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  • “I am very lucky that I belong to two worlds. I grew up with two languages, two entire different cultures. I think this has given me a great deal of compassion, which I think makes a good artist.... and a good human being”. This is what Antoinette LaVecchia tells us during an interview in which she speaks about her life and her career as an Italian-American actress.
  • IN SPITE OF MYSELF. The exquisite monologue by Antoinette LaVecchia on the relationship between an Italian mother and her Americanized daughter. Since the actress is performing again her show this coming Fall, we are republishing the interview we had with her in 2006, when she first presented it to the public