The off-Broadway show Old Jews Telling Jokes was featured on CBS Sunday Morning this past weekend.
In the segment, correspondent Richard Schlesinger tracks the comedy of the Borscht Belt from its birth in the Catskills to its renaissance in the hit show, which has been running in New York since May and will open in Chicago this fall. Watch the video below!
The show features Bill Army, Marilyn Sokol, Todd Susman, Audrey Lynn Weston and Lenny Wolpe. Created by Peter Gethers and Daniel Okrent, Old Jews Telling Jokes is directed by Marc Bruni and showcases five actors in a revue that pays tribute to and reinvents classic jokes of the past and present.
More Articles by This Author...
Cherry Jones Returns to Broadway in MTC's WHEN WE WERE YOUNG AND UNAFRAID, Beginning Tonight
Photo Coverage: Go Behind the Scenes at the New Dramatists 64th Annual Spring Luncheon - Tom Hanks, Patina Miller and More!
STAGE TUBE: Cast of ONCE Performs Pre-Show Tune 'Red-Haired Mary' at 54 Below
HERE LIES LOVE Extends at the Public Through July 28
Lea Salonga, George Takei and Telly Leung Lead ALLEGIANCE NYC Reading
BWW TV: Chatting with the 2013 Drama Desk Winners- Part 2!
BWW TV: Chatting with the 2013 Drama Desk Winners- Part 1!
Photo Flash: First Look - Tomorrow's Season Finale of LAW & ORDER: SVU
VIDEOS: New Clips from Seth Rogen's THIS IS THE END Released
Rooney Mara is the Face for New Calvin Klein Scent
VIDEO: She & Him Release Music Video for 'I Could've Been Your Girl'
EA Announces Battlefield 4 for Xbox One and PlayStation 4
BWW Blog: Leah Edwards - Practice. Perform. Repeat
BWW Reviews: Blue Lapis Light's Encore Engagement of HEAVEN-EARTH-ONE is Heavenly
VIDEO: Must Watch - Mel Brooks AMERICAN MASTERS on PBS May 20!
All Materials Copyright 2013 Wisdom Digital Media | Privacy Policy | RSS/XMLFeeds