Dominic Chianese News

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. 

Bristol Riverside Theatre heads into the new year with Donald Margulies' Pulitzer Prize-winning classic Time Stands Still January 23-February 11. Directed by Susan D. Atkinson, the ensemble cast includes Laura Giknis, Eleanor Handley, Michael Satow, and Danny Vaccaro.

New York Film Critics Series (NYFCS) in a special partnership with New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) will present a unique movie experience celebrating the 40th Anniversary of National Lampoon's Animal House on Friday February 16th, 2018 at 8pm. The iconic Animal House movie starring John Belushi, Tim Matheson , Peter Riegert, Karen Allen, Thomas Hulce, Stephen Furst, and Donald Sutherland which is a direct spin-off from National Lampoon about a misfit group of fraternity members who challenge the authority of the dean of Faber College.

Don't miss your chance to see Dominic Chianese's (Uncle Junior in HBO's The Sopranos) final performance for an intimate evening of music and memories in NY before he moves to London at The Cutting Room Friday, November 10th (44 E. 32nd Street). Doors open at 9:00pm and the show will go on at 9:30pm. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door and a $20 food and drink minimum per person.

Last night, National Geographic Encounter hosted a star-studded Blue Carpet VIP Celebration of Ocean Odyssey in Times Square, in advance of the public opening this Today, October 6, 2017.

Longtime communications director of the Friars Club was given a heartfelt Bon Voyage in the Milton Berle Room yesterday and many show business notables were present and in video to honor the man who has written most of the published words and history of The Friars for the last 25 years.  Barry Dougherty's words...

Tony Danza is the 'Peoples Choice' not only because he won that award (among many).  He is also the choice for hundreds of New York City kids for whom he is a role model  in his capacity as Board Member of the NYC Police Athletic League (PAL).  Tony recently launched PAL's first acting program under the philosophy  'when you teach a kid how to act, you teach them how to act.' Alongside PAL's other athletic, academic, and artistic programs, the Acting Program has become an instant favorite.  Last night students were showcased in their stage debut at the Gerald w. Lynch Theater in Manhattan in a variety show which was developed over the last few months.

The Friars Club's entertainment bench possesses an unbelievable amount of talent and they are called upon to perform at the club's unique in-house weekly dinner/shows.  Luckily, performers who were not famous when they first joined the club are generous with sharing their talents at these events after they become super stars. 

Melissa Errico (Finian's Rainbow, Billions) and Scott Cohen (Billions, Allegiance) will join the previously announced Sarah Steele (The Good Fight, Speech & Debate) and Dominic Chianese (The Sopranos) in a reading of Elizabeth Higgins Clark's new play FRACTURED tonight at 7 PM at the Acorn Theatre.

Ethan Paulini (Master Harold and the Boys) will direct an invitational reading of Elizabeth Higgins Clark's new play FRACTURED on April 24th at 7 PM at the Acorn Theatre.

The Chairman of the Board couldn't make his 101st birthday party but it wasn't a surprise that Steve Tyrell, who's currently singing at Cafe Carlyle headed up the festivities at Patsy's Italian Restaurant (Frank Sinatra's favorite haunt).  It was a great afternoon as everyone dined on some of Mr.Sinatra's preferred dishes and heard Steve Tyrell interview many show business legends talk about their relationship with 'The Voice'.  There were many famous telephone call in's to Steve's SIRIUS Radio live broadcast.