Vibrant, fun-loving and mysterious. DC's Commedia dell'Arte Troupe, Faction of Fools brings the fantastical story of Pinocchio to life at Herndon's Next Stop Theater's Industrial Strength Theatre playing now through March 30, 2014.   Le Avventure di Pinocchio (The Adventures of Pinocchio) was written by Italian author, Carlo Collodi (Carlo L...

Marilyn Monroe had one. Cindy Crawford has one. Madonna has one. Kirk Douglas has one. Joaquin Phoenix has one. 'The Mark' that makes them aesthetically perfect and forever Legends!   Ronnie Marmo possesses a most ideal and rugged 'man-mark' just over his lip. It suits him well. He is naturally intense and when he sp...

By Laura Caparrotti Scrivo a poche ore dall'inizio dell'allestimento in teatro di Tosca e le altre due di Franca Valeri che la mia compagnia presenta alla Dicapo Opera dal 20 al 30 marzo. Questa è una ripresa, come si usa dire in termini teatrali, e ne sono particolarmente orgogliosa perché celebra uno dei miei miti, la grande e insuperabile Franc...

The second half of Casa Italia's summer camp will feature several cultural presentations that are free and open to the public. Main Street Opera will present "Rita" by Gaetano Donizetti at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 13. In this domestic comedy, Rita, believing her tyrannical first husband, Gasparo, to be drowned at sea, marries the meek Bep...

The Italian American Museum presents: Marriage Italian Style (Matrimonio all'Italiana). Film Screening (Italian with English Subtitles). Directed by Vittorio De Sica, Starring Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren and The Clause (La Clausola), Live "Monologue" Performance (English). Script by Aldo...

di Laura Caparotti   La vita di Artemisia Gentileschi ha ispirato numerosissimi artisti, dal teatro al cinema alla televisione ai libri. Solo a New York, in teatro, ho visto almeno tre produzioni negli ultimi dieci anni sulla vita della pittrice vissuta a cavallo fra il 1500 e il 1600.   In occasione di una retrospettiva quasi complet...

Salvatore J. Bovoso, former owner of Dottie's True Blue Cafe in San Francisco, an actor and co-author of a technology column, died in his sleep Aug. 25 at his home in Southern California. He was 71. Mr. Bovoso had a number of acts, from graphic artist to stand-up comic to restaurateur and writer.   "If you're not sure you ever met Sal B...

Award-winning TV producer/writer/director and historian Tony De Nonno will take audience members on an enlightening journey into the life and legacy of puppeteers Mike and Aida Manteo, their children, and even grandchildren — a family bound together by a Sicilian folk tradition that spans a century in New York.   Come experience this enchant...

September 2, 2015, Wednesday 6:30 PM - 10:00 PMMunster High School, Munster, IN 46321 - Munster High School - Munster, Indiana 46321 HOTT Productions, NFP-Helping Others Through Theatre is proud to be the first to bring the joy, laughter, warmth and somewhat exaggerated stereotypes of this Italian-American wedding and reception to t...

Italian American Museum Presents SPECIAL DOUBLE FEATURE Divorzio all'Italiana (Divorce Italian Style) - Film Screening (Italian with English Subtitles) - Directed by Pietro Germi - Starring Marcello Mastroianni   and L'Uomo del Sud (The Man From the South) "Man From the South" "Because I'm m...