refimprove date September 2009 Jewtopia is a comedy comedic play by Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson . It focuses on two friends, Chris O Connell and Adam Lipschitz, both approaching their 30th birthdays. Gentile Chris is interested in dating Jewish women because he feels that they will make his life easier by making all of life s decisions for him. Jewish Adam wants to date Gentile women because he does not wish to be reminded of his roots. The two team up and teach each other how to woo the women of their choice. Most of the play s humor involves jokes about Jewish stereotypes with occasional humor about body parts and bodily functions. The play makes numerous references to the Jewish online dating website, JDate . Directed by Andy Fickman , the LA production opened on May 8, 2003 at West Hollywood s Coast Playhouse, where it ran for a year and sold out. Fogel and Wolfson headed the cast. ref name closing Hernandez, Ernio. http www.playbill.com news article 107675 Long Running Comedy Jewtopia Bids Shalom and Closes Off Broadway April 29 Long Running Comedy Jewtopia Bids Shalom and Closes Off Broadway , Playbill , April 29, 2007 ref On October 21, 2004, the off Broadway production, directed by John Tillinger and again starring the playwrights , opened at Manhattan s Westside Theatre after previews beginning on September 28, 2004. It ran very profitably for 27 previews and 1,052 regular performances over three and one half years and closed on April 29, 2007, with actors Josh Heine and Jeremy Rishe playing the roles of Chris and Adam. John Tillinger directed. ref name closing In 2006, Fogel and Wolfson published Jewtopia The Chosen Book for the Chosen People , a coffee table book inspired by the play. Additional productions include runs in Tampa, Florida Tampa , Florida and Toronto , Canada beginning in autumn 2007. ref name closing A winter 2009 tour is planned. ref http jewtopiaworld.com ... website http www.stageagent.com Shows view 5166 Jewtopia info page on StageAgent.com Jewtopia plot ... more details
Orphan date February 2007 Bryan Fogel is an United States American playwright and author . He was born in Denver, Colorado , one of three children of David and Linda Fogel. He attended both private and public schools, graduating from East High School Denver East High School and attending the University of Colorado at Boulder . ref http www.denverpost.com entertainment ci 5866609?source bb Denver Post, May 13, 2007 ref Along with Sam Wolfson, Fogel developed, wrote, and initially starred in the play Jewtopia , an off broadway comedy about the dating lives of two young men seeking Jewish women, soon to be made into a feature film. The play opened in Los Angeles in 2003 and ran for nine months. ref http www.jewishjournal.com arts article q and a with jewtopia creators bryan fogel and sam wolfson 20040123 Jewish Journal, January 23, 2004 ref It moved on to the off Broadway Westside Theater in New York later that year, where it ran for more than a thousand performances before closing in April 2007. ref http www.playbill.com news article 107675 Long Running Comedy Jewtopia Bids Shalom and Closes Off Broadway April 29 Playbill ref Fogel is also the author of the book Jewtopia The Chosen Guide for the Chosen People , also a collaboration with Sam Wolfson. ref http www.jewishjournal.com up front article choice of a jew generation 20061027 Jewish Journal, October 27, 2006 ref He also had a small part in the 2009 Disney movie Race to Witch Mountain . ref https disneymovieclub.go.com webapp wcs stores servlet AcquisitionProductDetailView?catalogId 10051&storeId 10001&langId 1&categoryId 10074&catentryId 12352 Disney Movie Club ref Fogel is an avid skier who skied for the Winter Park ski team as well as a bicycle road racer having raced for several teams. Citation needed date April 2010 References references DEFAULTSORT Fogel, Bryan Category American dramatists and playwrights Category Living people theat bio stub ... more details
Andy Fickman is a film director film and theatre director stage director and screenwriter . His credits as a theater director include the premiere of the Reefer Madness musical Reefer Madness musical ref cite web title Foley, Kathleen. Stop Laughing This is Serious. Los Angeles Times 20 July 2000. url http www.reefermadness.org critics andyfick.html accessdate 2009 05 21 ref and the first Los Angeles, California Los Angeles production of the play Jewtopia . ref cite web title Jewtopia Florida Production publisher JEWTOPIA url http www.jewtopiaplay.com florida reviews.html accessdate 2009 04 23 ref He made his screen directing debut in 2001 with the teen sex comedy Who s Your Daddy? film Who s Your Daddy? . The film was released directly to DVD in 2005. Personal life Fickman, who originates from Midland, went to Midland Lee High School . ref Temple, Georgia. http nl.newsbank.com nl search we Archives?p product MRTB&p theme mrtb&p action search&p maxdocs 200&p topdoc 1&p text direct 0 1106ECB85C92E160&p field direct 0 document id&p perpage 10&p sort YMD date D&s trackval GooglePM She s the man . Midland Reporter Telegram . March 17, 2006. Retrieved on February 5, 2011. Fickman is a former Midlander having graduated from Lee High School ref Fickman is a graduate of Texas Tech University and a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. ref cite web title Andy Fickman publisher Texas Tech University url http www.depts.ttu.edu masscom alumni outstandalumni 2007outstanding andyfickman.php accessdate 2009 02 17 ref ref cite book title La Ventana yearbook La Ventana page 353 date 1987 url http www.e yearbook.com yearbooks Texas Tech University La Ventana Yearbook 1987 Page 353.html accessdate 2009 04 23 ref Filmography Anaconda film Anaconda 1997 producer Who s Your Daddy? film Who s Your Daddy? 2001 Reefer Madness 2005 film Reefer Madness The Movie Musical 2004 She s the Man 2006 The Game Plan film The Game Plan 2007 Aliens in America 2007, one episode Race to Witch Mountain 2 ... more details
Avery Saltzman is a Canadian actor and theater director. He is Artistic Director of the Harold Green Jewish Theatre . Saltzman was born and reared in Toronto . ref Busy, eclectic colourful, by Kathryn Kates, Toronto Star, Feb 17, 2007 http www.thestar.com comment columnists article 181956 ref Saltzman is considered to be one of Canada s leading character actors. ref http www.jewtopiatoronto.com creative.html Jewtopia Bot generated title ref ref http www.dunspinning.com dunspinning productions home Bot generated title ref Ted Pappas , artistic Director of the Pittsburgh Public Theater has called Saltzman a theatrical Swiss Army knife, capable of whipping out whatever tool is necessary to communicate the nuance in any role. ref name post gazette.com Friends lean on each other to make La Mancha possible , February 02, 2003 , By John Hayes, Pittsburgh Post Gazette http www.post gazette.com ae 20030202lamancha0202fnp5.asp ref The Pittsburgh Post Gazette calls Saltzman an artist capable of understanding and communicating the humanity in the most inhumane of conditions. ref name post gazette.com External links http www.averysaltzman.com http www.hgjewishtheatre.com index.html Notes reflist 2 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Saltzman, Avery ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Saltzman, Avery Category Living people Category Year of birth missing living people Category People from Toronto Category Canadian film actors Category Canadian television actors Category Canadian stage actors Category Canadian Jews canada screen actor stub Canada stage actor stub ... more details
refimproveBLP date December 2010 Infobox model name Irina Pantaeva image Irina Pantaeva.jpg imagesize caption birthname Irina Pantaeva birthdate Birth date and age 1967 10 31 ref name FMD fashionmodel id Irina Pantaeva name Irina Pantaeva ref birth place Ulan Ude , Republic of Buryatia Buryatia , Russian SFSR deathdate deathplace height cm 179 haircolor Black ref name FMD eyecolor Brown ref name FMD measurements US 34 25 35 EU 86 63 89 ref name FMD weight dress size US 6 EU 36 ref name FMD shoesize US 9 EU 40 ref name FMD agency alias es homepage Irina Pantaeva born October 31, 1967 is a model person model and actress . ref IMDb name 0659763 ref Pantaeva was born in Ulan Ude , Republic of Buryatia Buryatia , Russian SFSR . She is an ethnic Buryats Buryat . In 1992, she moved to Paris to become a model. In 1994, Irina moved to New York City to pursue a modeling career, and later appeared in Mortal Kombat Annihilation , and bit parts in Celebrity film Celebrity , Zoolander and People I Know , in addition to filming a guest appearance on 3rd Rock from the Sun . She also featured in the off Broadway play Jewtopia . In 1998, she wrote her autobiography Siberian Dream A Memoir , and it was published by Avon publishers Avon . Irina was married to Latvian photographer Roland Levin. She has two children. References Reflist Bibliography Citation last first title Contemporary Authors Online year 2005 publisher Gale location Detroit isbn 978 0 7876 3995 2 1990 1999SISwimsuit Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pantaeva, Irina ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1967 PLACE OF BIRTH Ulan Ude , Republic of Buryatia Buryatia , Russian SFSR DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pantaeva, Irina Category 1967 births Category Buryat people Category Living people Category Russian female models Model stub Russia actor stub da Irina Pantajeva de Irina Pantajewa es Irina Pantaeva ko ja pl Irina Pantajewa ru ... more details
BLP IMDB refimprove date November 2010 Infobox person name Michael Carbonaro image imagesize caption Carbonaro in Party birthname Michael Carbonaro birth date Birth date and age 1982 4 28 birth place New York , New York City , United States U.S. occupation Actor Comedy yearsactive 2003 present Michael Carbonaro born April 28, 1982 is an American actor who was born in New York , New York . In 2003, he kicked off his film career starring as Mikey Falcone in A Tale of Two Pizzas 2003 , alongside Vincent Pastore and Frank Vincent , and a year later was featured in the Chappelle s Show 2004 on Comedy Central . He has also starred in the successful Off Broadway hit comedy, Jewtopia , as the lead character Adam. Following that, Carbonaro took on the bold role of Andy Wilson, a somewhat innocent, fresh faced teen, in the 2006 comedy, Another Gay Movie 2006 . For his work, he was recognized with an OUTfest Best Actor in a Feature Film award. Carbonaro has also taken to the television screen playing diverse soap opera characters in All My Children 2006 , The Guiding Light 2006 and as rapist Jeff Trapido in, Law & Order Special Victims Unit 2007 . Filmography Film 1999 Bringing Out the Dead as a club kid 2003 A Tale of Two Pizzas as a Mikey Falcone 2006 Another Gay Movie as Andy Wilson 2007 I Was a Creature from Outer Space Jim Television 2004 Chappelle s Show as a manager WacArnolda 2006 All My Children All My Children as a drunken groom 2006 Guiding Light as a magician 2007 Law & Order Special Victims Unit as Jeff Trapido 2009 30 Rock jake writer 2010 CSI Miami Gabe Calligan External links Official website http michaelcarbonaro.net IMDb name id 1298546 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Carbonaro, Michael ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1977 PLACE OF BIRTH New York , New York City , United States U.S. DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Carbonaro, Michael Category 1982 births Category Living people Category Actors from New Yo ... more details
Infobox actor name John Tillinger image imagesize caption birthname birthdate bda 1938 06 28 birthplace Tabriz, Iran deathdate deathplace othername spouse Dorothy Lyman 1971 1983 occupation Actor John Tillinger born June 28, 1938 is a theatre director and actor . Born in Tabriz, Iran , Tillinger was raised in United Kingdom England , where he first was exposed to the theatre. He spent his early years on Broadway theatre Broadway as an actor, appearing in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg 1968 , Othello 1970 , Hay Fever 1970 , and The Changing Room 1973 . Tillinger s first Broadway directing credit was Solomon s Child in 1982. Since then he has helmed Love Letters play Love Letters 1989 with Colleen Dewhurst and Jason Robards , The Price play The Price 1992 with Eli Wallach , Three Men on a Horse 1993 and The Sunshine Boys 1997 , both with Jack Klugman and Tony Randall , Inherit the Wind play Inherit the Wind 1996 with George C. Scott and Charles Durning , Night Must Fall 1999 with Matthew Broderick , Judgment at Nuremberg 2001 with George Grizzard and Maximilian Schell , Say Goodnight, Gracie 2002 with Frank Gorshin , and Absurd Person Singular 2005 with Paxton Whitehead and Sam Robards . Tillinger s many off Broadway directing credits include Entertaining Mr. Sloane 1981 , After the Fall 1984 , Loot play Loot 1986 , What the Butler Saw play What the Butler Saw 1989 , The Lisbon Traviata 1989 , Lips Together, Teeth Apart 1991 , Sylvia play Sylvia 1995 , The Wedding Banquet 2003 , and Jewtopia 2004 . He also has directed numerous Regional theatre in the United States regional theatre productions. Tillinger was married to actress director Dorothy Lyman from 1972 77. They have two children, actor Sebastian Tillinger and producer Emma Tillinger. Awards and nominations 1991 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Director The Lisbon Traviata , winner 1989 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Director Love Letters , winner 1986 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play Loot , nomi ... more details
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