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Mother of 6, grandmother of 12, and now cabaret singer, TONIA TECCE sings the story of her life in A COCKEYED OPTIMIST Why We Believe The Songs of Richard Rodgers on Thursday, November 20 and Monday, November 24, both at 7:30PM at Curtis Institute of Music's Field Concert Hall (1726 Locust Street). Tickets at $25 each are available by calling 610-5...

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di Maurita Cardone  New York sta per aprirsi un intenso maggio di cultura e l'Italia farà la sua parte portando in città una ventata di teatro. Torna infatti per il quarto anno il Festival di teatro italiano In Scena!. Dal 2 al 16 maggio cinque compagnie sfileranno nei teatri e nelle istituzioni dei vari distretti di New York per raccontare l...

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Piccolo Theatre's production of "The Venetian Twins" features a madcap plot adapted by the Italian master Carlo Goldoni in 1747. Twins separated at birth turn up in Verona: one for an arranged marriage, the other to meet a girl who has run away from her family for him.   But the proverbial story behind this story is somewhat dramatic. Goldon...

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Over the past 15 years or so, visionary director Romeo Castellucci has blossomed into a star of Europe's theater festivals and prestigious institutions with largely plotless, large-scale shows that operate at a dizzyingly high conceptual and technical level, and are so abstract that they become strangely accessible (you can project anything onto th...

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How did Italian opera represent America in the eighteenth century? Pierpaolo Polzonetti, Associate Professor of music and liberal studies at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, talks about this in this interview  Professor Polzonetti, please tell us about your book "Italian Opera in the Age of the American Revolution"   My book is about a r...

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The Marsh Discovery Series Presents: EATING PASTA OFF THE FLOOR. Written & Performed by Maria Grazia Affinito. Developed with & Directed by David Ford. April 23 – May 15 | San Francisco. Saturdays at 8:30pm | Sundays at 5pm. Buy Tix.    "Hilarious and bittersweet..spins a spellbinding tale." — Sam Hurwit...

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Internationally acclaimed playwright and drama critic Mario Fratti, best known for the musical Nine and winner of seven Tony awards, will present his publications Twenty-Eight Unpredictable Plays. Unpredictable Plays features 28 Plays, and at least 28 Surprises. Dry, sly, provocative plays presented by the master of unpredictability, Mario Fratti....

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Synonymous with grace, beauty and artistry, Oscar®-winning actress Sophia Loren will captivate audiences with an intimate onstage conversation and Q/A.   The prolific career of this legendary star spans over five decades earning a remarkable array of notable accolades, including the first Academy® Award presented for a foreign language role...

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Friday, January 20 - Sunday, January 22. Beverly Art Center, Blair Thomas & co., Istituto Italiano di Cultura/Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, in association with Instituto Cervantes de Chicago present: Sonata for 4 feet   Part mime, part contortion, Italy's Teatro dei Piedi (Theatre of Feet) stages characters whose stori...

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Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort cordially invites you to celebrate the marriage of Frankie and Nina on Thursday, January 23, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. in the Grand Oak Ballroom.   This interactive comedy show has all of the oddities and traditions of a Big Italian Wedding. Join the New York Italian families of Frankie and Nina as they sing, dance, e...

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