Theater

The Marc of Maron

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Is it an odious omen that an edgy comedian's phone number ends in the less-than-holy trinity of 666? Do we have reason to be frightened of Marc Maron? What, me worry? Are you mad? his taken-aback demeanor suggests. He's paid his dues, says Maron; he also claims to have paid to get that special number. "If you can't rely on...

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He's Jake With Brooklyn

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Michael Elkin

"A Jew Grows in Brooklyn," sure, but who knew his roots extended to Philly? "Philly has special meaning for me," acknowledges Jake Ehrenreich, whose one-man show of a thousand memories takes up residence at the Perelman Theater of the Kimmel Center from Dec. 23 to Dec. 28. "It's the first show I did, here in Philadelphia, in 2008, after my...

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Of Latkes and Lasagne

Ron Tobin mixes it up in a mix of different cultures

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Michael Elkin

You have to give a hand to Jews and Italians -- they're so good at using them. Audiences, too, have been using their hands to applaud the success of "My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish & I'm in Therapy," a Prozac-popping production of angst and antics at the Society Hill Playhouse. Ron Tobin totes two types of guilt as a...

Theater

Fixing Social Insecurities

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Michael Elkin

Talk about your boardwalk empires: Atlantic City native son Norman Twain has built a business brimming with what some other Hollywood/Broadway producers may consider product as prohibitive as Prohibition: socially relevant films and plays.

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Road Trip with Alfred Uhry

Playwright's 'Driving Miss Daisy' a GPS of the heart

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Michael Elkin

Silver flasks seem appropriate accoutrements for those sipping a taste of the southern comfort that is "Driving Miss Daisy" as it approaches its silver anniversary. The South will rise again -- but for the first time on Broadway -- with playwright Alfred Uhry once again in the driver's seat. This time -- 22 years after taking home the Pulitzer Prize...