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Previews for La Magnani begin at the Arclight Theatre (152 W. 71st Street between Broadway and Columbus) from March 22 toward an opening March 29. Performances play Wednesday through Saturday at 8 PM and Sunday at 2 PM. Tickets are $25. For reservations, call Ticket central at (212) 279-4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com.
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In 1941, Magnani starred in Teresa Venerdì, (“Friday Theresa”) which the writer and director, Vittorio De Sica, called Magnani’s "first true film." In it she plays Loletta Prima, the girlfriend of Di Sica’s character, Pietro Vignali. De Sica had called her laugh, "loud, overwhelming, and tragic."
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It is New Year's Eve in Rome and the 52-year-old movie extra played by Anna Magnani is filled with hope for the night. She longs for romance, adventure and excitement and finds all three, though not in the way she had anticipated. She runs into a drunk middle-aged American businessman played by Fred Clark. She keeps running into another Cinecitta bit actor portrayed by Toto, then 62. And finally she meets Ben Gazzara, then thirty, the title character of "The Passionate Thief", directed by Mario Monicelli.
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