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A "dreadfully Jewish" new play tells the story of a Grindr hookup gone awry

JL;DR SUMMARY "As Time Goes By," a new off-Broadway play by Danny Brown, explores the complexities of modern gay male dating against a backdrop of Manhattan and Jewish cultural references. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityJewish StereotypesIntimacyGay CultureAs Time Goes ByDanny BrownEphraim BurneyJoel MyersGrindrNew York Theater

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New York, United States
"Ephraim Burney (left) stars in As Time Goes By as Adam, a commitment-phobic, 33-year-old New Yorker who swipes right on David (Joel Myers, right) and gets more than what he bargained for."
Manhattan, New York, United States
"Overlooking Riverside Drive, Adams studio is every modern Manhattanites dream."
Upper West Side, New York, United States
"The two build off each others screwball-meets-cynic chemistry as if they are Spongebob and Squidward duking it out  in the Upper West Side."

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