With & directed by Laura Caparrotti With the BIG Neapolitan help of Principe Antonio De Curtis TOTÒ: There is no opposition between my job – that I adore – and the fact that I am composing songs and sometimes I write melancholic verses as well. I am Neapolitan, and Neapolitans are very good at switching...
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Le Macchiette di Eduardo Migliaccio “Farfariello”
KIT – Kairos Italy Theater presents Le Macchiette di Eduardo Migliaccio detto FARFARIELLO A show by Laura Caparrotti as shot for the PBS documentary “Italian-Americans” Neapolitan-born Eduardo Migliaccio (1892-1946), (his stage name Farfariello meant “Little Butterfly”) was one of the most popular and greatest entertainer of Little Italies. He emigrated to the United States in...
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A Tour In Rome
Living in Rome A 40 minutes tour of the Eternal City with voices from the past, from the present and from the future… I am in Rome! Oft as the morning ray Visits these eyes, waking at one I cry, Whence this excess of joy? What has befallen me? And from within a thrilling vice...
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Accattone in Jazz – A Homage to Pier Paolo Pasolini
December 4th, 2007 – 9 pm Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center 165 West 65th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam Plaza Level, NYC A one-of-a-kind concert/reading based on Accattone’s screenplay Valerio Mastandrea (voice) Roberto Gatto (drums) Danilo Rea (piano) Pier Paolo Pasolini’s celebrated screenplay for Accattone is revisited by Italian movie star Valerio Mastandrea, as...
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The Italian Body and A,B,C L’italiano S’impara cosi’ in Naples, Florida
THE ITALIAN BODY by and with Marta Mondelli followed by A,B,C L’ITALIANO S’IMPARA COSI’ by and with Laura Caparrotti Sunday March 14th, 2010 Starting at 4 pm, shows at 6:30 pm at the Naples Italian American Club The Italian Body, authored and performed by Marta Mondelli, reflects on Italian gestures and their origin. ABC, L’Italiano...
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Ben Gazzara Discusses “My Life As an Actor”
January 25, 2005 Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo’ at NYU Ben Gazzara, the actor who originated the role of Brick in the Broadway production of Tennessee Williams’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, will discuss his life and work at New York University’s Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, located at 24 W. 12th Street, on Tuesday, January 25, at...
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KITCAFFE’ in Montclair
Kairos Italy Theater (NY) in collaboration with Trumpets Jazz Club And the sponsorship of The center for Italian and Italian american culture KITCAFFE’ In Montclair Italian Literary Salon Professional readings in English followed by the Italian version from masterpieces by Italian writers from the past to the present. Q&A after the reading and refreshments are served....
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KITCAFFE’ in Montclair
Kairos Italy Theater (NY) in collaboration with Trumpets Jazz Club And the sponsorship of The center for Italian and Italian american culture KITCAFFE’ In Montclair Italian Literary Salon Professional readings in English followed by the Italian version from masterpieces by Italian writers from the past to the present. Q&A after the reading and refreshments are served....
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Cabaret s’il vous plait!
Coordinated by Laura Caparrotti A journey in the Italian cabaret from the 50’s to the present. Comic sketches and characters created for television and broadcasting shows by the most famous authors and comedians of the time. These sketches were born to be acted or singing by very important actors as Ugo Tognazzi and Raimondo Vianello, Walter Chiari, Dario Fo,...
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Cabaret s’il vous plait!
Coordinated by Laura Caparrotti A journey in the Italian cabaret from the 50’s to the present. Comic sketches and characters created for television and broadcasting shows by the most famous authors and comedians of the time. These sketches were born to be acted or singing by very important actors as Ugo Tognazzi and Raimondo Vianello, Walter Chiari, Dario Fo,...