THEATREGOERS lined up for tickets yesterday as Broadway returned to business following a crippling 19-day strike that cost producers and the city millions of dollars.

Vincent Pastore, who played gangster Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero on The Sopranos television series, was given a conditional discharge today after pleading guilty to a misdemeanour count of attempted assault following an argument with a girlfriend.

Vincent Pastore, who played gangster Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero on The Sopranos television series, has agreed to plead guilty to a charge that he attempted to assault a former girlfriend last spring.

Director Ritchie – better known as Mr Madonna – is one of the new breed of Brit moviemakers obsessed with gangsters, low-lifes, charmless hustlers.