Chazz Palminteri Coming to Broadway in A Bronx Tale

Chazz Palminteri is planning a limited Broadway engagement of A Bronx Tale, the semi-autobiographical one-man show he first performed off-Broadway in 1989 and reprised in a 1993 feature film. The production, to be directed by Jerry Zaks, will begin previews October 4 at the Walter Kerr Theatre and open on October 25, running for 18 weeks.

Palminteri plays 18 roles in A Bronx Tale, which depicts a rough childhood on the streets of the Bronx. The play ran for for two months at Playhouse 91 in 1989. Robert De Niro saw ths show there and made his directorial debut with the big-screen version, co-starring with Palminteri.

Palminteri appeared alongside Al Pacino and Tony Randall in the National Actors Theatre's 2002 production of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. His many film credits include Analyze This, The Usual Suspects, Bullets Over Broadway, Mulholland Falls, Hurlyburly and Running Scared.

A Bronx Tale is being produced by Broadway newcomers Go Productions, the company behind Yonkers Joe, a forthcoming film starring Palminteri, Christine Lahti and Michael Lerner. The new musical A Catered Affair will follow the show into the Walter Kerr, with previews beginning March 25, 2008.