Arts at the Armory at 3 p....

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater will open its 2025 season with  the World Premiere of SACCO AND VANZETTI'S DIVINE COMEDY by Kevin Rice. Performances run Thursdays through Saturdays at 7 p.m., June 27 - July 26, 2025. In the 1920s, Sacco and Vanzetti came to symbolize the failure of American justice when wrongfully convicted of murder in a Boston co...

When: Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM - Where: 207 Edgewater Rd, Cliffside Park, NJ, 07010 - More info here The Cliffside Park Arts Association (CPAA) is excited to announce a special fundraiser event on Friday, June 13th, supporting the Italian American Repertory Company. The evening will feature Anthony DeVito Jersey Boy: A True Crime Story—a captiv...

In the Season Three finale of “The Sopranos,” Uncle Junior shows off his pipes. At Jackie Jr.’s funeral, the typically stoic character stands up in an Italian restaurant and passionately belts the classic Neopolitan song “Core ‘ngrato,” which translates to “Ungrateful Heart.” Now, 24 years after that seminal episode aired (and 26 after a two-month...

Mark your calendars for a night of bold, unapologetic comedy, music, and storytelling as The Italian Chicks hit the stage at the Rosen Performing Arts Center (Wayne, NJ) on June 6 at 8 pm. Featuring Maryann Maisano, the original Italian Chick, this all-new show is packed with fresh material, outrageous characters, and even more laughs than ever. Sh...

“Cooking with the Calamari Sisters” makes its Delaware debut during a limited engagement at The Delaware Theatre Company from May 29 to June 22. Two over-the-top, larger-than-life Italian sisters from Brooklyn take audiences on a tour-de-force of show tunes, dancing, saucy humor, and of course cooking as they star in their very own fictional cable...

In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY will present a reading of the 2025 Hystrio Award Translation and Adaptation Mentorship Winner Chiara Arrigoni and her play Pelle on Friday, May 9 at 5:30pm at Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo.  The In Scena! Italian Theater Festival collaborates with the Hystrio Award - Scritture di Scena, one of the most prestigio...

By popular demand, 54 Below once again opened its doors to the spirited celebration of Italian-American musical heritage with That’s Amore. This vibrant evening served as a heartfelt showcase for a new generation of outstanding Italian-American talent, each performer breathing new life into beloved classics made famous by legendary voices of the pa...