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Instead of heading out to shop on Black Friday, why not head to the Broadway Theatre of Pitman to watch two "sisters" cook up a holiday feast worthy of any Italian mother. "Wait until Saturday to shop, come see us instead," said Delphine Calamari.   Hot off the success of their last show, "Cooking with the Calamari Sisters" — which play...

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by John Harney   The actor who would become Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in a few hours sat in his living room, the windows framing a sparkling spring landscape of the Central Park Reservoir and the Upper East Side. The fat suit that would help transform the actor, Tony Lo Bianco, into New York's 99th mayor had been folded into a large suitc...

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By Ishani Chatterji   The best-known Italian puppet, Pinocchio, may not be among the 165 handcrafted marionettes performing at the Emmett Robinson Theater beginning today. But with "Sleeping Beauty," the real-life Geppettos of the Carlo Colla and Sons Marionette Company have dusted off another fairy tale best known to American audiences thro...

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When: Thursday, May 12, 2016 From 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Organized by : IIC NY - Entrance : Free Conference/performance by Eugenio Monti Colla and Piero Corbella   The theatre of figure at large and the Company Carlo Colla & Sons in a special way have always paid great attention to the Shakespearian dramas, which never fail...

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The NYWIFT Member Screening Series provides members with the opportunity to show their work in a theatrical setting. The screening will be held at the Anthology Film Archives, followed by networking at a nearby bar. NYWIFT member Emelise Aleandri starred in this film and will be available for Q&A immediately following the screening, along with...

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By Laura Caparrotti Romano de Roma, Enrico Brignano si forma all'Accademia di Gigi Proietti, una scuola che ha generato molti attori di successo, purtroppo chiusa anni fa per mancanza di sostegno da parte delle Istituzioni. La carriera di Brignano è stellare.   Dalla televisione, La sai l'ultima e poi Scherzi a parte, arriva a fare serie te...

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The third annual IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL NY, produced by New York's Kairos Italy Theater (KIT), has announced the winner of the second annual MARIO FRATTI AWARD for emerging Italian authors. The Award goes to: "Mater Familias" by Pier Lorenzo Pisano. An Award ceremony and staged reading of the play will be presented on Monday, May 11 at...

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Per la prima volta in Italia, l'opera musical di Mario Fratti, l'autore pluripremiato di Nine (7 Tony Awards), con le musiche originali di Tiziano Bedetti, la regia e l'adattamento di Giosiana Pizzardo. Madam Senator tratta, con argomenti di forte sapore politico, il tema delle elezioni di un ipotetico premier, dove le donne, in un contesto grotte...

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by Catherine Accardi   Can an 18th century Italian comedic play withstand the tests of time and culture? We who live in the San Francisco Bay Area have the opportunity to make that determination when Mirandolina, Mistress of a Tuscan Inn comes to the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek. Mirandolina is probably not the typical type of...

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June 21 - 26: Commedia dell'Arte Summer Workshop. Presented by Roving Classical Commedia University Mask Arts Company. Teaching Classical Commedia dell'Arte since 2001 as close to its original form as believed, was performed in the 1500s. Participants discover and develop their personal historical Commedia dell'Arte traditional character...

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