Brad Zimmerman's MY SON THE WAITER: A JEWISH TRAGEDY at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center

Brad Zimmerman will return to South Florida this season in his highly praised autobiographical comedy, My Son the Waiter: A Jewish Tragedy. The show will run from December 15th through January 29th at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center in Boca Raton.

My Son the Waiter: A Jewish Tragedy is the story of Zimmerman's struggle to fulfill his dream and 'make it' as a comedic actor in New York. One-part standup, one-part theatrical, and all parts uproarious My Son the Waiter: A Jewish Tragedy has garnered rave reviews wherever it has played, including sold out runs at the Northshore Theatre in Skokie, Illinois, and the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey, this past summer.

Every mother dreams her children will grow up to be happy, healthy, and successful. Every Jewish mother secretly - and often not so secretly - adds specifics to her wish: A doctor, a lawyer, a dentist, or these days, a Silicon Valley tycoon would make her very happy. Brad Zimmerman's mother has finally adapted to her 'actor-waiter' son's career choice and financial situation: "If all goes well, I think Brad is going to buy a bookcase," she boasts to her friends.

Brad Zimmerman has paid his dues. He spent 29 years "temporarily" waiting tables in New York, all the while chasing a career in acting and comedy. He tells of his pursuit, along with stories about his childhood, family, and misbegotten love life with warmth, wit, self-deprecating humor, and wicked charm, and combines his years of training as an actor with his innate comedic talent.

And of course Zimmerman also examines the trials and tribulations of waiting on tables - particularly for someone not exactly invested in that career, and with little tolerance for persnickety diners:

"I don't want 60 questions, get to the point!" he said he would tell restaurant patrons when he sat down for a recent interview for The New York Times. He joked that if diners prefaced their orders by saying they were in a hurry he would say "So go!" He says he did enjoy some of the bantering he did with diners, and often tried out material on them, however there were also 'the bossy customers who would snap their fingers to get his attention... and the health-food obsessives who elaborately customized their orders and button-holed him over ingredients.' As he says in My Son the Waiter: A Jewish Tragedy, he was convinced his epitaph would read "I'll be right with you."

His perseverance and hard work eventually did pay off, and Zimmerman went on to act - he had a small part in "The Sopranos" playing Johnny Sack's lawyer - and to become the opening act for a number of well-known entertainers, including George Carlin, Brad Garrett, Dennis Miller, Julio Iglesias, and Joan Rivers who said "I've had three great opening acts in my lifetime: Billy Crystal, Garry Shandling, and Brad Zimmerman."

Zimmerman worked on the script for My Son the Waiter: A Jewish Tragedy for 9 years and performed it in small venues all over the country, including a stint at Stage Door Theatre in Margate, where it came to the attention of producers Dana Matthow and Philip Roy (Respect: A Musical Journey of Women, Old Jews Telling Jokes, My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish & I'm in Therapy). Since then My Son the Waiter: A Jewish Tragedy spent 2 years at Off-Broadway's Stage 72 at the Triad Theatre in New York, and has toured the USA from coast to coast, including a very successful run at The Palm Beaches Theatre in Manalapan last season.

My Son the Waiter: A Jewish Tragedy will run from December 15th - January 29th at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center in Boca Raton. Tickets are on sale now, and are available on line at MySonTheWaiter.com or by phone at 844-448-7469. For group rates (12 +) call 888-264-1788. Tickets for My Son the Waiter: A Jewish Tragedy range from $40 - $65.

For more information about My Son the Waiter: A Jewish Tragedy please visit http://mysonthewaiter.com.

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