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Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner’s romance is rekindled in a new off-Broadway play

JL;DR SUMMARY A new off-Broadway play, "Gene & Gilda," explores the rich and humorous romance between comedy legends Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner. 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 IdentityTheaterGene WilderGilda RadnerSaturday Night LiveComedyOff BroadwayGene & GildaJordan Kai Burnett

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New York, United States
"Gene & Gilda, written by Cary Gitter and directed by Joe Brancato, is playing at 59E59 Theater on the Upper East Side through Sept. 7."
Stony Point, New York, United States
"Burnett, who originated the role of Radner in Gene & Gilda at Penguin Rep Theater in Stony Point, New York, in 2023, also played the Jewish comedian that same year in a New York workshop of a different play, Not Ready for Prime Time, about the inception of Saturday Night Live."

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