Dominic Chianese News

Acclaimed singer and rising star Ava Locknar makes her 54 Below debut in Modern Bombshell, a dazzling evening celebrating the songs created for Broadway and Hollywood's biggest bombshells.

I Giullari di Piazza performance troupe, led by Alessandra Belloni (Founder) and John T. La Barbera (Musical Director/Co-Founder), will return to Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue (at 112th Street), May 16 with 'Mystic Rhythms & Sacred Chants for Seven Black Madonnas from Italy to Spain.'

The I Giullari di Piazza performance troupe, led by Alessandra Belloni and John T. La Barbera, will return to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on May 16 with 'Mystic Rhythms & Sacred Chants for Seven Black Madonnas from Italy to Spain.'

Dominic Chianese from 'The Sopranos' will appear for one night only at the Town Hall. The evening will be directed by Will Nunziata. Learn more about the event here!

Theatre East Board of Directors will present Tim Blake Nelson, acclaimed actor, playwright and director, with the 2025 Laurette Taylor Award on Monday, January 20th, at Court Square Theater.

Theatre East has revealed its 2024-2025 Season, featuring the world premiere of Canaan Unremembered in March 2025. Learn more about upcoming programming and see how to purchase tickets.

Whether you're into a more serious story like It's a Wonderful Life or A Christmas Carol, or something more silly and fun like Elf or How the Grinch Stole Christmas, there is a Christmas movie-turned-musical for everyone who celebrates!

Barry M. Putt, Jr.'s play OMEED'S TAPESTRIES will have an industry presentation at Open Jar Studios in NYC. Directed by Robert Liebowitz, the play explores the struggles of an Iranian same-sex couple. Learn more about the play.

Tiny Scripted, a new distribution company for short-form films and plays, has just been launched. The company is led by writer David Kimple and the catalog features a slate of original projects from Broadway creatives.

Berkshire Theatre Group has announced the cast for its upcoming production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Pipe  Dream, a musical tale of love and hope from John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row & Sweet Thursday.

The 2024 Tribeca Festival has unveiled its lineup of talks with iconic artists, critically acclaimed directors, and multi-hyphenate entertainers, as well as reunions and retrospectives of venerable and lauded films and TV series. See the full lineup here!

Two-time Emmy Award winner Kim Powers' brand-new play with music, Rae Bourbon's Final Comeback Tour, will have an industry presentation on Monday, March 11th at 4pm at The Producers Club.

The Picture House Regional Film Center held the Opening Night of the Westchester Italian Film Festival on Friday April 21st in Bronxville. In partnership with the Italian American Forum, Westchester County-native Will Nunziata appeared for the screening of his award-winning short film The Old Guitarist and participated in a Q&A with The Picture House's Programing Director, Clayton Bushong. Check out photos from the event here!

New York, New York begins previews tonight, Friday, March 24, 2023. The musical officially opens Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at Broadway's St. James Theatre. Meet the cast of New York, New York!

Rye Myers, “Your Broadway & Entertainment BFF!” and Host of the popular two-time BroadwayWorld Award-nominated in-person Broadway talk show Live with Rye & Friends on Broadway, will welcome Will Nunziata as his special guest at this week’s talk show!

The full cast and creative team has been announced for the brand new Kander & Ebb musical, NEW YORK, NEW YORK. Plus, check out a new trailer of the cast in action!

Will Nunziata (award-winning Co-Creator and Director of the Broadway-bound musical Little Black Book) has written and directed a short film starring his long-time friend Dominic Chianese (The Sopranos, The Godfather Part II) titled The Old Guitarist. The film is inspired by the Pablo Picasso painting of the same name.

A new play about the decades-long, tempestuous friendship between Dorothy Parker and Robert Benchley will receive an industry reading on Wednesday, May 18, 2022.

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Best Wishes, the second album by pioneering hardcore band Cro-Mags, vocalist/bassist Harley Flanagan will tour performing a set with “the best” from Best Wishes, plus other songs from all over Cro-Mags' career. The tour kicks off at the legendary Lower East Side venue The Pyramid Club, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary, on March 12. See below for current tour dates with more to be announced.

Today, BroadwayWorld remembers Mazzie with an extensive photo gallery of her life onstage and off.