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Funny, They Don’t Sound Jewish

Laura Bush on Howard Stern; J. Lo waking up with a pimple on her nose; Homer Simpson running for governor of California. No, it\’s not a slow day on \”Live on E!\” It\’s a game of \”Scenes from a Hat\” — one of 40 interactive games that improv comedy troupe, The Los Hombres, has in its repertoire. The game, in which audience members write down funny scenes that they would like to see acted out, is just one way the eight-member cast connects with the audience.

‘Old’ Cast Young-at-Heart

Mathilde Giffard, the title character of \”My Old Lady,\” is a 94-year-old Parisian, though she tries to pass for 92. She has a spinster daughter, Chloe, who is around 50. They are visited by an American, Mathias \”Jim\” Gold, also fiftyish, and Jewish.\n\nThat\’s the whole cast. No well-endowed ingenue, no muscular hunk, no rebellious teenager within 50 kilometers.

The Artistry of ‘Art’

Tongue of a Bird,\” now playing at the Mark Taper Forum, is a confoundedly difficult play.

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