Life on the streets of the Bronx wasn’t easy in the 1960s, and families found themselves trying to keep their children away from the mob influence that permeated the borough. Writer and actor Chazz Palminteri could tell you all about the dangerous life many Italian-American kids faced—he wrote A Bronx Tale, a semi-autobiographical account of his youth. Get A Bronx Tale tickets now!
A Bronx Tale is better known for the 1993 film of the same name, which earned a great deal of media attention for being Robert De Niro’s directorial debut. Palminteri wrote the screenplay, as well as acted in the lead role as a mob boss who takes a young man under his wing—only to have the teenager’s father, played by De Niro, try to wrest him back from a life of crime.
Theater tickets for A Bronx Tale have long been a hot draw, largely because of the enormous talent of Palminteri, who has acted in the one man show since its debut in 1990. In addition to his writing and acting in the theater world, Palminteri has been a notable presence in the cinema, acting in films such as Woody Allen’s Bullets over Broadway, The Usual Suspects, and Jade.