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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...

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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...

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By Linda Tuccio-Koonz   It's impossible not to laugh when Mario Cantone starts doing impressions. He's perfected everyone from Liza Minnelli to Bette Davis — not to mention all the animated characters from television's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."   He also has a unique take on just what "Rudolph" is all about. Misfit toys? Indee...

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Instead of heading out to shop on Black Friday, why not head to the Broadway Theatre of Pitman to watch two "sisters" cook up a holiday feast worthy of any Italian mother. "Wait until Saturday to shop, come see us instead," said Delphine Calamari.   Hot off the success of their last show, "Cooking with the Calamari Sisters" — which play...

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by John Harney   The actor who would become Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in a few hours sat in his living room, the windows framing a sparkling spring landscape of the Central Park Reservoir and the Upper East Side. The fat suit that would help transform the actor, Tony Lo Bianco, into New York's 99th mayor had been folded into a large suitc...

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By Ishani Chatterji   The best-known Italian puppet, Pinocchio, may not be among the 165 handcrafted marionettes performing at the Emmett Robinson Theater beginning today. But with "Sleeping Beauty," the real-life Geppettos of the Carlo Colla and Sons Marionette Company have dusted off another fairy tale best known to American audiences thro...

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When: Thursday, May 12, 2016 From 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Organized by : IIC NY - Entrance : Free Conference/performance by Eugenio Monti Colla and Piero Corbella   The theatre of figure at large and the Company Carlo Colla & Sons in a special way have always paid great attention to the Shakespearian dramas, which never fail...

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The NYWIFT Member Screening Series provides members with the opportunity to show their work in a theatrical setting. The screening will be held at the Anthology Film Archives, followed by networking at a nearby bar. NYWIFT member Emelise Aleandri starred in this film and will be available for Q&A immediately following the screening, along with...

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By Laura Caparrotti Romano de Roma, Enrico Brignano si forma all'Accademia di Gigi Proietti, una scuola che ha generato molti attori di successo, purtroppo chiusa anni fa per mancanza di sostegno da parte delle Istituzioni. La carriera di Brignano è stellare.   Dalla televisione, La sai l'ultima e poi Scherzi a parte, arriva a fare serie te...

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The third annual IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL NY, produced by New York's Kairos Italy Theater (KIT), has announced the winner of the second annual MARIO FRATTI AWARD for emerging Italian authors. The Award goes to: "Mater Familias" by Pier Lorenzo Pisano. An Award ceremony and staged reading of the play will be presented on Monday, May 11 at...

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