Thanks to the SNHCA, A and I got an invite to see the limited run of Chazz Palminteri's one man show "A Bronx Tale".
We had a little problem locating tickets, so our dinner was limited to splitting a pizza at the bar of Enoteca San Marco. Food was great, and I love dining in the Venetian's faux St Mark's Square.
I didn't know much about this production until about 2 weeks before we saw it. While skipping through the TV one Sunday afternoon, I came across the Robert De Niro directed movie version of this Broadway play. The movie was fantastic, and I was pumped to see the play. Palminteri had originally written the play back in the day, and was based loosely on his childhood. Apparently De Niro saw it and decided he must make his directorial debut with the 1993 movie.
In the play Palminteri plays over 15 different characters, and the performance was spot on. I wondered how he'd be able to pull it off, but he did so with ease. However I was glad to have seen the movie beforehand to give the characters more depth.
The show was in the Wayne Brady theater, which was just the right size for the performance. It was intimate and our seats near the center were great. I hope he gets the opportunity to come back to Vegas and perform a longer run.
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