BROADWAY REVIEW: Alex Edelman’s funny one-man show “Just for Us” carries on tradition of great Jewish comedians and clever storytellers
Enter now Alex Edelman, a Jewish comedian of a much-younger generation whose very funny new solo show at the Hudson Theatre, “Just For Us,” has one foot in that great Mason history and another in the tradition of Mike Birbiglia, another cheerfully geeky Broadway performer who is generally seen as more of a storyteller than merely someone who stands up and cracks jokes.
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