2+ hour, 9+ min ago  (164+ words) Mel Brooks (June 28, 1926) is an American actor, filmmaker, comedian, songwriter, and playwright. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. A recipient of numerous…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (300+ words) By Sandi Masori in La Jolla, California Edelman's show last year was a huge hit. Becca Meyers (producing director of JFEST) said in her introduction that Edelman is one of her favorite performers." This year we not only got comedy,…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (154+ words) Jerry Seinfeld(April 29, 1954) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, filmmaker, and television producer specializing inobservational comedy. Seinfeld gained stardom playinga fictionalized version of himselfin the NBCsitcom Seinfeld(19891998), which he co-created and wrote with Larry David. [Wikipedia] Seinfeld gained stardom…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (558+ words) TEMECULA, California " I was recently invited to attend Cabaret by the Temecula Valley Players." Full disclosure, I was invited by my friend and sometimes fellow San Diego Jewish World theater reviewer Doug Friedman, who plays Herr Schultz. It was my…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (529+ words) Don't deny it, Gov. Joshua Shapiro. We know you are a secret agent for Israel. All of us participate in Israel's conspiracy to seize control of the entire world. They gave him the license to kvell whenever he personally rebuilds…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (466+ words) By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO " The movie 31 Candles stars Jonah Feingold as 30-year-old Leo Kadner, who is short and dyslexic, and the woman of his romantic fantasies, Eva Shapiro (Sarah Coffey), who at 6" 1 " is too tall for most male partners…...

9+ mon, 19+ hour ago  (128+ words) Marc Maron (September 27, 1963) is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, actor, and musician. [Wikipedia] In the 1990s and 2000s, Maron was a frequent guest on the Late Show with David Letterman and appeared more than forty times on Late Night with Conan…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (460+ words) For the San Diego show, the best-known comedian was Cohen, who performed as himself but also as his alter ego Nofar Levi " a woman who gives unfiltered advice on navigating Israeli'life (pro tips: don't bother to wait in line and…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (435+ words) SAN DIEGO " Now playing at The Old Globe, The Comedy of Errors really emphasizes the comedy." Set in the 1990s, but mostly staying true to the Bard's words, this quirky rendition will make you giggle along, even if you're not usually…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (247+ words) In the meantime, some of the actors are hooking up, as will happen on a set." It's chaos and pandemonium." It's campy and funny and over-the-top." Eventually all gets figured out, more or less, and the cast is ready for…...