[NEohioPAL]Silvers score a touchdown with comedy at Actors' Summit - T Brown Review

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Touchdown for the Silvers in Actors' Summit comedy=20
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Silvers score a touchdown with comedy in Hudson=20
Wednesday, October 13, 2004=20
Remember that 1953 Andy Griffith routine, "What It Was Was Football"?=20
Well, Dorothy and Reuben Silver have found a similarly hilarious story.=20
Instead of a hick stumbling upon his first football game, it's told by a Jew=
ish=20
immigrant fresh from the shtetl.=20
The kicker: The game is the annual Ohio-Michigan contest. Our confused=20
narrator cheers both teams, to the annoyance of fans in the stadium and to o=
ur=20
amusement in the theater.=20
The football story, told in the original Yiddish with line-by-line English=20
translation, is the finale of an always amusing and occasionally hilarious=20
evening of reader's theater.=20
It's called "Laughter in Three Languages" (Yiddish, English and "Yinglish").=
=20
It stars the Silvers reading and translating a text they wrote and directed.=
=20
And its limited engagement at Actors' Summit in Hudson opened over the weeke=
nd=20
and closes this coming Sunday.=20
The Silvers culled much of their material from the Jewish Daily Forward=20
newspaper, especially from editor Abraham Cahan's famous advice column, the=20=
Bintel=20
Briefs.=20
Much of the rest comes from New York's once-thriving Yiddish theaters. So th=
e=20
evening is not without its educational elements.=20
But don't let that scare you off. The title is accurate. This is about=20
laughing, at mistaking "Macbeth" for "Julius Scissor," at crackpot politicia=
ns and=20
at 22 Gentiles wearing knee-length pants who throw a ball away only to=20
immediately run after it.=20
"Laughter in Three Languages" runs through Sunday at Actors' Summit, 86 Owen=
=20
Brown St., Hudson. Tickets are $18-$25. Call 330-342-0800 or go to=20
www.actorssummit.org.=20
Tony Brown=20

=A9 2004 The Plain Dealer. Used with permission.

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<P><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Remember that 1953 And=
y Griffith routine, "What It Was Was Football"? <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Well, Dorothy and Reu=
ben Silver have found a similarly hilarious story. Instead of a hick stumbli=
ng upon his first football game, it's told by a Jewish immigrant fresh from=20=
the shtetl. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The kicker: The game i=
s the annual Ohio-Michigan contest. Our confused narrator cheers both teams,=
 to the annoyance of fans in the stadium and to our amusement in the theater=
. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The football story, to=
ld in the original Yiddish with line-by-line English translation, is the fin=
ale of an always amusing and occasionally hilarious evening of reader's thea=
ter. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It's called "Laughter=20=
in Three Languages" (Yiddish, English and "Yinglish"). It stars the Silvers=20=
reading and translating a text they wrote and directed. And its limited enga=
gement at Actors' </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt;=
 FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Summit</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style=3D"FONT=
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<SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> opened over the weekend=20=
and closes this coming Sunday. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Silvers culled muc=
h of their material from the Jewish Daily Forward newspaper, especially from=
 editor Abraham Cahan's famous advice column, the Bintel Briefs. <o:p></o:p>=
</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Much of the rest comes=
 from </SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMIL=
Y: Arial">New York</SPAN></st1:place></st1:State><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9=
pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">'s once-thriving Yiddish theaters. So the evening is=
 not without its educational elements. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">But don't let that sca=
re you off. The title is accurate. This is about laughing, at mistaking "Mac=
beth" for "Julius Scissor," at crackpot politicians and at 22 Gentiles weari=
ng knee-length pants who throw a ball away only to immediately run after it.=
 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"Laughter in Three Lan=
guages" runs through Sunday at Actors' </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN sty=
le=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Summit</SPAN></st1:place></st1:Cit=
y><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, </SPAN><st1:address><=
st1:Street><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">86 Owen Brown=20=
St.</SPAN></st1:Street><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">,=20=
</SPAN><st1:City><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hudson</=
SPAN></st1:City></st1:address><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Ar=
ial">. Tickets are $18-$25. Call 330-342-0800 or go to www.actorssummit.org.=
 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tony Brown <o:p></o:p>=
</SPAN></P>
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