Italian screen siren Monica Bellucci makes the leap to the stage by embodying 20th-century soprano Maria Callas. In Letters and Memoirs, directed by Tom Volf and playing in New York at the Beacon Theater on Friday, Jan. 27, Bellucci, 58, channels the Greek opera legend as she recites Callas' previously unpublished letters and writings to tell the singer's full story in her own words.
The one-woman show began its run with Bellucci at Paris' Théâtre Marigny in 2019 and has continued to perform around the world, including in Athens, Rome, Milan and at Her Majesty Theater in London. It played in Los Angeles before arriving in New York for a single-night engagement. As Bellucci tells PEOPLE, she never expected the show to become an international phenomenon.
