Oy, Vaudeville.NY During the Jewish mafia's prohibition-era heyday, a shlammer was a thug who let his fists do the talking. In Dan Froot's Shlammer, at Dance Theater Workshop Dance Theater Workshop is a New York City performance space and service organization for dance companies. Located on West 19th Street in the Chelsea section of Manhattan, DTW was founded in 1965 by Jeff Duncan, Art Bauman and Jack Moore as a choreographers' collective. , March 30-April 2, New York mobster-cum-Catskill-circuit star "Daddy" Kleinman (played by Tony Abatemarco) does the talking--and kvetching--as he battles wits and wiles wile n. 1. A stratagem or trick intended to deceive or ensnare. 2. A disarming or seductive manner, device, or procedure: the wiles of a skilled negotiator. 3. Trickery; cunning. with Froot over what it means to be a man--in particular a Jewish man. Froot's effervescent ef·fer·vesce intr.v. ef·fer·vesced, ef·fer·vesc·ing, ef·fer·vesc·es 1. To emit small bubbles of gas, as a carbonated or fermenting liquid. 2. To escape from a liquid as bubbles; bubble up. 3. comedic and musical talents, irrepressible physicality, and a decent Edward G. Robinson's imitation of Little Caeser alchemize to produce a show that pits postmodern identity angst against vaudevillian vaude·vil·lian n. One, especially a performer, who works in vaudeville. vaude·vil  lian adj.Noun 1. shtick--a little song, a little dance, even a little juggling. The DeLux Vaudeville Trio adds to the antics, performing (and occasionally kibitzing) from within an imaginative miniature cardboard stage-within-a-stage. See www.dtw.org. |
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