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December 13-16, 2018 (Thursday at 9 PM; Friday & Saturday at 7 PM; Sunday at 3 PM). Ellen Stewart Theatre at La MaMa E.T.C., 66 East 4th Street, NYC. Tickets: $25; $20 for students/seniors. Reservations: 212.352.3101 or www.lamama.org/terra_mia. Director: Marco Paciotti. Machinery: Lorenzo Pasquali and Massimo Carsetti. Construction of scenery: Dar...

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A new play is coming to New York from Boston-based theater group Pazzi Lazzi. The play is called Isabella Unmasked, an 80-minute long foray into the practice of Commedia dell’Arte by only one actress, Chiara Durazzini, who will play ten different characters, and one musician, Renaissance instrumentalist Dan Meyers, who will play ten different instr...

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Aristide, Francesco, Raffaele Sigismondi nacque a Lanciano, strada del Popolo, il 20 settembre del 1882 da Alfredo (ventiquattrenne “impiegato” figlio di Francesco e Rosolina) e da Rosa De Ritis (ventunenne figlia di Antonio e Giulia Scopinaro). I genitori di Aristide si erano sposati il 29 gennaio del 1881. Il giovane Aristide decise di lasciare l...

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"Cappuccino with aubergines? C’mon madame, don’t do that... More touch! ". An expression, the latter one, which in Italian means "bad dead people" but that pronounced in English sounds like the Roman dialect expression “Mortacc’”, a sort of mix between a curse and a exclamation of amazement. Can we still laugh at stereotypes about Italians in the U...

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The Italian Playwrights Project has been created and curated by Valeria Orani (Umanism NYC – 369gradi) and Frank Hentschker (Martin E. Segal Theatre Center – Graduate Center CUNY). The project’s goal is to disseminate Italian contemporary writing for the theater in the USA and vice versa. This second edition is dedicated to playwright and director,...

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Join Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophia for Hell in a Handbag Productions' annual benefit, THE SOPHIA PETRILLO ITALIAN DINNER & TALENT SHOW on Sunday, December 2, 2018 from 5 - 10 pm at Our Lady of Eternal Guilt aka Ebenezer Lutheran Church, 1650 W. Foster Ave. in Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood. Tickets ($75 in advance) are currently available...

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New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) Presents Candice Guardino: Italian Bred on Saturday January 26 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Created, written by and starring Candice Guardino, Italian Bred is based on true-life events seen through the eyes of a little girl.Having written down everything her loving and outspoken grandmother ever uttered, Guardino s...

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The international comedy hit My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish & I'm in Therapy!, featuring actor and comedian Peter J. Fogel, will be coming back to Stage West at The Herberger Theater Center, 222 E. Monroe, from Dec. 19 through Jan. 20, 2019. One part lasagna, one part kreplach, and two parts Prozac, you don't have to be Jewish or Italian t...

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  In this episode, we’re speaking with Italian American comedian Mike Vecchione, who has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Comedy Central and more. We talk about how his family supported his journey to comedy and how this love and support helped him to become the man he is today. About our GuestMike Vecchione was born in Youngstown, O...

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Can you believe it's been 25 years since the release of the hit film, A Bronx Tale? the best way to celebrate 25 years of this iconic film? Seeing the musical version at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre! It tells the coming of age story of an Italian-American boy, Calogero Anello, who, after encountering a local mafia boss, is torn between the tempta...

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