Guilford’s Nick Fradiani recently announced his promotion from alternate to lead in Broadway’s “A Beautiful Noise.” Last year the “American Idol” winner made his Broadway debut playing an alternate for the younger version of Neil Diamond in the musical based on Diamond’s life and career. As an alternate for the character of "Neil - Then," he perfor...
READ MORENobody came to Frankie Valli’s wedding over the summer, which was exactly how the 89-year-old singer wanted it. “Oh, it was terrific,” he recalls of the very private ceremony at Las Vegas’ Westgate Hotel, where Valli and his fourth wife, Jackie Jacobs, tied the knot in June, more than half a century after he set out toward becoming one of the 1960s...
READ MOREThe Teatro Olimpico (Olympic Theatre), a renaissance era theatre by architect Andrea Palladio, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site here, brought a significant performance about the arrival of Americans in Vicenza in 1955, to the Soldiers’ Theatre, on Caserma Ederle Oct. 21, 2023.“Caserma Ederle is the ideal place to present ‘Americans in Vicenza...
READ MOREGianna Ranaudo is an actress and producer from the United States who has starred in films such as A Fish Story (2013), A Bronx Tale (1993), and Hurlyburly (1998). Her husband, Chazz Palminteri, is a well-known actor, screenwriter, producer, and playwright who has appeared in films such as The Usual Suspects (1995), Bullets Over Broadway (1994), and...
READ MOREThe Department of Music, Performing Arts & Music Technologies at County College of Morris (CCM) is presenting The Light in the Piazza, the annual musical this Fall Semester, to entertain and transport the cast, crew and audience to Italy in the 1950s, for a test on love and secrecy. Based on the 1960 novella by Elizabeth Spencer, the story is abou...
READ MOREWhen: 08 Nov 2023 from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM - Where: Open Eye Theater 506 E 24th St #3732, Minneapolis, MN 55404 - In Italian with English captions projected above the stage Prepare to be transported to a world of captivating storytelling and mesmerizing artistry as we proudly present an enchanting evening with Gaia Mencagli, a renowned Italian-Danis...
READ MOREWednesday November 8 2023 7:30 PM, CST. Open Eye Theater 506 E 24th St #3732, Minneapolis, MN. Register here. In Italian with English captions projected above the stage. Prepare to be transported to a world of captivating storytelling and mesmerizing artistry as we proudly present an enchanting evening with Gaia Mencagli, a renowned Italian-Danish...
READ MOREWednesday, October 18, 2023 at 7:30 PM. Dominican University Performing Arts Center, 7900 Division St, River Forest, IL. Tickets $20. The Fermi's - by Cathy and Jim Sweitzer. Directed by Nancy Greco. Staged Reading presented by the Italian American Theatre of Chicago. Set on the last day of Enrico Fermi’s life, the architect of the atomic bomb refl...
READ MOREThe New York City-based Kairos Italy Theater along with the Italy-based KIT Italia and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU will present a special celebration of the 10th anniversary season of the In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, the festival of Italian theater taking place in all five boroughs of NYC, October 27-November 5. The festival Fall...
READ MOREComedian Vic DiBitetto, also know as “The Italian Hurricane” is coming to the Sherman Theater on November 4. An incredibly powerful performer, comedian Vic DiBitetto churns energy, honesty and humanity into nonstop laughter. His pace is frenetic, and he’s been called a cross between Rodney Dangerfield and Ralph Kramden. The bottom line is, DiBitett...
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