di Maurita CardoneIl sogno di aprire a New York uno spazio teatrale che guardi all'italia Vittorio Capotorto lo coltiva da tempo. Da quando, nella seconda metà degli anni '90 arrivò dall'Italia con un bagaglio che conteneva una lunga esperienza come allievo di Eduardo De Filippo. Ora il sogno sta per realizzarsi.   Lo spazio è quello dei s...

Known around the world for his essays in The New Yorker and his bestselling books about al Qaeda and Scientology, Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright also pens provocative plays. What begins as a discussion of journalism ends with two women exchanging life-changing lessons about destiny and empathy. Don't miss this sizzling new play staged by ren...

An evening of theater to uncover similarities and differences between Boccaccio, Machiavelli and Shakespeare. Following their productions of Machiavelli's The Mandrake Root and of the three Boccaccio novellas from the Decameron that inspired it, KIT - Kairos Italy Theater, Casa Italiana's Company in Residence - is now exploring Shakespeare's work...

Take the 1960s-era song stylings of Connie Francis and Sergio Franchi, mix in a little Mario Puzo and you've got part of the recipe for "Cinderella Italiano!," a new musical version of the classic fairy tale. The season closer for the Pantochino children's theater in Milford draws on writer-director Bert Bernardi's warm memories of growing up...

If you're seeking a smorgasbord of cultural stimulation, New York City is the place to go — except, as Laura Caparrotti discovered when moved to the Big Apple from Italy in 1996, authentic Italian theater. So she set out to change that.   "I started to do Italian theater because there was a real need," says Laura, 48, president and founding...

Roma, gennaio 29 - febbraio 10 2013Teatro Belli   E' uno spettacolo in lingua inglese   Giorgio Colangeli, attore tra i migliori in questo Paese conosce a memoria tutta la Divina Commedia. Al teatro Belli la propone in parti, fino a esaurire l'Inferno. Prima del recital però diventa il personaggio di una storia maledetta scritta e d...

On Jan. 31, at the Levoy Theater in Millville, actor Chazz Palminteri stages a revival of his original play "A Bronx Tale" (which was turned into a popular 1993 movie with Robert De Niro).   The chief appeal of the show, particularly for Italian Americans of a certain era, is to wax nostalgic over memories of "the old neighborhood" — that is...

Il drammaturgo aquilano Mario Fratti chiama al telefono per chiedere, "in occasione del mio 87mo compleanno perché non vieni a trovarmi a casa?". Fratti non usa il computer, preferisce il telefono. Il suo appartamento si trova sulla 55ma strada proprio in mezzo ai teatri di Broadway con cui è ancora impegnato. "Abito qui da 63 anni, da quando sono...

For nearly a century, the tantalizing recorded voice of the Italian crooner has touched the hearts of music lovers everywhere. Modern-day troubadours, such as Bocelli carry on this recorded musical tradition, a tradition that began when Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) made his first gramophone recording in Milan, Italy, in 1903.   The European rec...

Artists, wine tastings, live performances oh my! All this and more will set the scene in the lobby and streets of The Shakespeare Theatre Company's Sidney Harman Hall as it's transformed into an Italian Piazza before each performance of The Taming of the Shrew May 17-June 26.   FREE and open the public, Piazza d'Amore will be a fully-operati...