TO BE or NOT TO BE: Avi Hoffman, sweet prince of Yiddish comedy and

From: The Jewish Week | Date: January 5, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

Daniel Schifrin
The Jewish Week
01-05-1995
TO BE or NOT TO BE: Avi Hoffman, sweet prince of Yiddish comedy and. theater, wants the show to go on.

In 1968, at the tender age of 10, Avi Hoffman was already the child star of New York's Yiddish theater, getting rave reviews from The New York Times that year for his role in the Folksbiene Playhouse's "Bronx Express."

Today, at 36, Hoffman is still the child star on the Yiddish stage, ready to open a solo comedy review of Yiddish-English songs and stories Jan. 15 at the John Houseman Theater.

But Hoffman's obvious exhilaration about his show "Too ...

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