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‘Roastmaster’ Jeff Ross’ One Man Broadway Show Is So Jewish and So Needed

JL;DR SUMMARY Jeff Ross, renowned as the 'Roastmaster General,' performs a deeply personal and affirming one-man show on Broadway titled "Take a Banana for the Ride." 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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FamilyJewish HeritageBroadwayTikkun OlamComedyHumorAudience EngagementCultural IconsJeff RossBananas

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New York City, New York, United States
"In a big theater, Ross does the equivalent of opening his familys photo albums to us."
Newark, New Jersey, United States
"Most of us know Ross, born Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz to a working-class Jewish family in Newark, as the Roastmaster General, the emcee of roasts for the likes of Tom Brady, Gene Simmons and countless other icons (including, yes, President Donald Trump)."

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