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The original thought of "Big Ang" doing one night in NYC at St. Luke's has quickly been changed since she sold out less than twenty-four hours following her announcement on the Wendy Williams show. After receiving hundreds of tweets and facebook messages from angry fans who could not get tickets, she called her agent and immediately asked for anoth...

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Directed by Evan T. CummingsTranslated by Francesco Meola and Evan T. CummingsStarring Francesco Meola and others TBA. Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 6 p.m.John Jay College of Criminal Justice Alumni Association899 10th Avenue, #623, New York, NY   A very special world premiere of a play discovered by Evan T. Cummings in his attic. Cummings'...

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It is no secret that I am an Italian-American, and a proud one at that. I was born on Taylor Street in Chicago's "Little Italy." Being a child of the early '60s, I was fortunate enough to have experienced much of the music from the '60s and '70s now referred to as heritage rock and classic rock.   But how I am really lucky is the fact I...

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The setting is the suburbs of Rome, the time is the present. In the background are a love story, a friendship, and the controversial theme of death due to unsafe working conditions on construction sites. The lives of the three characters are told through the vivid slang of the slums. Performed in English. Luca De Bei was born in Padua. His father h...

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By Chris Kaltenbach   Eighteen characters, but only one actor. That's a lot of work for one guy, no matter how you slice it. But Chazz Palminteri isn't complaining, not in the least. After all, he's got no one to blame but himself. "A Bronx Tale" is all Palminteri's doing, a one-act, one-man autobiographical play about a young boy growing up...

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The mausoleum that serves as the backdrop for Hartford Stage's current production of "Romeo & Juliet" is etched with dozens of Italian names. Who are these people? Hartford Stage Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak, who directed the show, reveals that "Colin McGurk, associate scene designer, got the names from a website called billiongraves.com....

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As a younger generation of Italians emigrates in search of better opportunities, an older generation of Italians who have lived abroad for many years look back nostalgically to return to their homeland. The views of these two faces of migration were well-encapsulated in the world-premiere performance of "Moving Out," a two-character theatrical/oper...

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MAY 04, 2015 - 06:00 PMCasa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - 24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011 Opening Night of the 2015 IN SCENA! Italian Theater Festival FREE and open to the general public 6:00pm Homage to Pasolini. A staged reading directed by Marco Calvani.A journey into Pasolini's writing on the 40th anniversary of his death...

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WHAT: The Vito Marcantonio Forum will present a theatrical presentation through dramatizations of his speeches as well as remarks from his contemporaries and supporters, Paul Robeson and Leonard Covello. The audience will move through creative monologues, and scenes between Marcantonio and his mentor, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. Audience participants...

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The new musical A Bronx Tale will see its Broadway premiere this fall, beginning performances at the Longacre Theatre on Thursday, November 3. It will open December 1.   Under the direction of four-time Tony winner Jerry Zaks and Oscar winner Robert De Niro, the show premiered in February 2016 at Paper Mill Playhouse. Based on Chazz Palminte...

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