Wisdom and Witdom with Doug Brook
Ireland or Oyreland
January 28, 2012
After Shabbat Kiddush Lunch (about 1:15 p.m.)
Putting wisdom first, but giving wit the last word. This successor to last year’s Laugh and Learn series with Doug Brook gives more spotlight to wise words, while ensuring a plentitude of wise cracks. More substantive subject matter, and more subjectively subversive, than ever.
Were there Jews in Ireland, aside from emergency landings at Dublin Airport? In conjunction with Finian’s Rainbow – directed by Doug Brook and opening at South Bay Musical Theatre – we’ll Eire out this question and how three New York Jews wrote Broadway’s definitive Irish musical