Check the Cosmopolitan Snobbery With Your Coat, It’s Just ‘Two Jews, Talking’

There are nuances in the interactions between the characters in Ed Weinberger’s short and ultimately bittersweet pair of one-act comedies that sparkle in the finely measured, knowing performances of Hal Linden and Bernie Koppell.

Russ Rowland
Hal Linden and Bernie Kopell in ‘Two Jews, Talking.’ Russ Rowland

More than 60 years ago, Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner developed a sketch in which Reiner interviewed a Middle Eastern man claiming to be 2000 years old, played by Mr. Brooks, touching on subjects from physical longevity to marriage and fatherhood to historical and legendary figures.

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