In “Pandora's Box: How Guts, Guile, and Greed Upended TV," Peter Biskind writes of how only HBO was willing to take a chance on James Gandolfini, David Chase and "The Sopranos" and how the networks feared the show would disrupt entertainment.
Maybe the best surprise performance of the summer theater season is going on in the bowels of New World Stages on West 50th St. Joe Pantoliano, aka Joey Pants, the charismatic Cheshire cat smiling star of things like "The Sopranos" and "Risky Business," is singing in a musical.
The show is "Rock
'We always loved Monty Python growing up, so this is sort of our nod. They're sort of the gold standard, but we always wanted to make that style of film.'
Ray Liotta was always there, the Goodfellas icon who made everything he was in better. Here, we present the full story of the man, told by those who knew him, respected him, worked with him, and loved him.