Just 45 Minutes from Broadway is the madcap new play from noted theater and film writer/director Henry Jaglom, now playing at the Edgemar Center for the Arts (2437 Main Street in Santa Monica). This hilarious world premiere comedy introduces us to the Isaacs, a mostly Jewish extended family of actors, who get a surprise when their daughter brings home her new fiance – a “civilian.” But the surprises don’t end there!
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