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Steve Galluccio (born October 9, 1960) is a Canadians screenwriter and playwright, most noted for his play Mambo Italiano and its feature film adaptation Mambo Italiano.Matthew Hays, "His Big Fat Canadian Hit: Montreal writer Steve Galluccio's gay family comedy Mambo Italiano is a runaway success onstage-and the movie version is due out soon". The Advocate, February 4, 2003.
By 2002, the film adaptation was in the works;Matt Radz, "Mambo even better second time around: Toronto gig, film version on the way. Tale of growing up gay and Italian gathers stomping, whistling, hooting approval". Montreal Gazette, November 9, 2002. directed by Émile Gaudreault, the film premiered in 2003 in both English and French versions.Brendan Kelly, "Make way for movie Mambo". Montreal Gazette, May 7, 2003. The film was acted primarily in English and then dubbed into French; as most of its cast were fluently bilingual residents of Montreal, most actors were able to dub their own parts. It went on to be one of the most internationally successful films in Canadian film history, and the theatrical version became one of the most widely produced Canadian plays of the 21st century.Matt Radz, "Mambo's back and impossible to dislike". Montreal Gazette, December 4, 2004.
He has also been involved in the writing and composition of music for his film soundtracks. He received two Genie Award nominations for Best Original Song, for Mambo Italianos "Montréal Italiano" at the 24th Genie Awards in 2004,Katherine Monk, "Quirky coke-snorting doctor drama edges out Oscar-winning film in Genie nominations". CanWest News Service, March 16, 2004. and for Funkytown "Waiting for Your Touch" at the 32nd Genie Awards in 2012."The complete list of 2012 Genie nominations". The Globe and Mail, January 17, 2012.
In 2012 he published Montréal à la Galluccio, a tourist guide to the city's cafés, restaurants, bars and other cultural amenities, in collaboration with photographer Mathieu Dupuis.Brendan Kelly, "'A love letter to Montreal'; Steve Galluccio takes readers on a lively tour of some of the places that make our town so different". Montreal Gazette, April 30, 2012.
His theatrical play At the Beginning of Time received an online reading from Centaur Theatre in 2020.Jim Burke, "Mambo Italiano's Steve Galluccio pays tribute to late husband in new play". Montreal Gazette, October 19, 2020. The premiere for "At the Beginning of Time" opens at Centaur Theatre directed by renowned Canadian director Peter Hinton-Davis. "An audience with Steve Gallucio". Fugues (magazine), Jan 30, 2023. The show features set designed by Michael Gianfrancesco with paintings by Montreal artist Daniel Barkley "At the Beginning of Time: Set Painting by Daniel Barkley". Centaur Theatre, Vimeo, Feb 4, 2023.
In 2021 he participated in translating the scripts for Entre deux draps, a Quebec television comedy series, into English for the adaptation Pillow Talk.Marc-André Lemieux, "Pillow Talk: Un copié-collé d'Entre deux draps". La Presse, February 7, 2022.
Later work
His subsequent credits include the films Surviving My Mother (Comment survivre à sa mère),Bernard Pérusse, "Mothers and daughters and tangled webs they weave". Montreal Gazette, August 30, 2007. Funkytown,Nelson Wyatt, "'Funkytown' tracks the rise and fall of disco divas in searing film: 'Funkytown' is the dark side of disco". Canadian Press, January 27, 2011. and Little Italy,"That's amore; Emma Roberts taps into feel good rom-com love in Little Italy". Sudbury Star, September 1, 2018. the television series Ciao Bella,Gayle MacDonald, "Laughing in both official languages". The Globe and Mail, October 20, 2004. and the theatrical plays In Piazza San DomenicoJ. Kelly Nestruck, "Nuttier than a bowl of spumoni". The Globe and Mail, October 15, 2009. and The St. Leonard Chronicles.J. Kelly Nestruck, "On the Montreal stage, the secrets come out as the alcohol goes in". The Globe and Mail, November 3, 2013.
Personal life
Galluccio is openly gay.Marilla Steuter-Martin, "Italian-Montrealer Steve Galluccio takes on love and loss in new play dedicated to his late husband". CBC News, October 21, 2020. His husband, Yves Dionne, died of Alzheimer's disease in 2020, and the challenges of their relationship after his diagnosis form part of the basis for At the Beginning of Time.
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