STAGE TUBE: The United Solo Festival Presents A JEWISH JOKE

United Solo Festival will present writer/performerPhil Johnson in his latest solo work, A Jewish Joke - a drama about comedy as relevant today is it was during the McCarthy era - in a single performance on Saturday, September 17th at 4pm at The Studio Theatre @ Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street - just east of Broadway.)

Tickets are $18 and may be obtained throughTelecharge.com/(212) 279-6200. For further information, visit www.ajewishjoke.com.

In A Jewish Joke, a curmudgeonly Jewish comedy screenwriter from MGM comes up against the Communist blacklist in 1950's Hollywood. Funny and lovable, Bernie has made his way up the ladder by being a spineless Hollywood sellout. He now has to make the biggest decision of his life. The night before a big red carpet premiere that will make Bernie's career, he has been asked to name names and give up a friend. Armed with stories about the great era of Jewish humor, this poignant and funny solo comedy shows one small man facing the tough American events of the mid-20th century and looking into the depths of his own soul. A Jewish Joke had its World Premiere in San Diego in May and its Chicago premiere at Victory Gardens Theatre this past July.

Phil Johnson (Co-Writer/Performer) is an actor and writer in Southern California. Phil played in Les Miserables on Broadway & on tour; the Canadian production of Sunset Boulevard; & the first national company of Miss Saigon. He has just returned from the NY Fringe Festival where he performed in his original comedy 'She-Rantulas from Outer Space in 3D!' at the Lynn Redgrave Theatre, co-written by he and Ruff Yeager for Diversionary Theatre. He has appeared at all the San Diego theatres, and is a two-time winner of the San Diego Critics Circle Craig Noel Award for acting. Theatres include: North Coast Rep, The Old Globe, Cygnet, South Coast Rep, and the SD Rep. Other written works: Hound of the Baskervilles (original solo show, commissioned by the San Diego Foundation), solo show Say Cheese (Dramalogue Award, co-writer), Music, Mistletoe & Madness (for North Coast Rep, co-writer), and 'Casa del Haha with Señor Phil' (ongoing original sketch comedy show) at Diversionary and North Coast Rep in San Diego. www.philjohnson.net