The characters that inhabit A Bronx Tale have names like Eddie Mush, Jimmy Blue Eyes, Bobby Bop and Jo Jo the Whale. They hang out together on the streets, in the bars and in the memories of another friend, "C," who tells their intertwining stories in A Bronx Tale, which ran last week at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts...

Actor Chazz Palminteri was so fiercely protective of his hit one-man play A Bronx Tale that he refused to sell the film rights to it unless he could write the screenplay and star as the play’s Mafia boss, Sonny. Eventually Robert DeNiro saw the play and saw so impressed that he granted Palminteri’s requests with a 1993 film adaptation that turned Paliminteri into an acclaimed screen actor. The project...

Actor Chazz Palminteri was so fiercely protective of his hit one-man play A Bronx Tale that he refused to sell the film rights to it unless he could write the screenplay and star as the play’s Mafia boss, Sonny. Eventually Robert DeNiro saw the play and saw so impressed that he granted Palminteri’s requests with a 1993 film adaptation that turned Paliminteri into an...

Actor Chazz Palminteri was so fiercely protective of his hit one-man play A Bronx Tale that he refused to sell the film rights to it unless he could write the screenplay and star as the play’s Mafia boss, Sonny. Eventually Robert DeNiro saw the play and was so impressed that he granted Palminteri’s requests with a 1993 film adaptation that turned Paliminteri into an acclaimed screen actor. The project is still near and dear to Palminteri’s...

Actor Chazz Palminteri was so fiercely protective of his hit one-man play A Bronx Tale that he refused to sell the film rights to it unless he could write the screenplay and star as the play’s Mafia boss, Sonny. Eventually Robert DeNiro saw the play and saw so impressed that he granted Palminteri’s requests with a 1993 film adaptation that turned...