Forever Brooklyn at Whitefire Theatre

Dates: (1/5/2019 - 2/9/2019 )

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Whitefire Theatre

13500 Ventura Blvd.
Sherman Oaks,CA 91423

Phone: (800) 838-3006

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Subtitled A Kosher Musical Comedy, Forever Brooklyn is the story of Melvin Kaplofkis, a young man growing up in Brooklyn in the 1950s who emerges in the 1960s as Mel King, The King of Brooklyn. Young Mel entertains his family and friends by telling jokes and stories. He is championed by a local radio personality, and Mel begins to move up, with gigs in the Borscht Belt resorts. It turns out he actually has a flair for performing, and ultimately, he is booked for an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.Sounds like a dream, no? Well, not quite. His family doesnt want him to leave Brooklyn. Also, hes been pressed into service, against his will, as a bagman for the Mob thats been ruling Brooklyn with an iron fist. The Mob doesnt want Mel to leave Brooklyn behind. If he does, there will be a price to be paid.And, oh yes: Along the way, he falls in love. What does Mel do?Forever Brooklyn is a show for everyone who misses Brooklyn or New York (and there are thousands of people transplanted to L.A. from the East Coast who fit that description) , or for anyone living in L.A. who came from somewhere else and somehow just cant forget the place they once called home.Written and directed by Mark W. Curran. Starring Danny DiTorrice.
Ages: 8 to Adult.

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Review: World Premiere of FOREVER BROOKLYN! Kicks off the Whitefire Solofest 2019

January 06, 2019

Born and raised in Suburban Philadelphia, playwright Mark Wesley Curran admits he has only been to Brooklyn once in his life while driving through the town to get somewhere else. And yet he chose to write the World Premiere play FOREVER BROOKLYN! about Melvin Kaplofkis, a young Jewish man growing up in Brooklyn in the 1950s who, as a kid, entertained his family and friends by telling jokes and stories, longing for success as a comic in the 1960s. Fans of Neil Simon will point to Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound, two plays which I assume Mr. Curran used as source material, along with a few early films by Woody Allen, to develop the play's characters and setting rather than writing from his own personal experience.

SOLOFEST 2019 Plays January 5 - March 15 at Whitefire Theatre

January 05, 2019

The Whitefire Theatre presents SOLOFEST 2019, the largest solo theater festival on the West Coast. Now in its 7th year, SOLOFEST 2019 brings 50 shows in 60 days celebrating the solo artists from around the globe - each story-teller sharing their compelling and often unusual take on life.

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