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by Valerio Viale   The New York Times has proclaimed Italian-American comedian/ director/producer Frank Ferrante (Los Angeles, April 26, 1963) as "the greatest living interpreter of Groucho Marx's material." So, don't be surprised if his current show, An Evening with Groucho, is a regular sold-out.   If you want to see the comedi...

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Spoleto Festival USA once again will celebrate opera with innovative, risk-taking productions as part of its 2015 lineup, which also includes a new production of "Romeo and Juliet" by Shakespeare's Globe theater company at the Dock Street Theatre.   The 2015 festival schedule, which was announced today, offers performances by the Scottish Ba...

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Tony Lo Bianco has played plenty of toughs — but the good-guy actor is turning pussycat as he heads to Italy to stage his one-man show about beloved New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. "[La Guardia] was a man of and for the people and everything he did was for the human race," Lo Bianco said Thursday on "The Steve Malzberg Show" on Newsma...

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Presented by actor Danny Aiello, "The Italian Chicks" opens its East Coast tour on May 31 at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick. It is a one-night-only comedy and song event that kicks off the group's tour. "The Italian Chicks" is a two-hour comedy revue variety show with a focus on family, traditions and culture.   Keeping th...

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Imagine 40 years of launching "just marrieds" into their first moments together as husband and wife. If nothing else, that's enough performances of the Chicken Dance, Macarena and "Daddy's Little Girl" to fill several hundred wedding albums full of musical memories. But it's also a story of steadfast devotion and true adoration among Chicagoland's...

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by Italian Cultural Center of San Diego   The cast of Accura Teatro is coming to San Diego's Fringe Festival to present the award-winning show Taddrarite (Bats). We will be hosting the cast at the ICC for an aperitivo with the viewing of the trailer, a sketch from the show and an open Q&A session with the actresses and the publ...

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Italian American Museum and San Carlino Theatre Company present: The Three Little Pigs. Saturday, June 25th, 6:30 P.M. Light refreshments will be served   Children and their parents are cordially invited to attend a performance of The Three Little Pigs (in Italian) by the San Carlino Theatre Company at the Italian America...

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Jerry Viviano of Overland Park is host of the Viviano Benefit Variety Show, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Viviano also works full-time in sales for Sysco.   This year's show, which benefits Don Bosco Center, is at 6 p.m. Nov. 22 in Rose Theatre at Rockhurst High School. Tickets are $25 and include an Italian dinner; call H...

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Actor Edward Gero has spent a lot of time in court over the past year — the Supreme Court to be exact — watching, studying and listening to one justice in particular, seeing how he behaves.   Justice Antonin Scalia, 79, is one of the court's most conservative, outspoken and polarizing characters, and now those qualities are providing the ing...

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Vorremmo creare un gruppo teatrale amatoriale che metta in scena, essenzialmente con scopi benefici, musicals (italiani, di Broadway, ecc) e commedie musicali. A tal fine si cercano persone che abbiano passione e voglia di fare, in particolare con le seguenti attitudini: cantare (a tutti i livelli, basta anche solo essere intonati), recitare (anche...

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