Love or Death? at Don't Tell mama

Argentinean Star BRUNO GIRALDI lands on Broadway with his new show…

"Love Or Death?"

with JOHN BOWEN on the piano

April 19th, 2025 at 7PM

$10.00 MUSIC CHARGE AND A $20.00 MINIMUM (MUST INCLUDE 2 DRINKS) PER PERSON

FOOD MENU AVAILABLE

CASH ONLY

SEATING FROM 6:15PM

APPROXIMATE RUNNING TIME: 65 MINUTES

“Love or Death?” is a Socratic experience in which love and death will either be foes or allies through the thoughts of Karl Marx, Jacques Derrida, Friedrich Nietzsche, André Comte-Sponville, Martin Heidegger, Plato, Miguel de Unamuno, Emile Cioran, Jorge Luis Borges Sigmund Freud. This show is an invitation to put ourselves in doubt to verify if it is true that all we know is that we know nothing or if we actually know too much. This piece is musicalized with songs such as "The Rose", "Bring on the Men", "Tears in Heaven", "Somebody to Love", "Cabaret", "I Have Nothing" and "My Heart Will Go-On", among many others.

Bruno Giraldi was born on October 28th of 1987 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In Argentina, Bruno's mentor has been Norman Briski, but he has also been trained by Betiana Blum and by working with Nacha Guevara, while in the U.S. he has mainly trained in HB Studio by David Deblinger, Michael Beckett, Christopher Tramontana, Theresa McElwee, John Bowen, among many others. He has also trained in The Stella Studio of Acting, the T. Schreiber Studio and with Deborah Hedwall. His coaches Suzanne Sheperd, Rob McCaskill and Jane Ives.

Some major roles Giraldi has interpreted on the stage were Richard III in "RIIICHARD" in 2020, Vladimir in "Waiting for Godot" in 2012, The Son in "Six Characters in Search of an author" in 2016, Filipo in "Filipo" in 2017, among many others, like his own cabaret shows such as "This is Bruno", "#getmeouttahere", "Encadenado" and more.

In film and tv, Giraldi has played Jual Palmisano in "Presumed Innocent", David in "Singleville", Andy in "Devil on the Web" and last but not least, Raoul Santiago in "A Good Cop".

John Bowen is a musical director/keyboard player nationally and in the NYC area. Productions include: CURTAINS (Theatre Under the Stars, Houston); Broadway: IN MY LIFE (Music Box Theatre); FOSSE; THE SOUND OF MUSIC, CURTAINS, HAIRSPRAY, PETER PAN, ON THE TOWN, 1776, OKLAHOMA, FUNNY GIRL, GREASE and PIRATES (Papermill Playhouse); SMOKEY JOE’S CAFE, NUNSENSATIONS, 8-TRACK SOUNDS OF THE 70’s (Downtown Cabaret Theatre); NUNSENSE A-MEN (47th Street Theatre); and WHITE CHRISTMAS, KISS ME KATE, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, HAIRSPRAY, MY FAIR LADY, SINGING IN THE RAIN, NINE, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, GYPSY, AIDA, ANYTHING GOES (Westchester Broadway Theatre). Off Broadway/Regional: OLIVER, CRAZY FOR YOU, SWEET CHARITY, EVITA, SOUND OF MUSIC, and many others. Recent National and New York City Productions: WEST SIDE STORY, SOUTH PACIFIC, SHOWBOAT. National/tours: ANNIE (Fox Theatre-Atlanta), CHICAGO, THE WHO’S TOMMY, and GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES, THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, SEUSSICAL, YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. Recent Classical Recitals at WEILL RECITAL/CARNEGIE HALL, SYMPHONY SPACE, MINSKY RECITAL HALL, MAPLE GROVE CONCERT SERIES and SCORCA HALL AT OPERA AMERICA.