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Casting has been announced for the Broadway premiere of the new musical A Bronx Tale, beginning performances at the Longacre Theatre on Thursday, November 3. It will open December 1.   Under the direction of four-time Tony winner Jerry Zaks and Oscar winner Robert De Niro, the show premiered in February 2016 at Paper Mill Playhouse. Based on...

By Michael Lewis   They forever will be grateful to the team and organization for giving them an opportunity to play in vital times in their careers two decades. The Brooklyn Italians gave New York Cosmos head coach Giovanni Savarese a conduit from Long Island University to the professional ranks.   The club gave Cosmos assistant coac...

Il 1 aprile, alle ore 18, presso la Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò della New York University (24 West 12th Street, New York, NY 10011) andrà in scena il recitalintitolato "Lontano nel mondo / Far in the world". An evening with the music of Luigi Tenco. L'evento è organizzato in collaborazione con l'associazione "Liguri nel Mondo" (New...

by David Gordon   The cast and creative team of Dinner With the Boys, a new play by Dan Lauria (Lombardi, The Wonder Years), met the press at their rehearsal studio on April 7. The play will make its off-Broadway debut at Theatre Row's Acorn Theatre beginning April 21 in advance of a May 4 opening. Frank Megna directs.   The play is d...

You are cordially invited to attend a unique event dedicated to Italian American Culture and Sports at the Italian American Museum on Thursday, October 23rd.   About the Book: Life is a Great Game is a work of historical fiction based on real people and events in history embedded in a heartwarming, inspiring, and powerful work of fantasy. T...

Award winning singer Cristina Fontanelli, brings her 10th annual "Christmas in Italy®" show to the BMCC Tribeca PAC, NYC on Saturday, December 7. The show completes The Year of Italian Culture in the US and benefits the Wounded Warrior Project.   "This show is such a labor of love and it has been for ten years," said Fontanelli, who grew up...

October 18 (Sunday) 3:00 pm. Italian Musical and Comedy Show. Enjoy the mesmerizing golden voice of Moreno Fruzzetti, a professional Italian American singer who was awarded The Ambassador of Italian Music to America. Floyd Vivino will entertain you with his very unique Italian American humor. Sponsored by Italian Club of Westchester Comm...

Some Knicks fans seem to have an unrealistic expectation of what Andrea Bargnani will bring to Manhattan this season. Count me in the group that thinks the attitude changes once they see him play, but this is what the time before training camp starts is for — unbridled optimism.   But first they need to get Bargnani on the court. He jus...

On September 12, 2015 Enzo Boscarino, an Italian-American musician entertained the audience of the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, historical site located in Rosebank at 420 Tompkins Avenue, Staten Island, with a visual concert around Italy called "Viva Italy". Mr. Enzo Boscarino, a native Italian, was born in Sortino in province of Siracusa. He graduate...

by Giada Valenti   Thursday, March 19 - 8 PMMadison Theatre, Rockville Centre, NY Come and join me for the filming of my show From Venice With Love as a television special to air on PBS this summer. I will be performing with a 26 piece orchestra conducted by the incredible Chris Walden composer-arranger. Music producer is Grammy Award winne...

di Riccardo Chioni   Aveva fatto l'ingresso trionfale con la Columbus Parade in ottobre, una sorta di preview in vista del tour a stelle e strisce che mercoledì ha portato il "pezzo di legno made in Italy" più famoso al mondo alla Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò per la prima di "Pinocchio" nell'interpretazione di Massimiliano Finazzer Flory. &...

by Eric Freeman   The Brooklyn Nets' terrible 2013-14 season hit a new low on Thursday night. Hosting the cross-river rival New York Knicks at Barclays Center for a matchup of the NBA's two most disappointing teams, the Nets were blown out 113-83 to run their record to 5-14. Facing an opponent that had lost nine in a row, Brooklyn looked let...