A duet of words and music will open the Fondazione Musica per Roma’s theater season at the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone on Sept. 15 with the show “War as it is” in support of EMERGENCY: accompanied by music by Teho Teardo, actor Elio Germano will give body and voice to Gino Strada ‘s book “Una persona alla volta,” in which the NGO founder recounts his anti-war efforts.

In recent months, Carlo Amleto has become one of the comedic phenomena of the moment, both for his numerous appearances in a long series of television programs including “Lol Talent,” “Splendid Frame,” “Comedy Match,” and “Tonight Everything is Possible,” and for his huge success on social media, which has earned him almost 250,000 followers in a very short time thanks to his viral videos in which music and comedy become one. His formats, from the now-infamous Tg0 to Dr. Hamlet’s “musical cures,” to the “concert at the doorbell,” clips in which, with an ensemble, he “plays” doorbells, burglar alarms, and more, have depopulated on social and gone viral with millions of views.

Edoardo Leo returns on New Year’s Eve with a special edition and a new stage production of the show “Ti racconto una storia (serious and semi-serious readings),” with musical improvisations by Jonis Bascir. “Ti racconto una storia” is a reading-show that collects notes, suggestions, readings and thoughts of Roman actor and director Edoardo Leo. Twenty years of clippings, memories and laughter, transformed into an engaging show that changes form and content each time according to space and occasion. A chance to smile and reflect, recounting slices of human life by combining words and music. A reflection on comedy and poetry to explain that, after all, they are not so far apart. On stage not only short stories and monologues by famous writers (Benni, Calvino, Marquez, Eco, Benni, Piccolo) but also newspaper articles, anecdotes and texts by young contemporary authors and Edoardo Leo himself, and many surprises.