Avi Hoffman In 'Too Jewish?' & 'Too Jewish, Too!' At Aventura Arts&Cultural Center

Avi Hoffman PERFORMS "TOO JEWISH?" AND "TOO JEWISH, TOO!"
AT THE AVENTURA ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER

AVENTURA - Award-winning performer Avi Hoffman will infuse the new Aventura Arts & Cultural Center with the laughter, music and comedy routines that entertained generations of audiences in theatrical venues ranging from Yiddish Vaudeville houses to Catskills retreats to Carnegie Hall.

In a repertory presentation of performances of the shows Hoffman has made famous through national PBS specials, Too Jewish? and Too Jewish, Too! will be presented at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center Friday, July 9 through Sunday, July 18.

The New York Post declared, "You don't have to be Jewish to love Too Jewish?'" The highly acclaimed Off-Broadway hit Too Jewish? features Hoffman recounting the humor, music and warmth of his family's immigrant background and the culture in which he was raised.

Too Jewish, Too! recreates and rediscovers the wonderful music and comedy of the biggest Jewish stars of the 40's, 50's and 60's such as Henny Youngman, Milton Berle, The Marx Brothers, Rodney Dangerfield, Mel Brooks and Woody Allen as well as headliners at the great hotels and resorts of the period including the likes of the great Mickey Katz, Myron Cohen, Allan Sherman and Joe E. Lewis.

For his performances in these audience favorites, Hoffman received the prestigious Los Angeles Ovation Award as Best Actor in a Musical, NY Magazine's Performer of the Year Award and was nominated for both the NY Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards. A child of Holocaust survivors, Hoffman was born in New York and was taught at an early age to appreciate the beauty and depth of the Jewish culture, literature, music and tradition. At age 10, he was featured in his first professional production at the Yiddish Folksbiene Theater on East Broadway. His career has included hundreds of productions in regional and South Florida theater as well as in film and television.

The shows are a presentation of the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, which manages the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, a 14,864-square-foot, 324-seat waterfront complex that will host performing arts, cultural and educational programming for all ages. The Aventura Arts & Cultural Center is located at 3385 N.E. 188 Street in Aventura.

Too Jewish? will be performed Friday, July 9 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, July 10 at 2 p.m.; Friday, July 16 at 8 p.m.; and Saturday, July 17 at 2 p.m.. Too Jewish Too! will be performed Saturday, July 10 at 8 p.m.; Sunday, July 11 at 2 p.m.; Saturday, July 17 at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, July 18 at 2 p.m.

Tickets for individual shows are $30. Tickets purchased for both productions are $25 each. Tickets and group discounts are available by calling (954) 462-0222 or select a seat on line at www.aventuracenter.org.

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