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What's
Moo Jew Comedy™? |
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Jewish comedians |
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performing at Christmas time |
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at a
Chinese Restaurant. |
Has a new Jewish Christmas-time tradition taken hold? Any respectable
Jew would clearly answer, "And why not?"
Ancient Hebrew texts and any Rabbi worth his or her salt will confirm that
Jews have congregated for centuries at Chinese restaurants on Christmas Eve.
Moo Jew Comedy thus provides comedy in Jews' natural habitat. "Why should
anyone have to schlep to a comedy show, when we can bring it right to
them?" shrugged the show's producer, Jason P. Lorber.
Non-Jews are welcome to Moo Jew Comedy™, especially loud ones. Worried that
some non-Jewish audience members might miss a joke or two, Lorber has a
plan, "We'll have Jewish interpreters who will shrug after each joke and
say, 'You should have come last year.'"
Come to the fifth annual Moo
Jew Comedy™. It's what Jews do at Christmas time.
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Zach Sherwin
(Los Angeles). Also known as MC Mr. Napkins, he's a hip-hop comedian / rapper.
Credits include Comedy Central (2010), Boston’s Best Comic (2009), and
performances on VH1, CNN, and at Just-for-Laughs in Montreal. |
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Jena Friedman (New York City) has opened for Robin Williams, was a
finalist in Time Out Chicago's 2007 Funniest Person Contest, received
critical acclaim in the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival. |
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Heather Gold (San Francisco) won "Best of the Bay" for her innovative,
interactive solo show "Cookie." She's appeared on NPR, Salon, WIRED, in
a LOGO pilot, and with comics like Margaret Cho, Judy Gold, and Nice
Jewish Girls Gone Bad. (Dec. 23 only.) |
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Jason P. Lorber
(Vermont) host and founder of Moo Jew Comedy™, has performed on TV, on
national cable radio (Sirius), and dozens of films and stage
performances.
(Dec. 24-25 only) |
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Free and ample parking. Chicken, beef, and vegetarian options.
Four performances, including three dinners and one luncheon. The first
three shows are at the Szechuan Tokyo restaurant. The last dinner show
on Dec. 25 is the only show served with Kosher Chinese food, held at
Congregation Tikvoh Chadoshoh.
Restaurant locations:
Szechuan Tokyo at 1245 New Britain
Ave., West Hartford, CT 06110
Congregation Tikvoh Chadoshoh at 180 Still Road, Bloomfield,
CT 06002
Ticket prices: $59
for evening shows*
$54 for matinee show*
* Tax and tip included, which is such a deal.
Dates and Times: .
7:30 p.m.
Szechuan
Tokyo
non-kosher |
7:30 p.m.
Szechuan
Tokyo
non-kosher |
12:00 p.m.
Szechuan
Tokyo
non-kosher |
6:30 p.m.
Tikvoh
Chadoshoh
kosher |
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Purchase
tickets by clicking on the dates above.
Tickets may be available at the door (cash sales only). Doors open 1/2
hour before each show.
Partial
proceeds strengthen the
Jewish Community with donations to
Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford.
P.S. Bring
your mother.
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