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Recently, WNBC TV's Ben Aaron sat down over some deli food to speak to the cast of the off-Broadway comedy OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES. Last night, August 28th, he made his New York stage debut in the show. Watch below!

Watch what happens today when off-Broadway's OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES and WNBC TV's Ben Aaron sit down over deli sandwiches on "New York Live," 12:30 -1 PM on Channel 4.

Producers announced today that off-Broadway's OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES will close on Sunday September 15. It will have played 22 previews and 552 regular performances. As previously announced, a Chicago production will begin performances at the Royal George Theatre on September 24 and open on October 2.

Just last week, the winner of an Old Jews Telling Jokes contest for the Funniest (Fill in the Blank) got the chance to tell his joke on stage at the end of the show at the Westside Thetare. The winner was funnyman Richard Levine, who won the title of the Funniest [Retired] Printer. BroadwayWorld was there for the special occasion and you can check out the joke below!

Earlier today, the OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES sandwich was unveiled at the Carnegie Deli. Host of 'The Chew' Carla Hall, who designed the sandwich, was there to celebrate with the cast and you can check out photos from the festivities below!

The Broadway production 'Old Jews Telling Jokes' came to the Friars Club last night for an evening full of laughter produced by Michelle Slonim. Creators Sam Hoffman and Peter Gethers gave an interesting talk and video presentation about the shows formation. Marilyn Sokol and Lenny Wolpe from the cast of 'Old Jews' told some side splitting jokes from the show. Stewie Stone 'head comic' at the Friars had some of his own hilarious stories and also introduced various Friars who contributed to the joke telling.

The producers of the hit Off-Broadway show OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES have announced that the upcoming engagement at Chicago's Royal George Theatre will feature a quintet of familiar (and not-so-old) faces: Dara Cameron, Alex Goodrich, Tim Kazurinsky, Renee Matthews and Gene Weygandt. OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES begins performances on the Main Stage of the Royal George Theatre, 1641 N. Halsted Street, Tuesday, September 24, and officially opens Wednesday, October 2, at 7:30p.m.

The off-Broadway show OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES was featured on CBS Sunday Morning this past weekend. In the segment, correspondent Richard Schlesinger tracks the comedy of the Borscht Belt from its birth in the Catskills to its renaissance in the hit show, which has been running in New York since May and will open in Chicago this fall. Watch the video below!

The off-Broadway hit Old Jews Telling Jokes will be featured on CBS SUNDAY MORNING today, February 17. The program airs on CBS nationally (Channel 2 in New York) from 9:00-10:30 AM.

The off-Broadway hit OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES will be featured on CBS SUNDAY MORNING this Sunday February 17. The program airs on CBS nationally (Channel 2 in New York) from 9:00-10:30 AM.

The hit off-Broadway show OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES takes up residence on the Main Stage of Chicago's Royal George Theatre, 1641 N. Halsted Street, beginning performances Tuesday, September 24, and officially opening Wednesday, October 2, at 7:30p.m.

Cast members from the off Broadway hit OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES visited ABC TV's "The Chew" yesterday. Master chefs Mario Batali and Michael Symon prepared Spicy Fried Cornish Hens, and invited master joke teller Todd Susman to tell a chicken joke! To watch, go to The Chew's website and play the 'Mario and Michael's Fried Cornish Hens - Part 1' clip.

Tune into ABC TV's "The Chew" tomorrow Tuesday December 11 at 1 PM to see cast members from the off Broadway hit OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES as they lend some Hanukah expertise to the proceedings. Bill Army, Marilyn Sokol and Todd Susman sit at the show's famed tasting table and visit with hosts Mario Batali, Clinton Kelly, Carla Hall, Michael Symon and Daphne Oz.

Marilyn Sokol, currently featured in OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES, will be a guest on WBAI Radio (99.5 FM) tomorrow, Saturday October 6 in the 9 AM hour. The Emmy Award winner will chat with host David Rothenberg about the off Broadway hit, and about her career, which includes such highlights as flashing the audience on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (by mistake), being both a voice and puppeteer on Sesame Street, and having her Dial-A-Jokes on record at The Smithsonian Institute.

92Y and 92YTRIBECA have announced their fall 2012 theater lineup, featuring Cyndi Lauper, Judy Gold, Robin Williams with David Steinberg, Peter Bogdanovich, Ben Brantley, Playwrights Horizons, Old Jews Telling Jokes and more!

PEN American Center has just announced the winners and runners-up of the 2012 PEN Awards, the most comprehensive literary awards program in the country. This year marks PEN's 90th anniversary. For more than 50 of those years PEN's Literary Awards program has honored many of the most outstanding voices in literature.

Dan Okrent, one of the creators of the off-Broadway hit OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES recently had a full color tattoo of the show's eye-catching tattoo permanently inked on his right shoulder.

92Y and 92YTRIBECA have announced their fall 2012 theater lineup, featuring Cyndi Lauper, Judy Gold, Robin Williams with David Steinberg, Peter Bogdanovich, Ben Brantley, Playwrights Horizons, Old Jews Telling Jokes and more!

Marilyn Sokol, currently featured in the off-Broadway hit OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES is a guest on "How to Do Everything," the popular podcast created by the producers of NPR's "Wait, Wait…Don't Tell Me." On HTDE, listeners ask questions ranging from how not to sound stupid when ordering wine to how do I escape a charging rhino. The hosts answer them, or "usually, given how little we actually know how to do, we find experts who can help you out."

Hear co-creator Daniel Okrent and cast members Todd Susman and Audrey Lynn Weston from the off-Broadway hit OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES as they visit WNYC Radio's Leonard Lopate. Click below to listen!