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Photo: The Perky Theresas, written and performed by Alessio Piazza, will play the In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, May ...

Photo: The Perky Theresas, written and performed by Alessio Piazza, will play the In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, May ...

John Soltes is an award-winning journalist. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Earth Island Journal, The Hollywood Reporter, New Jersey Monthly and at Time.com, among other publications.

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Photo: From left, Milo Manheim and Reg Rogers star in Little Shop of Horrors, now playing at the Westside Theatre.

John Soltes is an award-winning journalist. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Earth Island Journal, The Hollywood Reporter, New Jersey Monthly and at Time.com, among other publications.