My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish & I'm in Therapy!
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SHOW INFORMATION

Average of 3 stars from 19 ratings.

CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Dec 8, 2006
Closed Aug 24, 2008

Playing at
Westside Theatre

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Running Time:
1hr. 30min.

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Now starring Eddie Mekka!

One part lasagna, one part kreplach and two parts prozac, My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish & I'm in Therapy! is written by Steve Solomon. "I grew up in Brooklyn, so I am thrilled to be bringing the show home to New York," says Solomon. "You don't have to be Jewish or Italian to see this show. All you need is to know what it feels like to leave Thanksgiving dinner with heartburn, a headache and felonious thoughts. And our box office will charge you just a fraction of what your therapist does, so come on down and laugh at someone else¹s family for a change."

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:

Westside Theatre
407 W 43rd St
New York, NY 10036

Renovated in 1991, this space houses two Off-Broadway theaters. The upstairs theater seats 299, and the downstairs theater, featuring a thrust stage, is more intimate with a seating capacity of 249.

WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

Steve Solomon is a nice man. He's also a mildly funny, inoffensive fellow who can do voices and some nifty sound effects. But do you really want to pay to see him in My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish & I'm in Therapy!, his new Off-Broadway solo comedy show at the Little Shubert Theatre?

Frankly, the even bigger question is why this show is in New York's largest Off-Broadway house rather than in Florida. The audience for this kind of humor is as old as the jokes in the show. More than once throughout this 90-minute show did we hear someone in a craggy whisper behind us happily declare: "I knew that joke!"

The other question is why Solomon has crafted this show as a theater piece, whi[...]

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Reviewed by Barbara and Scott Siegel on Dec 9, 2006

What are other members saying?

Not what we expected
One man doing stand up comedy. Old jokes, some of them funny but mainly boring. I would have rathered saved the $70 a ticket to go to a show at Carolines for comedy!

Reviewed by phraphe1717 on Thursday, Jun 12th, 2008

old, stale jokes
I would not recommend this show at all. First of all, it was NOT A PLAY. It was a stand up comedian doing jokes based upon one theme which was his family. There are no other people and no acting. In a play, the actors do not talk to the audience like this man did. If I wanted to see a stand up comedy routine I would have gone to one. I wanted to see a play and was very disappointed. Also the jokes were so old, most of them were groaners.

Reviewed by hempist on Tuesday, May 27th, 2008