Curt Schleier is a freelance writer and author who covers business and the arts for a variety of publications. Follow him on Twitter at @tvsoundoff.
Curt Schleier
By Curt Schleier
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The Schmooze Waiting on Tables, and for a Break
Photo: Ken Jacques The tiny Triad nightclub in the Upper West Side of Manhattan was filled by a crowd sufficiently large to give a fire marshal palpitations. That was probably due to the fact that the night’s attraction, Brad Zimmerman, grew up across the Hudson, just a hop, skip and $14 George Washington Bridge toll…
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The Schmooze How a Midlife Crisis Turned Into Jewish Cabaret
Daniel Cainer’s “Jewish Chronicles,” currently at the Soho Playhouse in New York, is a delightful cabaret act filled with Yiddishkeit and Yiddish-cute. Cainer is a British Jew who grew up in an observant household, but, inexplicably, was sent to a Church of England School. (Ironically, he notes, the school later became a synagogue, proving “God…
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The Schmooze Does ‘Money Grubbin’ Play Need To Be Jewish?
Photo: Zack DeZon There is a good play lurking within Sean J. Quinn’s “Money Grubbin’ Whores.” More’s the pity. “MGW” takes place in the basement of what appears to be an old pizzeria in what is now a Hispanic neighborhood. There will be a kid’s birthday party there tomorrow. A banner reading Felíz Cumpleaños is…
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The Schmooze USA Network Orders Up Israel Crime Thriller
Photo: Virginia Sherwood USA Network has ordered four additional episodes of “Dig,” an Israeli-set crime thriller. This brings to 10 the total number of episodes of the series, which premiers in March. Jason Isaacs stars as FBI agent Peter Connelly, who has his share of heartbreak and demons he want to leave behind. So he…
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The Schmooze Why Judd Hirsch Almost Turned Down ‘Taxi’
Judd Hirsch has packed a lot of success into his 79 years on the planet. He is of course known as Alex Rieger, cabbie extraordinaire in the long-running television sitcom “Taxi.” The role earned him four Emmy nominations and two wins. He’s also starred in a number of other successful series, including “Dear John” and,…
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The Schmooze Ben Feldman on ‘Mad Men,’ Playing Jews, and Why He Never Had a Bar Mitzvah
Photo: Trae Patton/NBC The last time we saw Ben Feldman, he’d just cut off one of his nipples. Now, he’s head-over-heels in love with a girl he spied — but never met — years earlier at a rock concert. Perhaps an explanation is in order. For the last three seasons, Feldman has played Michael Ginsberg,…
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The Schmooze Paul Reiser Returns to the Stage
Paul Reiser is coming to Manhattan to make his first New York appearance in over two decades. He’ll be appearing October 2 at Merkin Concert Hall in a benefit for JazzReach, an organization that sends musicians to schools around the country to perform jazz for students. The comic is most famously the star and creator…
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The Schmooze Trying To Find the Real Heinrich Himmler
A sense of irony is helpful, perhaps even necessary, to truly appreciate “The Decent One,” the new documentary about Heinrich Himmler. The paradox begins with the title character. He was the architect of the Final Solution, commander of the SS, and a man who in civilian clothes looked like a Jewish accountant. What Vanessa Lapa,…
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