Off-Broadway Hit Jewtopia Headed for Big Screen

By: Oct. 10, 2006
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According to Back Stage, the long-running hit Off-Broadway comedy Jewtopia will be adapted into a feature film.

Jewtopia's co-creators and lead actors Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson will star in and write the screen version of the romantic comedy, which recently celebrated its 800th performance Off-Broadway (where it plays the Westside Theatre).  Jewtopia "tells the story of two single guys, Chris O'Connell and Adam Lipschitz.  Chris, a gentile, wants to marry a Jewish girl so that he'll never have to make another decision for as long as he lives.  Adam, a Jew under tremendous pressure from his family to marry a Jewish girl, wonders what Chris is thinking.  Before long, both find themselves tangled in a web of interfaith and internet dating," according to earlier press notes.

The film, which will be produced by Tucker Tooley, will be retitled Chris O'Connell and Adam Lipschitz Lose Their Religion.  Principal photography for the film will commence in February.

Off-Broadway, Jewtopia also stars Glynis Bell, Samantha Daniel, Lorry Goldman, Adam Ludwig, Rosanne Ma and Joel Rooks.

For more information on Jewtopia, visit www.jewtopiaplay.com.


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