By Mauro Battocchi   Eduardo de Filippo's Neapolitan masterpiece Napoli Milionaria is kicking off at the American Conservatory Theater in just two days. The English version is called: "Napoli!" Marco Barricelli (Vigil at A.C.T.) and Stratford Festival star Seana McKenna (Phèdre at A.C.T.) lead the cast. During the tough days of World War II,...

When: Saturday, March 21, 2014Where: Regent Theatre, 7 Medford Street, Arlington, MAShowtimes: 7PM and 10PM (Two Shows Only)Ticket price: $50. (Group rates for 10 or more available for 10PM show ONLY). Funniest Show on the Planet – Italian Bad Boyz of Comedy taking over Boston   On Saturday March 21, 2014 the Italian Bad Boyz of Comedy...

Though it was hot and muggy on the evening of July 24th, 2016, the jam-packed audience at Manhattan Movement & Arts Center was grinning agog like newly minted parents infatuated with their brood. The cause: a troupe of adorable bambine from Staten Island Ballet performing Ellen Tharp's "Tarantella".   Though only one of these girls was d...

Created by italytheater, with the extraordinary partnership of the Carlo Collodi National Foundation and based on a new script by Paolo Tartamella, 'Pinocchio in Manhattan' is the first workshop where kids of the age 6-11 get to improvise with professional actors, perform on stage with Pinocchio, try their writing skills on a compelling topic and h...

Part of their vision came true. Music did indeed come to be made by machines. What they didn't get right: the kind of machines that would make it.   In fact, the Italian Futurists of the early 20th century had something quite different in mind. What they imagined weren't exactly the iPods or synthesizers of today but rather something mo...

Bergen Performing Arts Center presents Chazz Palminteri: A Bronx Tale on Friday, June 10, 2016 at 8:00pm. Palminteri originally wrote the script for the stage and performed it as a one-man show in Los Angeles. It became the hottest property in Hollywood since Rocky. Tickets range from $39 to $79.   One night Robert DeNiro walked in to see Pa...

  WTI Magazine #61    2015 May, 29Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:   Ciao from Rome! These last days have been very particularly busy for We the Italians: I have been able to celebrate in three different moments the bond that links Italy and the US. On May 18 Rome has hosted what probably has been the most important Italian celebratio...

When: Friday, October 7, 2016Where: Regent Theatre, 7 Medford Street, Arlington, MAA life in comedy was probably in the stars from his April fool's birthdate for Enrico Rennella.   Born in Paris 30 years ago, Mr. Rennella, who moved to Naples at the age of one, performs in his native Italian. He said he tried to break into the comedy cl...

Concrete Temple Theatre presents GEPPETTO Geppetto meshes two of our favorite stories, Pinocchio and The Old Man And The Sea,to tell a heart-breaking and hilarious tale of prosthetics and aging.It contemplates resilience in the face of change and loss.   HERE145 Sixth Ave. - New York, NY(enter on Dominick Street, one block south of S...

The opera "Tosca" by Puccini, is known for its gorgeous music, piercing violence, dramatic plot and dynamic characterizations. What is less familiar to Americans is that "Tosca" is the backdrop for a brilliant satire written by Franca Valeri, an influential, contemporary Italian woman playwright.   Valeri employs the plot line, main characte...