In our interviews we often celebrate an Italian American who has had success in a part of the US, has achieved fame for his or hers accomplishments, represents with pride the Italian American community. Well, this time we have two of them, in a single person. Tony Lo Bianco has had a long, successful career. He has won awards, he has been a star fo...

November 23 (Sunday) 3:00 pmA Bronx Tale Starring Chazz PalminteriThe compelling drama vividly depicts a young boy's struggle to grow up in his Italian-American Bronx neighborhood. Written and performed by Academy Award nominee Chazz Palminteri. Brooklyn Center for the Performing ArtsWalt Whitman Theatre at Brooklyn CollegeAdmission: $30 - $40Tick...

Saturday, February 21, 2015 - 8:00pm Downtown Cabaret Theatre Company - 263 Golden Hill Street #3 - Bridgeport, Connecticut 06604   Hear What's in the Heart – A Shoemaker's Tale is a one-man show written and performed by a former Middletown resident. Steve Scionti brings to life all of the passion, comedy and drama inherent i...

In una ormai famosa relazione dell'Ispettorato per l’immigrazione del Congresso americano, datata ottobre 1912, sul tema specifico dell‘immigrazione italiana, i nostri connazionali sono descritti “piccoli di statura e di pelle scura” vengono definiti, “poco amanti dell‘acqua e della pulizia, dunque maleodoranti”.   “Vivono in baracche o in a...

It's amazing the linguistic nuances one discovers when speaking with an Italian woman now living on the Canary Islands. The salty sounding word cugina, for instance, merely means cousin. Vampiro is easily recognizable as the nocturnal nemesis vampire. And guapa? That particular word is synonymous with belleza, beautiful, lovely.   But add a...

Mr. Jonathan Moscone is currently in his 12th season serving as Artistic Director of California Shakespeare Theater, organization that has its base in Berkeley. A renowned director, he has received an Award by the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation for "transforming the American theater through his unique and creative work".Besides his...

When: Friday, February 21, 2014 – 7 p.m.Where: Fenway Center, 77 St Stephen St, Boston, MA 02115Performing its debut show, the Commedia dell'Arte Troupe Pazzi Lazzi, featuring Chiara Durazzini, Emanuele Capoano and Maya Attia will perform "Aria di Commedia – An Evening of Commedia dell'Arte and Italian Renaissance Music." The troupe Pazzi Lazzi wi...

by Ralph Malachowski   If Tennessee Williams had written his character, Big Daddy, as a Sicilian, and placed the action of that play during his funeral, you only begin to get the story line of "My Big, Gay, Italian Funeral" playing at the Saint Luke's Theatre at 308 West 46th Street in New York City.   Like an episode of "The Bob Newh...

Live Theater at the Italian American Museum in NYC continues with WOMEN! on Saturday September 27th at 7.30 PM and Sunday September 28th at 6.00 PM. The Italian American Museum NYC is located at 155 Mulberry Street (Corners of Mulberry & Grand Streets) New York, NY 10013. Suggested donation $20.   An extraordinary soiree that showcases f...

Opera Ithaca will present "Il Sogno," a contemporary opera of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," this weekend at the Lehman Alternative Community School Theatre. Written by American composer Kristin Hevner Wyatt while living in a convent in Italy, "Il Sogno" (pronounced "eel so-nyo," Italian for "The Dream") is a contemporary Italian o...