A massive 'Sopranos' exhibit (with cast appearances!) is coming to MoMI this week

Forget the Jersey Turnpike—the road to The Sopranos now runs straight through Astoria. 

The Museum of the Moving Image is rolling out a sprawling tribute to HBO’s legendary mob drama, pairing a deep-dive exhibition with a lineup of special screenings and in-person appearances from creator David Chase and several of the show's key cast members.

Now open in the museum’s Amphitheater Gallery, “Stories and Set Designs for The Sopranos” explores how the series built its unforgettable world, from Tony’s suburban New Jersey home to the neon glow of the Bada Bing. Drawing from Chase’s personal archive, the exhibition brings together scripts, notes, concept art and design plans that trace the show’s narrative and visual language from the pilot episode to its installation as a cultural phenomenon.

If you’ve ever wondered how a strip club or pork store makes its way into a museum context, that’s kind of the point. The exhibition reframes the show’s locations as feats of production design, showing off the work behind the environments that helped redefine prestige TV way before streaming made it a buzzword.

The celebration also includes more than just static displays. Next week, from February 26 through 28, MoMI will host three evenings of screenings focused on season three—the era many fans consider when The Sopranos reached full masterpiece status. Each night features a different episode followed by live conversations with Chase and guest stars, including Steven Van Zandt, Edie Falco, Dominic Chianese, Ariel Kiley and Annabella Sciorra.

The selected episodes (“University,” “A Second Opinion” and “Amour Fou”) highlight the darker, more self-reflective turn the series took in 2001, digging deeper into Tony Soprano’s psyche and challenging audiences to question their own sympathies. (The screenings are technically sold out, though organizers told Gothamist that last-minute tickets could pop up online.)

For longtime fans, the timing is especially fitting. It's now been nearly two decades since the infamous final cut-to-black, but the show continues to shape how television is written, produced and argued about, often all at once. And with the exhibit running through May 31, even those who missed the screenings will have plenty of time to revisit the series that helped usher in TV’s golden age.

Whether you’re a diehard fan who still debates that ending or just here for the nostalgia (and maybe a glimpse of Carmela in the flesh), MoMI’s latest show proves that Tony Soprano’s world still has plenty of stories left to tell.

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