The Calamari Sisters, Delphine and Carmela, return in The Calamari Sisters’ Clam Bake from Dec. 21 through Jan. 21. at the Herberger Theater, 222 E. Monroe in Phoenix. Returning to the Valley after the previous show’s successful run, cooking with the Calamari Sisters is a comedic musical based on Italian dishes, according to a press release.

December 9 @ 8:00 pm. $25 - $35. Ocean County College, 1 College Drive. Toms River, NJ 08753 United States. http://www.grunincenter.org/event/candice-guardino-italian-bred/ 4 out of 4 Stars! Italian Bred is based on true life events, told through the eyes of a little girl growing up Italian in NY. Candice is being called someone who “Stuns!” by The...

December 15 (Friday) 7:30 pm. Italian American Museum - 155 Mulberry Street, Manhattan. Tickets and donations: $60, $75, $100, $150. Excerpts from "La Cantata Dei Pastori" A Neapolitan Renaissance Christmas Concert Special fund raising event featuring Alessandra Belloni Artistic Director & I Giullari Di Piazza, Italian Folk Music, Theatre and Dance...

A Bronx Tale — The Musical celebrated its first year on Broadway yesterday, November 29, at the Longacre Theatre. The musical adaptation of book writer Chazz Palminteri's acclaimed solo show opened December 1, 2016. A Bronx Tale also stars Tony Award nominee Nick Cordero as Sonny, Richard H. Blake as Lorenzo, Lucia Giannetta as Rosina, and Bradley...

With the Cherry Lane Theatre, Kairos Italy Theater has produced three new plays from Italy by established Italian playwrights. Directed by Laura Caparrotti, each play deals with perception of ‘the other,’ telling stories about encounters with people from different cultures. As stories the works are topical and compelling, as theatrical pieces they...

Remember that old holiday song, "Over the River and Through the Woods?" So does Nick Cristano, a young Italian-American man from New Jersey who, for 29 years, has "born the heat, and religiously shown up for dinner" at his grandparent's home. "It's such a happy song," says Nick, the fictional lead of Joe DiPietro's comedy play "Over the River and T...

Sebastian Maniscalco continues to build upon arguably the most successful year of his career yet: In 2016 he was named Just For Laughs Stand Up “Comedian of the Year,” selected for People Magazine’s annual “Ones to Watch” package, and his third hit special Why Would You Do That? was declared Showtime’s most successful comedy/variety special premier...

All concerned at the very handsome Harris Theater are to be congratulated for staging Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo,” the first of the three works by that composer to be performed as part of the windup of the international ‘Monteverdi 450’ tour. (A production of this trio of early operas concluded the tour at the Lincoln Center in New York.) For one like m...

An icy princess is terrified of love. A mysterious prince solves three riddles and melts her heart while breaking another's. Love triumphs, but it's complicated. Starring Amber Wagner, Stefano La Colla, Maria Agresta/Janai Brugger Turandot (1926), the final work of Giacomo Puccini's career, showcases the composer's magnificent melodic outpourings a...

The Calamari Sisters, a live-action spoof of a public access television show taping of a cooking show hosted by best friend/worst enemy sisters, Carmela & Delphine Calamari, will once again take center stage at Auburn Public Theater on Nov. 16, 17 and 18. The original title in a series of seven different but similar shows, "Cooking with the Calamar...