Doris Roberts, who plays Marie Barone on the popular sitcom \”Everybody Loves Raymond,\” will read the Grace Paley story \”Goodbye and Good Luck\” at a fundraiser for the Jewish Women\’s Theatre Project (JWTP) on April 23.
Forget her 28 Vogue magazine covers.\n\nIsabella Rossellini, mit sheitl, is portraying a Chassidic Jewish woman in actor Jeroen Krabbe\’s post-Holocaust saga, \”Left Luggage.\” It\’s the most unexpected casting of the season.
Paula Vogel\’s \”How I Learned to Drive\” has come to the Mark Taper Forum, and one wonders if it has lost something in its trip across country. Despite an arresting performance by Brian Kerwin, its male lead, this Los Angeles production doesn\’t live up to the high expectations that preceded its arrival. The play received critical acclaim during its New York run, culminating in the 1998 Pulitzer Prize. (Vogel is wowing New York critics once again this season with the debut of her latest play, \”The Mineola Twins.\”)
Actress and talk-show queen Roseanne is looking for a few good Jewish men.
Goodbye, Columbus.\nAnd goodbye Portnoy, Tevye and Yentl, too.\n\nA glance back at the films of 1998 reveal Jewish characters who break the mold, overturn the stereotype, and stretch the image of Jews on-screen.
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