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Page 6 New York Post Story about Mountain Jews at Triad

A 'MOUNTAIN' OF TROUBLE

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October 14, 2008 --

THE Jewish Theater of New York, which gets in trouble all the time with its incendiary shows, has another hot potato on the way. Tuvia Tenenbom's "Mountain Jews," debuting Nov. 9, is about a Brooklyn Orthodox Jew named Isaac, who schleps his "beautiful, Kosher American" bride to a sacred Israeli mountain to consummate their marriage, only to be foiled when she insists on eating rugelach all night. Then, a prophet named Muhammad shows up to declare that unless he gets the bride for himself, "my followers will blow themselves up in Gaza, Mali, Detroit, Denmark, Pakistan, Chicago and al-Quds to protect my lost honor." In 2005, Tenenbom caused a stir when he had Howard Stern's statuesque daughter, Emily, appear nude in "Kabalah," incurring the shock jock's wrath. And last year, his play "Last Jew in Europe" had Polish officials blasting its depiction of endemic anti-Semitism in today's Poland.

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Matthew Broderick,Richard Kind and Carson Kressley are among the guests who will appear in “Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words” in the coming weeks. The show, on Monday nights at the Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street, offers a rotating cast reading so-bad-they’re-funny excerpts from the writings of famous, almost famous and once-famous stars.

New Yorker Magazine Writes About Celebrity Autobiography

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

STAR TURNS

“Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words,” the series that pairs actors with the writings of such esteemed authors as Burt Reynolds, Star Jones, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and Britney Spears, is returning to the Triad tonight for an open-ended run. This evening’s performers include Rachel Dratch, Cheyenne Jackson, and Kristen Johnston. Our colleague Michael Schulman has culled some excerpts from the memoirs they’ll be sampling:

I think of my job as that of a cheerleader. Of course, as you know, my main job is turning the letters. Merv says that he hired me because I turn the letters better than any of the two hundred other women who auditioned. And what’s my secret? As I told 60 Minutes, “It must be in the wrist!”—Vanna White, from “Vanna Speaks.”

Have you ever talked to your muscles? As you work out, and bring up the two dumbbells to your body, say “Grow!” It’s what I call body dialogue, where I actually converse with certain parts of my body.—Sylvester Stallone, from “Sly Moves.”

You can actually feel pressure when Elizabeth Taylor tells the world that you’re depriving her of a lover. I guess you can even feel Elizabeth should always have a lover, even if it’s yours.—Debbie Reynolds, from “Debbie: My Life.”

“Celebrity Autobiography” plays at the Triad, at 158 W. 72nd St., every Monday night at 7:30.

Sherri Shepherd from the View talks about Triad and Celebrity Autobiography on the View

Sherri who is hysterical in Celebrity Autobiography (Every Monday at Triad) talked about the show on the View this past Monday.         Sherri was also on Gawker Stalker sighting at Triad on Tuesday.

Bill Boggs and Triad are in Page 6 of todays NY POST

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October 8, 2008 --

BILL Boggs got a big laugh at the re cent opening of his "Talk Show Confi dential" at the Triad when he re ferred to the theater's strange, hard- to-find premises on West 72nd Street above a Turkish restaurant. He cracked, "This place is like a combi nation theater and undisclosed loca tion. Osama bin Laden could be up here performing 'Mark Twain Tonight,' and the CIA still couldn't find him."