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EXCLUSIVE: The Pope of Greenwich Village is headed to the small screen. Hawk Koch and Gene Kirkwood, producers of the 1984 film, have teamed with Oscar-winning writer Nick Vallelonga (Green Book), writer/director George Gallo (Midnight Run), and Oscar-nominated actor/writer/playwright Chazz Palminteri, (A Bronx Tale)…

The Bronx Tale has set its final Broadway performance for Sunday, August 5, bringing to a close the musical’s run at the Longacre Theatre that began in 2016 — it will have played 29 previews and 700 regular performances by the end of its run. Producers are already prepping a North American tour beginning October 14 in…

Academy Award nominee Chazz Palminteri will join the cast of his Broadway musical A Bronx Tale in the role of Sonny beginning May 24. Written by Palminteri, A Bronx Tale features music by Oscar, Grammy, and Tony Award winner Alan Menken and lyrics by Grammy Award winner and Oscar and Tony Award nominee Glenn…

Oscar-nominated seasoned actor Chazz Palminteri (A Bronx Tale, The Usual Suspects) has signed on for the indie film Vault, joining Theo Rossi, Clive Standen, and Samira Wiley, and Don Johnson in Verdi Productions' crime drama directed by Tom DeNucci. Inspired by true events, the pic, which was written by DeNucci and…

Producer Richard Guay announced the cast of the upcoming crime drama Clover. Jon Abrahams (Meet the Parents), who will also direct, will star alongside Mark Webber (Green Room), Nicole Elizabeth Berger (All At Once), Erika Christensen (Parenthood), Julia Jones (Wind River), Jessica Szohr (Gossip Girl), and Jake Weber…

Chazz Palminteri has booked a series regular role opposite Chris Distefano and Annie Potts in Distefano, CBS' comedy pilot from How I Met Your Mother creators Carter Bays & Craig Thomas and Sony TV. Inspired by the comedy of Distefano, the project centers on Izzy (Diane Guerrero) and Chris, two 20-somethings raising…

An old-fashioned party line connects Belmont Avenue in the Bronx with Times Square, where a gaggle of Broadway talent has been phoning it in for the musical version of Chazz Palminteri’s A Bronx Tale. Seasoned with street-corner harmonies recalling the plaintive crooning of such local sensations as Dion and the…

A Bronx Tale, boasting more bold-face names behind the scenes than on the stage, got off to a cheery start last week on Broadway. Chazz Palminteri’s late-’80s solo show has morphed into a full-blown musical, with a score by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater, book by Palminteri and a producing team that includes Robert De Ni…

Chazz Palminteri and Kenny D'Aquila are shopping  Unorganized Crime, a 30-minute presentation for a mafia-themed comedic drama series based on D’Aquila’s play. Palminteri and D'Aquila secured the financing for the presentation, which stars Palminteri as well as D'Aquila, Lainie Kazan (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), Telenov…

Oscar winner Robert De Niro and multiple Tony winner Jerry Zaks will co-direct a musical adaption of Chazz Palminteri’s autobiographical play-turned-film A Bronx Tale, slated to open at Broadway’s Longacre Theatre on December 1, following previews to begin November 3. The new musical will feature a book by Palminteri…

EXCLUSIVE: The Bronx Tale creator and star has bowed out of the title role in a reading for potential investors tomorrow of Breaking Bobby Stone. General manager-turned-producer Aaron Grant says the departure was “purely for scheduling reasons.” Palminteri’s been replaced by Jeff McCarthy (Urinetown) as an eccentric…

EXCLUSIVE: Bronx Tale writer-star Chazz Palminteri will play the title role, an eccentric thesp, in a staged reading of the new play Breaking Bobby Stone directed by veteran actor Peter Scolari (Girls). The comedy by Ben Andron (White’s Lies) tells the story of the reclusive Stone and a young reporter who’ll…