JEWTOPIA Makes Charlotte Debut, 10/1-3

After record-breaking off-Broadway, Los Angeles, Chicago, Florida and Toronto runs, Bryan Fogel, the co-creator and star of JEWTOPIA, finally makes his Charlotte stage debut alongside Jeremy Rishe (his co-star in Jewtopia) with WORLD OF JEWTOPIA. The hilarious and irreverent duo perform at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center's Booth Playhouse beginning Friday, October 1-3 before heading back to Broadway in the fall 2011.   Tickets for WORLD OF JEWTOPIA are now on sale. 
 
Tickets start at $29.50 based on seating location and may be purchased by calling 704-372-1000, online at BlumenthalCenter.org and at the Belk Theater box office, 130 N. Tryon St.  Special Group pricing for select performances is available for groups of 20 or more by calling 704.379.1380.
 
World of JEWTOPIA
Booth Playhouse
 
Friday, October 1 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 2 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 3 at 2:00 p.m.

About the show:
JEWTOPIA holds the record as the longest running comedy in Off-Broadway History.  WORLD OF JEWTOPIA takes Fogel's hit stage play, and integrates it with new material, his best-selling book (which led to his appearance on The View), stand up comedy, multimedia, audience participation and projected images to create a comedic extravaganza.   It has been hailed by critics all over the country as "Outrageously funny," "Hilarious", and "A heck of a lot funnier than Jackie Mason!" (LA Times, NY POST, Chicago Tribune)  
 
Bryan and Jeremy have toured WORLD OF JEWTOPIA for the past year all over the United States and Canada in preparation of bringing it to Broadway in FALL, 2011.  Their run at the Booth Playhouse is their FIRST TIME ever in Charlotte!    

The Off-Broadway sensation JEWTOPIA opened in New York on September 28, 2004, following a 16-month sold-out run at West Hollywood's Coast Playhouse, where it still holds the record as Los Angeles' longest-running comedy.  At the conclusion of its off-Broadway run, JEWTOPIA played 1,079 performances, making it the longest running off-Broadway comedy in New York history. 
 
The show has also enjoyed long runs in Chicago, Florida, Toronto, Atlanta and Sarasota.  In June 2010, Bryan re-launched a new an updated version of JEWTOPIA in Los Angeles, which is still running, which he directed as well.  www.jewtopiaplay.com  
 
In November of 2006, Bryan celebrated the publication of JEWTOPIA: The Chosen Book for the Chosen People, an over-the-top, four-color, fully illustrated coffee-table book (Warner Books) that led to his appearance on ABC's The View. 
 
In 2011, Bryan will begin production on a feature film inspired by JEWTOPIA entitled O'Connell and Lipschitz Lose their Religion that he is attached to direct. 
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