Former actor Lillo Brancato shares his cautionary tale on how drugs and alcohol can destroy one’s life at the Ridgefield Playhouse on Wednesday, March 23, at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Moffly Media Entertaining Conversation Series and HamletHub Whole New You Series. The event, sponsored by the Ridgefield Prevention Council Family University and underwritten by an anonymous donor, Newport Academy and Silver Hill Hospital, is free and open to the public. Brancato had a promising career. As a young actor he starred alongside Robert De Niro and Chazz Palminteri in the 1993 film A Bronx Tale. He followed that with roles in Crimson Tide, Enemy of the State and later in The Sopranos, playing Matt Bevilaqua in six episodes. Tickets are free for this event but need to be reserved prior to the show. Call the box office at 203-438-5795 or visit ridgefieldplayhouse.org.
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