Alan Zweibel

Aug 13, 2024 | hoerzu.at | Billy Crystal |Alan Zweibel

» Etwas schmalzig, aber klasse Darsteller «BeschreibungCharlie, ehemals erfolgreicher Comedy-Autor, leidet an Demenz in einem frühen Stadium. Seine Frau ist tot, das Verhältnis zu seinen Kindern kompliziert. Aber in der jungen Straßensängerin Emma findet er allen Unterschieden zum Trotz eine treue Freundin...

Apr 26, 2024 | airmail.news | Alan Zweibel

My Dear Body,May I ask what the hell is going on? Why are you betraying me like this? Yes, I understand that skin and bones and organs are not built to last. But is it too much for me to ask that you pump the brake just a little? After all, we go back a long way. Starting on May 20, 1950, when I was shoved into you.

Dec 15, 2023 | airmail.news | Alan Zweibel |Nancy Jo Sales |Charles Leerhsen |Dana Brown

SHOOTING THE MOON NO JOKE LARVAL TRUMP FATES AND FURIES PAY-STUB CLUB REELPOLITIK ARIGATŌ, MAFIOSO BUT, WAIT, THERE’S MORE!… Issue No. 231 The View from Here A veteran comedy writer is suddenly rendered speechless Phases of the Moon Under the Cherry Moon, Prince’s directorial debut—a black-and-white passion project set on the glistening Côte d’Azur and starring Kristin Scott Thomas—bombed when it premiered in 1986.

Dec 15, 2023 | airmail.news | Alan Zweibel

I’m a writer. A Jewish comedy writer. I know, hardly a rarity. In fact, one of the most oft-asked questions I get during the Q&A portion of speaking engagements is why I think Jews have always been so prominent in the world of comedy. Indeed, the numbers are staggering. Because in every corner of literature, vaudeville, film, radio, and television, not to mention nightclub and theater stages, contributions by Jews have eclipsed their percentage of the population by far. My cliché answer?

Sep 5, 2023 | greenlightbookstore.com | Adam Mansbach |Ricardo Cortés |Dave Barry |Alan Zweibel

IN-STORETuesday, October 3, 7:30 PMAdam Mansbach presents The Golem of BrooklynIn conversation with Dan CharnasAdam Mansbach, bestselling author of Go the Fuck to Sleep and A Field Guide to Jewish People among other works, returns to Greenlight (in person this time!) to share his newest book, The Golem of Brooklyn. In Ashkenazi Jewish folklore, a golem is a humanoid being created out of mud or clay and animated through secret prayers.