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OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES on CBS Sunday Morning
OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES is featured as a modern example of not-so-modern jokes in CBS Sunday Morning's feature on the history of the Catskills' Borscht Belt. Watch It |
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OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES in New York
From Joan Rivers to Gilda Radner, Woody Allen and the Marx Brothers, Jewish comedy is part of American comedy. But if your Bubie and Zadie didn't share some of those rich Jewish wisecracks with you, you can now come to Manhattan's Westside Theatre to see the off-Broadway, aptly-named show, OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES. Watch It |
Video Feature with Daniel Okrent, Peter Gethers and the Cast
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| Theatermania |
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| Bill Army, Marilyn Sokol, Todd Susman and the cast and creators of the new Off-Broadway play discuss their laugh-filled comedy. |
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Exclusive Video! OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES Creators Yuk It Up On Camera
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| Broadway.com |
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| So two old Jews walk into Carnegie Deli. Why? To get started "shamelessly promoting" their new comedy revue Old Jews Telling Jokes! Show creators Peter Gethers and Daniel Okrent sat down together in the knish and gefilte fish-filled "home of old Jews anywhere" to talk about their show and what makes old Jews so damn funny. |
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Oy! The Stars of OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES Celebrate a Laugh-Filled Opening
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| Broadway.com |
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| Photo Gallery: OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES opens at the Westside Theatre on May 20, 2012. |
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PHOTO FLASH: Bill Army, Marilyn Sokol, Lenny Wolpe and Cast of Old Jews Telling Jokes Meet the Press
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| TheaterMania |
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| The cast and creative team of the upcoming Off-Broadway production OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES met the press Tuesday, April 17 at Ben's Deli on West 38th Street. The revue will begin performances at the Westside Theatre on May 1. |
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Kibbitz With OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES at Their Off-Broadway Meet and Greet
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| Broadway.com |
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| Pickles and pastrami were on the menu on April 17, when the cast and creators of Old Jews Telling Jokes headed to—where else?—Ben's Deli in Manhattan to meet the theater press. |
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PHOTO CALL: Meet Off-Broadway's OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES
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| Playbill |
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| The cast of OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES, which is co-created by Peter Gethers and Daniel Okrent and will begin previews May 1 prior to an official opening May 20 at Off-Broadway's Westside Theatre, greeted the press with an April 17 photo op at Ben's Deli. |
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Photo Coverage: Bill Army, Marilyn Sokol et al. at OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES Cast Photo Call
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| Broadway World |
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| OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES will begin performances on Tuesday May 1 and open on May 20 at The Westside Theatre (407 West 43rd Street).The Off Broadway show will star Bill Army, Marilyn Sokol, Todd Susman, Audrey Lynn Weston and Lenny Wolpe, pictured at the cast photo call below! |
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BWW Interviews: Marilyn Sokol on OLD JEWS TELLLING JOKES
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| Broadway World |
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| Marilyn Sokol had a gut feeling about joining the Off-Broadway cast of OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES. Based on a series of popular YouTube videos of the same name, the OLD JEWS stage version serves up 90 minutes of stories and quips stacked like an overstuffed funny-on-rye. |
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The Humor of OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES
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| Newsday |
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| First -- a little Long Island Expressway humor. A man is driving down the LIE when he's pulled over by a cop. Cop says, "Sir, do you realize your wife fell out of the car a mile back?" The man says, "Thank God -- I thought I was going deaf." |
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Q&A: Daniel Okrent on 'OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES'
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| The Jewish Daily Forward |
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| OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES is featured as a modern example of not-so-modern jokes in CBS Sunday Morning's feature on the history of the Catskills' Borscht Belt. |
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OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES: Peter Gethers on Bringing the 'Funny' to the Stage
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| Word & Film |
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| It started with a fairly simple question: "How hard is it to make something funny?" |
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Daniel Okrent, Peter Gethers Yuk It Up with Their Off-Broadway Show OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES
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| Associated Press |
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| There's an easy trick to writing a good Jewish joke — just make the idiot at the center of it sound Jewish. |
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Kvelling in Their Seats
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| New York Magazine |
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| A first-time producer on what it took to stage Old Jews Telling Jokes. |
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Off Broadway Welcomes OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES
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| The New York Times |
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| One would be hard pressed to find a more honestly titled theater production than "Old Jews Telling Jokes," a new Off Broadway show that promises to reinvent classic Jewish jokes and perform them on stage. |
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Mazel Tov! OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES Begins Off-Broadway Performances
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| Broadway.com |
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| It's curtain up for comedy revue OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES, which begins performances at off-Broadway's Westside Theatre on May 1. |
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Bill Army, Marilyn Sokol, Lenny Wolpe Are OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES
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| Playbill |
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| Old Jews Telling Jokes, which is co-created by Peter Gethers and Daniel Okrent, begins previews. |
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Marilyn Sokol, Lenny Wolpe & More Join OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES Off-Broadway
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| Broadway.com |
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| Marilyn Sokol, Bill Army, Todd Susman, Audrey Lynn Weston and Lenny Wolpe are set for the new comedy revue Old Jews Telling Jokes, which begins previews on May 1 at off-Broadway's Westside Theatre. |
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OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES to Make 'Em Laugh at Off-Broadway's Westside Theatre
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| Broadway.com |
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| The new comedy revue Old Jews Telling Jokes is set for off-Broadway's Westside Theatre. Created by Peter Gethers and Daniel Okrent, the forthcoming production features five actors reinventing and paying tribute to classic jokes and comic songs. |
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OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES will Play Off-Broadway's Westside Theatre; Tickets Now On Sale
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| Playbill.com |
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| Old Jews Telling Jokes, co-created by Peter Gethers and Daniel Okrent, will begin previews May 1 prior to an official opening May 20 at Off-Broadway's Westside Theatre. |
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The Leonard Lopate Show: OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES
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| WNYC The Leonard Lopate Show |
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| Daniel Okrent, a creator of OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES, and performers Todd Susman and Audrey Lynn Weston, talk about the show, a revue that pays tribute to and reinvents classic jokes of the past and present. |
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OLD JEWS Take Jokes To The Stage
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| NPR |
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| In the off-Broadway comedy OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES, doctors, business owners, lawyers and mothers, all of "a certain age" tell jokes and one-liners such as, "Why don't Jewish mothers drink? They don't want to dull the pain." Producer Daniel Okrent and star Marilyn Sokol talk about Jewish humor. |
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Old Jews Telling More Jokes
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| Tablet |
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| The web series OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES goes off-Broadway, with shtick, songs, and a script by writer Daniel Okrent |
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Marilyn Sokol from OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES
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| WAMC Radio |
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| Emmy and Obie Award winning actress, Marilyn Sokol, is one of five actors in OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES facing the enjoyable task of paying homage to and reinventing jokes (and performing comic songs) off-Broadway at The Westside Theatre. |
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"HILARIOUS!"
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| - New York Daily News, The Village Voice, The New York Times, Variety, Backstage |
"EDGY, INTIMATE AND AUTHENTIC!
The laughs-per-minute average is as high as anything you'll find on stage."
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| - The New Yorker |
"A winning concept executed deftly with affection, celebrating many glorious traditions. Would it kill you to pay a visit? It's all about the jokes. Some wonder if assimilation threatens the future of Jewish humor. The hilarious neurosis here will put them at ease, due to the magnificent, enduring rhythm of Jewish humor. The borscht belt may be gone, but its cadence is stronger than ever."
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| - Jason Zinoman —The New York Times |
"It could use a tweak in the title. Calling it 'Funny Old Jews Telling Hilarious Old Jokes' would give audiences a better idea of the joy that's in store. The jokes range from snappy one-liners to elaborate anecdotes, delivered with surgical precision by a cast of comic virtuosos. You'll laugh your tuchus off. There's an artful simplicity to Marc Bruni's minimalist staging. Marilyn Sokol applies her genius for physical comedy. Her face has a mind of its own. Convulsively funny. Todd Susman's line-readings are more nuanced that Talmudic texts, reminding us that laugher is what gets us all through this veil of tears we call life. Bill Army and Audrey Lynn Weston bring enough savvy to hold their own in their illustrious company. Weston tries on more accents than Jewish American Princesses do shoes. Army is gifted with timing to die for and that spark of lunacy that marks a natural-born clown, so enjoy him before he gets kidnapped by Hollywood. A couple of visual jokes bring down the house. This one could run forever."
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| - Marilyn Stasio —Variety |
"No context. No explanation. No point. Just jokes. One after another. And it's hilarious. Will have you giggling. The cast are all expert, milking the maximum laughs out of gags
involving kvetching, cheapness, marital discord, guilty and yearning. Very funny."
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| - Michael Musto —The Village Voice |
"A kosher-pickle barrel of laughs. Proves that funny bones are nondenominational. You don't need high-tech gizmos when you've got five terrific performers, including the menschy Lenny Wolpe, irresistibly low-key Todd Susman and fiendishly madcap Marilyn Sokol. Her joke about D batteries is a lewd and hilarious highlight. Nearly all the jokes are deliciously un-P.C. What's not to like?"
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| - Joe Dziemianowicz —New York Daily News |
"Sometimes you just need a little song, a little dance, and a little seltzer down the pants. The material is delivered with loving, gentle humor, speed, and an eagerness to please. Almost all of the jokes are genuinely funny and land solidly, thanks to the expert timing of the cast and the admirable pacing of director Marc Bruni. I found myself jotting down many of the jokes in my program so I could repeat them to friends. Todd Susman's deadpan delivery produces much of the show's hilarity. Marilyn Sokol adds just the right grimace, twist of the eyebrow or slight raising of the voice to punctuate the punchlines. Lenny Wolpe masterfully portrays dozens of personae from henpecked husbands to doddering grandfathers. As the younger generation of jokesters, Bill Army and Audrey Lynn Weston display solid comic chops. It's like spending an evening with your favorite funny uncle. Will it solve world peace? No, but it couldn't hurt."
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| - David Sheward —Backstage |
"OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES rocks the Westside Theatre. All the rabbis, the complaining wives, the fed-up husbands, the patience-challenged physicians, the nosy neighbors, the gossiping ladies and the competitive men are on hilarious parade. Marilyn Sokol and Lenny Wolpe are constant stitches. Todd Susman scores simply through feigned stoicism. And Bill Army and Audrey Lynn Weston match their elders' tale-spinning authority. Director Marc Bruni makes certain every amusing speech and every character nuance is mined for its full potential."
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| - David Finkle —TheaterMania |
"Fast-paced and unexpectedly fresh.
A non-stop laugh fest."
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| - Regina Weinreich —The Huffington Post |
"They will, I promise, make you laugh out loud at least a half-dozen times. Bill Army, Marilyn Sokol, Todd Susman, Audrey Lynn Weston and Lenny Wolpe are masters of eksents, shrugs and eye-rolls, even—especially—when they're talking about sex, aging or both. You will have your favorites, to be sure."
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| - Jeremy Gerard —Bloomberg |
"Like a bowl of bubbe's matzo ball soup."
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| - Matthew Love —Time Out New York |
"I have never heard an audience laugh like this. People were screaming with laughter...and I'm not just saying some people in the audience, I'm saying the audience [was] just screaming with laughter...the person next to you's sort of hitting you on the arm, he's laughing so hard."
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| - Joan Hamburg —WOR Radio |
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