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Salvatore J. Bovoso, former owner of Dottie's True Blue Cafe in San Francisco, an actor and co-author of a technology column, died in his sleep Aug. 25 at his home in Southern California. He was 71. Mr. Bovoso had a number of acts, from graphic artist to stand-up comic to restaurateur and writer.   "If you're not sure you ever met Sal B...

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Award-winning TV producer/writer/director and historian Tony De Nonno will take audience members on an enlightening journey into the life and legacy of puppeteers Mike and Aida Manteo, their children, and even grandchildren — a family bound together by a Sicilian folk tradition that spans a century in New York.   Come experience this enchant...

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September 2, 2015, Wednesday 6:30 PM - 10:00 PMMunster High School, Munster, IN 46321 - Munster High School - Munster, Indiana 46321 HOTT Productions, NFP-Helping Others Through Theatre is proud to be the first to bring the joy, laughter, warmth and somewhat exaggerated stereotypes of this Italian-American wedding and reception to t...

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Italian American Museum Presents SPECIAL DOUBLE FEATURE Divorzio all'Italiana (Divorce Italian Style) - Film Screening (Italian with English Subtitles) - Directed by Pietro Germi - Starring Marcello Mastroianni   and L'Uomo del Sud (The Man From the South) "Man From the South" "Because I'm m...

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By Iris Wiener   I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti gives new meaning to the term "dinner theater," as audiences at George Street Playhouse can now enjoy a comical, heartfelt, one-woman show while being served a meal made right in front of them — by the star herself. Antoinette LaVecchia (Broadway's recent A View From the Bridge) prepares a t...

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A new play, Dinner with the Boys by Dan Lauria, most famous for playing the role of father Jack Arnold in "The Wonder Years" will make its Off-Broadway debut on April 1.Directed by Frank Megna, the has scheduled its opening night for May 4 at the Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row, New York.   Laurie (Lombardi) will also star in the play, join...

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From Broadway to The Ridgefield Playhouse stage, Chazz Palminteri performs his one-man stage version of the award winning film "A Bronx Tale" on Friday, September 18, at 8 p.m. as part of the Ridgefield Magazine Broadway and Cabaret Series.   Based on his childhood memories of working men and gangsters in the Italian-American neighborhood wh...

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In Italy, theaters are under real estate pressure; their precious locations and spacious buildings are eagerly sought by developers who try to convert valued cultural assets into commercial buildings. This clash of artistic idealism and commercial opportunism has been dramatized by Italian playwright Alberto Bassetti in "Dealers of Souls," a new pl...

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Chazz Palminteri, Alan Menken and Glenn Slater's A BRONX TALE: THE MUSICAL is making its first move toward Broadway. According to an Equity casting notice, the production will start auditioning for the show on June 2 in New York City. No word on dates for A BRONX TALE's Broadway run.   A BRONX TALE made its world premiere this February...

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Double Platinum recording artist and daughter to the legendary Vince Montana, is set to make her debut as "Fanny" this Sunday at St. Luke's Theatre in "My Big Gay Italian Funeral." Denise will be taking on the role as well as performing two of her hits including the Christmas class "Merry Christmas All," one of the top selling Christmas songs of al...

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