Italian American Museum and San Carlino Theatre Company present: The Three Little Pigs. Saturday, June 25th, 6:30 P.M. Light refreshments will be served   Children and their parents are cordially invited to attend a performance of The Three Little Pigs (in Italian) by the San Carlino Theatre Company at the Italian America...

Jerry Viviano of Overland Park is host of the Viviano Benefit Variety Show, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Viviano also works full-time in sales for Sysco.   This year's show, which benefits Don Bosco Center, is at 6 p.m. Nov. 22 in Rose Theatre at Rockhurst High School. Tickets are $25 and include an Italian dinner; call H...

Actor Edward Gero has spent a lot of time in court over the past year — the Supreme Court to be exact — watching, studying and listening to one justice in particular, seeing how he behaves.   Justice Antonin Scalia, 79, is one of the court's most conservative, outspoken and polarizing characters, and now those qualities are providing the ing...

Vorremmo creare un gruppo teatrale amatoriale che metta in scena, essenzialmente con scopi benefici, musicals (italiani, di Broadway, ecc) e commedie musicali. A tal fine si cercano persone che abbiano passione e voglia di fare, in particolare con le seguenti attitudini: cantare (a tutti i livelli, basta anche solo essere intonati), recitare (anche...

Celebrate a quarter century of the Ravenna Festival, the event that, from June to October, offers a series of cultural events dedicated to classical and contemporary music, dance, theater, opera, film and even history.   In fact, the theme of this year is "1914: The Year that Changed the World," a title linked to the celebrations for the 100...

In the balmy heat of late '40s of last century in Naples, Filumena Marturano lies on her deathbed waiting to marry Domenico Soriano, the man who has kept her as his mistress for twenty-five years. But no sooner has the priest completed the ceremony, than Filumena makes a miraculous recovery.   As he reels in shock, Domenico discovers that th...

A new jukebox musical based on the life of Frank Sinatra is being developed, with plans to open it in 2018. The late singer's family has teamed up with Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) for an as-yet-untitled musical.   It will feature songs from Sinatra's extensive back catalogue to tell the story of the man nicknamed the Chairman of the...

by Hayley Levitt The world-premiere musical adaptation of A Bronx Tale is just a few weeks from beginning performances at Paper Mill Playhouse. Before previews begin on February 4, the cast met the press alongside their illustrious codirectors, four-time Tony winner Jerry Zaks and Oscar winner Robert De Niro, who directed and starred in the origin...

Actor Gianlorenzo Albertini caught the eye of director Paul Warner while studying at the acclaimed New York Film Academy. Warner, a teacher at the Academy and a resident artist at the famed Baryshnikov Arts Center was the director of a new multi-disciplinary dance theater-opera, Women: The War Within.   Warner brought Gianlorenzo Albertini...

The Italian Society at Berkeley is delighted to announce that renowned Bay Area actress, Maria Grazia Affinito, will be showcasing her award-winning one-woman show, Eating Pasta Off the Floor, on September 19, 2016 in B-4 Dwinelle Hall at 8PM and leading a workshop the following day   Eating Pasta Off the Floor is the story of Maria and her...