Joe Pantoliano News

Saturday, September 25th is "World Wide Day of Play" at Riverside Park

Saturday, September 25th is "World Wide Day of Play" at Riverside Park

September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. 'New York Street Games' Dvd & Games Rule Book $19.95 Limited Time Offer!

Through interviews with dozens of prominent New Yorkers including Ray Romano, Regis Philbin, Hector Elizondo, Joe Pantoliano, Curtis Sliwa and experts including former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop (a Brooklyn boy), New York Street Games takes us back to a simpler time when the rules of the game were....well, the rules of the game.

Katselas Theatre Company presents Influence: A WORLD PREMIERE STAGE PLAY by Shem Bitterman. The show is directed by Steve Zuckerman and performances continue Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 7pm, until May 9, 2010.

The Katselas Theatre Company announces final Two Weeks of Shem Bitterman's INFLUENCE: A Dark Comedy. The show is directed by Steve Zuckerman and produced by Gary Grossman. The show must Close May 9, 2010.

Katselas Theatre Company presents Influence: A WORLD PREMIERE STAGE PLAY by Shem Bitterman. The show is directed by Steve Zuckerman and performances continue Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 7pm, until May 9, 2010.

Will LeBow will step into the role previously held by Joe Pantoliano in the one-man play, ‘Mistakes Were Made'. Rehearsals begin tomorrow at the Hartford Stage.

In this Dallas version of Terrence McNally?s award winning play, both leads are African-American. When the play first opened on Broadway in June 1987 at the Manhattan Theater Club, it starred white actors Kathy Bates and Kenneth Welsh. A revival of the play featured popular actors Edie Falco and Stanley Tucci, both of Italian heritage, with the roles subsequently filled by actors Rosie Perez and Joe Pantoliano, both of Latin ancestry.

The New York Post is reporting that producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, who are behind such hit films as Chicago, Hairpsray, A Raisin in the Sun and others have optioned the 1980 Taylor Hackford film, The Idolmaker for the Broadway stage.

LAByrinth Theater Company (John Ortiz, Artistic Director; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Co-Artistic Director; John Gould Rubin, Co-Artistic & Executive Director) entered the arena of power chords and monster riffs last night October 20th, to present the sixth annual benefit featuring Celebrity Charades.

Critically acclaimed theatre company Circus Theatricals proudly announces that playwright SHEM BITTERMAN has won the 2008 Pen USA Literary Award for Drama for his play HARM'S WAY. Past winners of the award include Sarah Rule, Luis Alfaro, Donald Freed, and Craig Volk.

LAByrinth Theater Company (John Ortiz, Artistic Director; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Co-Artistic Director; John Gould Rubin, Co-Artistic & Executive Director) announces a $100 'Easy Action' ticket for their 6th Annual Gala Benefit 'Celebrity Charades 2008: We Will Rock You' on Monday, October 20, 2008 at event venue Terminal 5 (610 West 56th Street, at 11th Avenue).

Critically acclaimed theatre company Circus Theatricals proudly announces that playwright SHEM BITTERMAN has won the 2008 Pen USA Literary Award for Drama for his play HARM'S WAY. Past winners of the award include Sarah Rule, Luis Alfaro, Donald Freed, and Craig Volk.

Based on several high profile news stories, MAN.GOV centers around a senior arms inspector -- the quintessential government man -- whose life is turned upside-down when he is suspected of leaking damaging information to a celebrity reporter. Previews begin October 10 with opening night slated for October 17.

On Thursday October 25, Academy Award nominated actor Chazz Palminteri made his Broadway debut in the Opening Night performance of A Bronx Tale. Directed by Tony Award-winner Jerry Zaks, A Bronx Tale plays a limited 18 week engagement at The Walter Kerr Theatre through February 10, 2008. The After Party was held at Bond 45 Restaurant.

Several Broadway, television and film stars attending the Opening Night performance of A Bronx Tale, starring Academy Award nominated actor Chazz Palminteri in his Broadway debut on Thursday, October 25. Directed by Tony Award-winner Jerry Zaks, A Bronx Tale plays a limited 18 week engagement at The Walter Kerr Theatre

The Obie Award-winning theatre company Soho Rep presented its 2007 Spring Gala, hosted by award-winning actor and director Tim Blake Nelson on Monday, May 14 at 101 Riverviews, and BroadwayWorld was there!