Why does Bobby Conte Thornton say "Blame It On My Youth?

When Bobby Conte Thornton, recent headliner in Broadway’s A Bronx Tale, comes to the Jeanne Rimsky Theater this Friday, October 19, he isn’t actually referring to his own life story. Blame it on my Youth, his solo cabaret show, debuted to critical acclaim at the historic Venetian Room in the Fairmont San Francisco before coming home to sell out Feinstein's/54 Below, with a set list that takes him from Nat King Cole to Alan Mencken to Pasek and Paul.

Now, direct from his highly praised Broadway debut as Calogero, the lead role in Chazz Palminteri’s hit musical A Bronx Tale, Bobby Conte Thornton brings Blame It On My Youth to Landmark for one performance only – and with one very special addition: his mentor Chazz Palminteri.

In a very rare experience, Chazz will join Bobby on stage to talk about their unique relationship and what it was like to collaborate on his life story.

Steve Barnes of the Albany Times Union says Thornton delivers, “a polished, impassioned set with a musical and emotional maturity beyond his 25 years. He's still plenty youthful, prone to stomping on the stage or leaping on the piano or kicking out his long, lanky legs like a thoroughbred colt, and he exudes a young person's idealism. But his musical choices and the interpretive intelligence behind the way he uses his supple, powerful tenor suggest an older, wiser performer. “

You can expect a lively crowd at this show -- Bobby has deep roots in the community around Landmark.

“After college, Bobby came to live with us in Manhasset while he auditioned for Broadway,” says proud grandma Helen “Mimi” Conte. “He got to spend a lot of time with his “Pappy” Anthony, listening to the stories Anthony had heard from his father, a first generation immigrant from Italy, and of course I stuffed him full of homemade raviolis & Italian family values. So when he went to audition for A Bronx Tale, he was a natural for the part that Chazz Palminteri had written about his own life growing up in the Bronx.”

Tickets for An Evening with Bobby Conte Thornton with special guest Chazz Palminteri are available through Landmark’s Box Office, (516) 767-6444 and online at www.landmarkonmainstreet.org.

Premium $65 (Friends $60), Select $55 (Friends $50), Standard $38 (Friends $33)

Dim the Lights Series is sponsored by Susan Isaacs & Elkan Abramowitz, Jane & Marty Schwartz and Judy & Morton Sloan

Our 2018-19 Season is made possible thanks to our Partners in Performing Arts: Harding Real Estate, Peter & Jeri Dejana Family Foundation, Peter & Dorette Forman Foundation, Ruskin Moscou Faltischek Partners, Town of North Hempstead, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock and Winthrop University Hospital. Landmark on Main Street also receives support from the New York State Council on the Arts.