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18 Minutes of Fame at Theatre West

Dates: (12/16/2022 - 12/18/2022 )

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Theatre West

Theatre West

3333 Cahuenga Blvd. West
Los Angeles,CA 90068

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Phone: 323-851-7977

Tickets: $35 in advance; $40 at the door.

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18 Minutes of Fame is subtitled A Musical Journey with Barbara Minkus. You’ve seen her ---a lot: On stage, on screen and especially on television. Other than the fact that she never became actually famous, she’s had what most performers would consider an enviable career. Because she started out as, and remains, an accomplished singer, her show business memoir is a musical one.

Her road hasn’t always been an easy one. She faced physical challenges. She had to conceal her stage mother’s ongoing infidelities. Aspiring early on to sing opera, Barbara found her audiences steering her in the direction of musical comedy. Gaining a foothold in national media, she worked with the show business greats. She appeared 25 times as a raconteur and singer on The Merv Griffin Show; Appeared on TV with Danny Kaye and Jerry Lewis; 27 episodes of Love, American Style as a variety of characters; stints on Tosh O; Getting On; The Tonight Show.

Her stage career has included the touring company of Funny Girl (as Fanny Brice); a starring role on Broadway in The Education of Hyman Kaplan; Off-Broadway roles in Picon Pie (as Molly Picon); Don’t Leave It All to Your Children; Rondelay. She starred locally as Jennie Grossinger in Saturday Night at Grossinger’s. She also had roles in eleven feature films.

Along the way, she found true love. A trip to Israel with her husband brought her closer to her Jewish roots.

Directed by Susan Morgenstern. Written by Morgenstern and Barbara Minkus. Presented by Theatre West.

 


Ages: 12 to Adult.



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