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Italian-American actor Chazz Palminteri, best known for starring in “A Bronx Tale”, grew up in an Italian-American home in the Bronx, New York. He was born Calogero Lorenzo Palminteri on May 15, 1952. Palminteri has very fond memories of his upbringing in the Belmont section of the Bronx. Growing up in a tough area gave him the life lessons that wo...

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On September 29, 1993, the now-defunct Savoy Pictures distributed the coming-of-age crime drama A Bronx Tale, starring Robert De Niro and Chazz Palminteri. It was based on a one-man show Palminteri had started performing in Los Angeles in 1989, and then performed it Off-Broadway the same year. Palminteri ended up writing the screenplay and using it...

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The North American tour of A Bronx Tale, directed by Robert De Niro and Jerry Zaks, has begun rehearsals ahead of performances set to begin in Rochester, New York, on October 14. The company features 10 alumni from the Broadway production. Heading the cast are Joe Barbara as Sonny, Richard H. Blake as Lorenzo, Joey Barreiro as Calogero, Michelle Ar...

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Casting has been announced for the North American tour of A Bronx Tale, directed by Robert De Niro and Jerry Zaks. The company will feature 10 alumni from the Broadway production. Heading the cast are Joe Barbara as Sonny, Richard H. Blake as Lorenzo, Joey Barreiro as Calogero, Michelle Aravena as Rosina, Brianna-Marie Bell as Jane, Antonio Beverly...

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Chazz Palminteri will return to Broadway in A Bronx Tale, the musical based on his solo show that also inspired the 1993 film of the same name. The Oscar nominee will take on the role of Sonny on weekday performances beginning May 24, becoming the first actor to play the same part in a play, film, and stage musical. Original cast member and Tony no...

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When colleagues, fans and nosy reporters ask actor and writer Chazz Palminteri how he came to live in 9,500 square feet of stone and marble, gables and sky-high ceilings, columns and archways and yards of Schumacher fabric on six acres in Westchester County, the author of “A Bronx Tale” tells a Bedford tale. “When I was young and we lived in a fift...

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The 2016 Broadway musical A Bronx Tale, which has been playing to sold-out houses, will be available for professional and amateur licensing from Broadway Licensing. Based on Chazz Palminteri's book and film about growing up in the mafia, A Bronx Tale: The Musical features a book by Academy Award nominee Chazz Palminteri, music by Oscar, Grammy, and...

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The producers of A Bronx Tale — The Musical announced that they will make a donation of $4 for every ticket sold to performances from January 16-21 through the Child Reach Foundation to help families affected by the fire that burned through an apartment building in the Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx on December 28, 2017. It was the deadliest fir...

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A Bronx Tale — The Musical celebrated its first year on Broadway yesterday, November 29, at the Longacre Theatre. The musical adaptation of book writer Chazz Palminteri's acclaimed solo show opened December 1, 2016. A Bronx Tale also stars Tony Award nominee Nick Cordero as Sonny, Richard H. Blake as Lorenzo, Lucia Giannetta as Rosina, and Bradley...

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Le strade della solidarietà sono praticamente infinite, ma c’è comunque chi, fortunatamente, cerca di percorrerne il più possibile: Massimo Bottura, chef di punta dell’alta ristorazione tricolore che, al di là delle celebrazioni, mette spesso e volentieri la sua arte al servizio di chi ne ha più bisogno. Lo ha fatto con il progetto del Refettorio A...

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