Lenny Wolpe News

The new off-Broadway show OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES began performances on Tuesday May 1 and opened yesterday, May 20, at The Westside Theatre. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the opening and brings you photo coverage below. (more...)

The new off-Broadway show OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES began performances on Tuesday May 1 and will open on May 20 at The Westside Theatre (407 West 43rd Street). Want to meet the hilarious company at - where else - a deli? If so, click below! (more...)

The new off-Broadway show OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES will begin performances on Tuesday May 1 and open on May 20 at The Westside Theatre (407 West 43rd Street). BroadwayWorld brings you production shots below! (more...)

OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES’ creator and producer Dan Okrent and cast member Marilyn Sokol were just interviewed by Sam Roberts on “New York Times Close Up." The segment begins at 23:30 here! (more...)

OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES’ creator and producer Dan Okrent and cast member Marilyn Sokol will be interviewed by Sam Roberts on “New York Times Close Up” tomorrow night Saturday May 12 at 10 PM; it will be rebroadcast on Sunday May 13 at 10 AM. (more...)

Tonight and tomorrow at the new off-Broadway comedy Old Jews Telling Jokes, there will be post-show talk backs with Roy Blount Jr. (tonight, May 9) and Alan Zweibel (tomorrow, May 10). (more...)

OLD JEWS TELLING JOKESÂ’ Marilyn Sokol will be interviewed on WAMC Radio on Monday May 7 at 9:45 AM. The interview airs on all Northeast Public Radio frequencies and streams live at www.wamc.org. (more...)

The new off-Broadway show OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES will begin performances on Tuesday May 1 and open on May 20 at The Westside Theatre (407 West 43rd Street). Meet the cast below! (more...)

OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES will begin performances on Tuesday May 1 and open on May 20 at the Westside Theatre (407 West 43rd Street). The Off Broadway show will star Bill Army, Marilyn Sokol, Todd Susman, Audrey Lynn Weston and Lenny Wolpe, pictured at the cast photo call below! (more...)

The producers of OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES today announced casting for the off Broadway show: Bill Army, Marilyn Sokol, Todd Susman, Audrey Lynn Weston and Lenny Wolpe. (more...)

Anyone who reads my reviews regularly knows that I'm a fan of Shakespearean re-imaginings. Sure, I like my Shakespeare played straight as well, but sometimes when one of his plays is tinkered with in just the right fashion it comes to life in new and unexpectedly exciting ways. Such is the case with the Rep's slapstick take on THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, which is given the background of New Orleans during Mardi Gras, and given a heavy dose of 1930's period music to liven things up considerably. It's a brilliant take and leaves the Rep with a perfect batting average for the season. It's the reason why we go to Rep in the first place; they consistently provide entertaining shows that are expertly acted and directed, in a theatre that puts you right on top of the action. What more could you ask for? (more...)

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) presents William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors. The show will be performed on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road (on the campus of Webster University), Webster Groves, March 14 – April 8, 2012. (more...)

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) presents William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors. The show will be performed on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road (on the campus of Webster University), Webster Groves, March 14 – April 8, 2012. (more...)

TWO THINGS YOU DON’T TALK ABOUT AT DINNER, by Lisa Loomer, will play The Space Theatre January 20 – February 19 (opening night Thursday, January 26). (more...)

This show is laugh out loud funny and satirizes American societyÂ’s common stereotypes with a melting pot big city spin. (more...)

TWO THINGS YOU DON’T TALK ABOUT AT DINNER, by Lisa Loomer, will play The Space Theatre January 20 – February 19 (opening night Thursday, January 26). (more...)

TWO THINGS YOU DON’T TALK ABOUT AT DINNER, by Lisa Loomer, will play The Space Theatre January 20 – February 19 (opening night Thursday, January 26). (more...)

Lenny Wolpe (The Drowsy Chaperone, Wicked) and Neal Bledsoe (“SMASH”, “Ugly Betty”) have joined the cast of the new comedy pilot “This Just In: The Series” which begins production this week. (more...)

Gingold Theatrical Group presented one of Shaw's most beloved comedies THE MILLIONAIRESS, on Monday, September 26 at The Players Club in Manhattan. David Staller produced and directed. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you photo coverage of the event! (more...)

Gingold Theatrical Group continues its sixth sold-out year of PROJECT SHAW with one of Shaw's most beloved comedies THE MILLIONAIRESS, on Monday, September 26 at 7pm at The Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South) in Manhattan. David Staller produces and directs. (more...)