How to Be a Good Italian Daughter (In Spite of Myself)
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Oct 12, 2009
Closed Dec 20, 2009
Opened Oct 12, 2009
Closed Dec 20, 2009
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The actress and writer Antoinette LaVecchia brings her solo show How to Be a Good Italian Daughter (In Spite of Myself) to the Cherry Lane's Studio Theatre for an open-end Off-Broadway engagement. Directed by Ted Sod, the play is a funny and touching look at mothers and daughters, centering on the relationship between an immigrant Italian mother and her Americanized daughter.
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RE:Good Italian Daughter
Yes, good fun and quite a bit of the material was on the mark. It was a good performance by the actress and the material was certainly from the heart.
Reviewed by MACNBOB
on Wednesday, Nov 25th, 2009
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If the title of Antoinette LaVecchia's solo show, How to Be a Good Italian Daughter (In Spite of Myself), now at the Cherry Lane Studio, suggests one of those smart-alecky, schtick-ridden, ethnic cliché-fests, think again. LaVecchia -- who plays both herself and her heavily accented mother, Maria, an unassimilated transplant from Salerno -- is an imaginative dramatist and a vivid actor, who infuses her exploration of intergenerational strife with extraordinary tenderness and commendable creativity.
Equally important, her show warrants broader billing -- for example, "How to Come to Terms with Your Loving But Over-Involved Parent (Whatever Your Cultural Background, and In Fact Gender)[...]