Blood Type: RAGU posts early closing notices,

The Flying Machine Productions' presentation of Blood Type: RAGU, written and performed by Frank Ingrasciotta, has posted early closing notices, and will play its final performance on 5 Apr 2009. When the show closes it will have played fourteen previews and 30 regular performances.

The one-man show opened at the newly restored Actors� Playhouse on 5 Mar 2009, following previews from 20 Feb and was originally scheduled to run through to 31 May 2009.

Blood Type: RAGU: A one-man show featuring over 20 characters, is based on the life experiences of writer/performer Frank Ingrasciotta. It tells the humorous and poignant story of a Sicilian immigrant family and their cultural struggle in America. The story takes us through four turbulent, yet comical decades as Frank jockeys between two cultures � his parent�s old world views and the new world, a.k.a. America.

The play�s twice-extended four-month run at the Belmont Playhouse broke records, becoming one of the longest running shows in the theatre�s ten-year history. The show has also been performed at Dixon Place, HERE, Manhattan Theatre Source, Ensemble Studio Theatre (as part of its Octoberfest), Manhattan Repertory, Authors Playhouse, George Street Playhouse, Westchester Music Conservatory, Riverspace Arts (Nyack), Metropolis Port Theater Company (Atlanta, GA) as well as Westchester Community College, CUNY Lehman College, SUNY Stony Brook.

Frank Ingrasciotta began his career as stage manager for the original Off-Broadway production of 'Godspell.' His NY stage credits include 'Valley of the Dolls,' 'Three Postcards,' 'Dinner at 8,' 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.' TV credits include recurring roles on 'Guiding Light,' 'One Life to Live' and 'The Equalizer.'