Ilana Glazer is a powerful, young woman. At the age of 30, she is the creator and star of “Broad City,” one of the most popular comedies on television. She and her partner, Abbi Jacobson, are The Bosses. That means they’ve got creative control over what they produce — and, more importantly, it means they…
The season 4 premiere of “Broad City” dropped last week on Comedy Central. Now, the “Broad City” creators must reckon with the feedback of their most-feared reviewers: the Schmooze ladies. Where does this premiere fall on the spectrum of “Broad City” premieres? Jenny: This felt like a “love-letter to the fans” if you will (and…
We are experiencing a Golden Age of Television. Within that Golden Age of television is a Golden Age of female comedians. And within that Golden Age of female comedians is a Golden Age of Jewish women who will stop at nothing to make the world a funnier and truer place with more room for big…
Ahh, New York City! Skyscrapers, 24-hour bagel cafes, pizza rats! Is there anything we don’t have? Oh — a working subway system, you say? Yes, one of those would be nice. But if we had a working subway system, Abbi and Ilana of “Broad City” would never have become lifelong friends whose wacky antics bring…
“I don’t want to speak for Abbi but I’m pretty proud of us,” says Ilana Glazer of “Broad City” in a just-released interview with Nylon. “We’re sick.” This is the basic tone of the interview, which is featured in Nylon’s August issue, and if anyone deserves to speak that highly of themselves, it’s Glazer and…
Let us turn in the ecstasy of thanksgiving to the Reform Jewish liturgy: In a world torn by violence and pain, a world far from wholeness and peace, a world waiting still to be redeemed, give us, oh Lord, a chance to say: YAAAAAAAAS QUEEN to the new trailer for “Broad City” Season 4. Abby…
Sometimes it can feel like everyone who’s anyone in Hollywood has made a cameo appearance on the Comedy Central hit ‘Broad City.’ Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Fred Armisen – you name the comic legend, they’ve probably spent a day on set with Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer. But somehow, because Jacobson and Glazer are incapable…
Ilana Glazer, Zoë Kravitz, and Scarlett Johansson are starring together in the movie ‘Rough Night.’ If you are an avid reader of the Forward’s Schmooze section, as you should be, this is old news. But there’s something new. Though three actresses feature at the forefront of feminism in Hollywood (well, at least two. Kravitz tends…
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