ON THE SCENE: Enter smiling: Matt Garfield acts out theatrical dreams

From: Jewish Exponent | Date: April 15, 1994| Author: | Copyright information

Michael Elkin
Jewish Exponent
04-15-1994
ON THE SCENE:Enter smiling: Matt Garfield acts out theatrical dreams.

When it comes to role-playing, Matt Garfield is a man of many parts. Industrialist, actor, producer, Jewish communal activist: Garfield has scripted a career of challenges and accomplishments. With his matinee idol good looks, Garfield grew up coveting two-on-the-aisle seats at Philadelphia theaters, he's the one on stage.

The footpath to the footlights actually started backstage, with Garfield earning his Actor's Equity card playing the offstage train announcer in "Another Kind of ...

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