Michael Imperioli reveals the hilarious reason why this ‘Sopranos’ scene needed 12 takes

Michael Imperioli reveals the hilarious reason why this ‘Sopranos’ scene needed 12 takes

He couldn’t fuhgeddabout this scene. Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa, who both starred on “The Sopranos,” looked back at their time on the drama in an interview published Tuesday. Imperioli, 59, reminisced on shooting Season 3 Episode 2, titled “Proshai, Livushka,” in which the family heads back to the house after Livia Soprano’s funeral. The … Read more

Michael Imperioli took a jab at ‘Sopranos’ creator David Chase after rough audition: ‘He’s not even Italian!’

Michael Imperioli took a jab at ‘Sopranos’ creator David Chase after rough audition: ‘He’s not even Italian!’

Gabagool! In the new documentary “‘Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos,” (now on HBO and Max), “The Sopranos” star Michael Imperioli confessed that he thought he initially blew his audition for the show. “The idea of a series on HBO, back then, there was no prestige attached to that,” Imperioli, 58, said onscreen in … Read more

Exclusive | ‘Sopranos’ star Michael Imperioli bashed by fans for posting photos of young Kamala Harris on Instagram: ‘You’re losing your sh-t’

Exclusive | ‘Sopranos’ star Michael Imperioli bashed by fans for posting photos of young Kamala Harris on Instagram: ‘You’re losing your sh-t’

He probably wishes he took the oath of omerta. Fans of “Sopranos” star Michael Imperioli ripped him for posting a photo of a young-looking, short-haired Kamala Harris with the caption “I would vote for her based on this photo alone” on Instagram Sunday. “Dude, you’re losing your sh-t,” wrote one of Imperioli’s 364,000 followers. “This is … Read more

Exclusive | Michael Imperioli feared he would be fired from ‘Sopranos’ after set incident — until James Gandolfini ‘burst out in hysterical laughter’

Exclusive | Michael Imperioli feared he would be fired from ‘Sopranos’ after set incident — until James Gandolfini ‘burst out in hysterical laughter’

Michael Imperioli knows his way around a Mafia story.  The Emmy-winning actor was in Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas,” HBO’s iconic show “The Sopranos,” and now he’s narrating and exec producing the History Channel docuseries, “American Godfathers: The Five Families.” “I read the book first, and then I was like, ‘If you’re using that as source material, … Read more

‘An Enemy of the People’ review: Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli duke it out on Broadway

‘An Enemy of the People’ review: Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli duke it out on Broadway

Theater review AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE One hour and 50 minutes with no intermission. At Circle in the Square Theatre, 235 W. 50th St. There is an unintentionally funny line in the compelling revival of “An Enemy of the People” that opened Monday night on Broadway. “We’re behind you like a wall!” a small-town … Read more

Climate activists halt Jeremy Strong, Michael Imperioli Broadway play ‘An Enemy of the People’ mid-show

Climate activists halt Jeremy Strong, Michael Imperioli Broadway play ‘An Enemy of the People’ mid-show

A trio of climate protestors became the enemy of the audience on Broadway. At Thursday night’s performance of “An Enemy of the People,” starring Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli, three environmental activists interrupted the start of the second act with shouts of “no theater on a dead planet!”  The Post witnessed one person walk onto … Read more

Former ‘Soprano’ Michael Imperioli opens upscale speakeasy Scarlet on Upper West Side

Former ‘Soprano’ Michael Imperioli opens upscale speakeasy Scarlet on Upper West Side

A new cocktail lounge will feature its own in-house “Soprano” – as Michael Imperioli, the star of the famed mob show, launches an upscale speakeasy on the Upper West Side, Side DIsh has learned. Imperioli, best known for playing Tony Soprano’s troubled nephew Christopher Moltisanti  — opened Scarlet, at 468 Amsterdam Ave., on Tuesday. The … Read more

Here’s how to see Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli on Broadway

Here’s how to see Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli on Broadway

Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase.  If you’ve been binging “Succession,” “The Sopranos” and “The White Lotus” all year long, now’s your chance to see the stars of HBO’s flagship programs live. Jeremy Strong … Read more

Get tickets to see Michael Imperioli, Steve Schirripa ‘Talking Sopranos’

Get tickets to see Michael Imperioli, Steve Schirripa ‘Talking Sopranos’

Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase.  We woke up this morning and bought ourselves “Talking Sopranos” tickets. That’s because Michael Imperioli, Steve Schirripa and Vincent Pastore — also known as Christopher Moltisanti, Bobby Bacala and … Read more

Michael Imperioli: I asked a witch to cast a spell to get a movie made

Michael Imperioli: I asked a witch to cast a spell to get a movie made

Call it box office magic. Actor Michael Imperioli has said that he “resorted to tapping into otherworldly means” in order to get the 1999 thriller “Summer of Sam” made. Making the spellbinding revelation as a part of Chip Baker’s new documentary “Ghosts of the Chelsea Hotel (and Other Rock & Roll Stories),” Imperioli, 57, claimed … Read more

‘Talking Sopranos’ with Michael Imperioli is on tour: Get tickets today

‘Talking Sopranos’ with Michael Imperioli is on tour: Get tickets today

Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. When it comes to prestige TV, there’s “The Sopranos” and then there’s everything else. David Chase’s incomparable, serio-comic drama ran from 1999-2007 and made such an impression that … Read more

Michael Imperioli crashed car, lied about driver’s license on ‘Sopranos’

Michael Imperioli crashed car, lied about driver’s license on ‘Sopranos’

James Gandolfini was involved in a car crash on his first day filming “The Sopranos,” after co-star Michael Imperioli lied about having a driver’s license. Imperioli, now 56, made the admission in an interview on the new HBO Max series “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?” revealing that he was behind the wheel and Gandolfini was … Read more