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Here’s a reminder that there will be a reading of Hoboken playwright Louis LaRusso’s 1980 off-Broadway play, “Marlon Brando Sat Right Here” this weekend, Friday, June 5, and Saturday, June 6.

“The Sopranos” actor Vincent Pastore is one of the many stars who will perform in the New Artists Theater Company’s production. Tickets are $25 and reservations are strongly recommended; please call (201) 656-2240 to pay by credit card, or stop by the museum at 1301 Hudson St. to reserve your seat.

In addition to Pastore, who played Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero, the cast will include several more actors from “The Sopranos:” Maureen Van Zandt, Nicholas Giangiulio, Joe Lisi, Garry Pastore, Tony Rossi, Anthony Ribustello and Janet Sarno. Other actors are Gerard Canonico from the Broadway hit, “Spring Awakening,” as well as Sedley Bloomfield, Ernie Mingione and George Palermo (a Hoboken native who starred in the ABC soap opera “Loving” and also owns Sullivan’s bar on Washington Street).

According to director Frank Licato, the play is set in gritty Hoboken circa 1955, a year after the town hosted silver screen icon Marlon Brando and the multiple Oscar-winning cast of “On the Waterfront.” The regulars who frequent Gracie’s restaurant, the very longshoremen depicted in the movie, try to recall the glory days when their hometown was a movie set.

“Marlon Brando Sat Right Here” is a prequel to LaRusso’s “Lamppost Reunion” (also starring Pastore), which was performed to a sold-out crowd at the Hoboken Museum two years ago and then moved off-Broadway.

The reading will take place two nights only, Friday, June 5, and Saturday, June 6, at 7:30 p.m., near the museum in the vacant retail space behind Starbucks, at 12th St. and Shipyard Lane (the old video store).

“Marlon Brando Sat Right Here” is a benefit for both the New Artists Theater Company and the Hoboken Historical Museum.

Source: http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2009/06/sopranos_stars_to_perform_in_m.html