Event
From Brooklyn to Broadway in Only 50 Years
Starring Steve Solomon
Steve Solomon, comedian
It’s Seinfeld meets Maniscalco! From the star and creator of My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m in Therapy!, one of the longest-running one-man comedy shows in history, Brooklyn native Steve Solomon returns to Artis—Naples with his latest show. Drawing upon stories from his own life and employing impeccable impressions of the funniest and most familiar characters in life — from TSA agents and dentists to family and friends — Solomon tackles it all. Enjoy a heavy dose of the best medicine as Solomon uses his gift for acting, dialects and voices to bring these characters to life in an evening of unbridled laughter!
Steve Solomon
Steve Solomon
A native of Brooklyn, Steve Solomon grew up in the multi-ethnic neighborhood of Sheepshead Bay—the perfect training ground for a dialectician and comedian. Solomon learned at an early age how to use his gift for imitating accents to his advantage. He also realized that he was a prolific writer of jokes and stories, and he cranked them out for special events at the local church and synagogue.
Solomon left his academic career behind and ventured into the business world. After a noble effort and a very severe economic and emotional downturn, his back was to the wall. What a year—a business collapse and a divorce. Literally, with no money, a dream and longtime friend (and now wife!) Jane at his side, he turned his attention to his latent love of making people laugh. As Solomon puts it, “I decided to follow my heart and become an impoverished comedy writer and performer.” The key word there was... impoverished.
The comedy club circuit was no place to start a career at age 55. In “show business,” age is everything. After years of struggling, Solomon’s epiphany was that he needed to create something that no one had done before.
Motivated by his new manager, Abby, Solomon wrote his first show, the three-time award-winning My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish and I’m In Therapy! The show was met with rave reviews to sold-out crowds throughout the country and overseas, and, after almost 10,000 performances, it has become one of the longest running one-man comedy shows in history.
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