2 1/2 Jews
by Alan Brandt

2 1/2 Jews Book Cover
2 1/2 Jews Cover

Synopsis

A delightful seriocomedy about a prominent civil rights attorney who is a schlemiel on the home court in his relationships with his intractable aging father and budding lawyer son.

"Nathan Minter is one of those overbearing men who believe that success in their chosen professions makes them, without further effort, successful sons, husbands and fathers.

As Alan Brandt sets out to demonstrate in 2 1/2 JEWS, his understanding and compassionate debut play, which bares a man's flaws but shies from tragedy, Nathan Minter is a winner as a humanitarian lawyer but a loser in his personal relationships.

Oh, his 78-year-old immigrant father, Morris, may refer to him as the 'Jewish Clarence Darrow, ' and his Yale-educated son, Marc, may call him the 'Albert Schweitzer of the legal profession, ' but the descriptions are drenched in bitterness ... 2 1/2 JEWS, sprinkled with lighthearted moments, remains an easy-to-watch cautionary tale."

-Lawrence Van Gelder, The New York Times "Winning hit comedy ... a happy surprise."

-NY1-TV "A triple mitzvah " -New York Law Journal

Performance

Cast

A small cast size of 3 total roles, 0 female and 3 male roles.

Publication

Year Published
2000
ISBN 10
0881451673
ISBN 13
9780881451672
Print Length
67 pages
Place Published
New York
Language
English
LCC
PS3552.R23 T87
DCC
812.54
Print
2 1/2 Jews is a play written by and published by Broadway Play Publishing in New York, 2000. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780881451672 and an ISBN-10 of 0881451673.

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