Dave Lefkowitz's Shalom Dammit! Begins Performances July 31 at NYC's Roy Arias Theater

By Michael Gioia
31 Jul 2012

Rabbi Sol Solomon
Rabbi Sol Solomon

TotalTheater Productions presents the return of Shalom Dammit! An Evening with Rabbi Sol Solomon, a new comedy with music, beginning July 31, prior to an official opening Aug. 1, at Manhattan's Roy Arias Theater Center.

Conceived, co-written and directed by radio personality and former Playbill.com editor Dave Lefkowitz, the limited engagement, which stars Rabbi Sol Solomon (a.k.a. Lefkowitz), continues through Aug. 12.

Shalom Dammit!, according to press notes, "offers the Rabbi’s wit and wisdom on such topics as world religions, intolerance, Christianity, Arabs and Muslims, the Holocaust and other aspects of modern Jewish life. Punctuating the Rabbi’s sermon will be such songs as 'Then You’re Jewish,' 'I Know What Goys Like' and 'When Jewish is What You Are.'"

Solomon is joined onstage by musical director Richard Shore. Bill Bradford is the production stage manager.

Shalom Dammit! was seen in a developmental staging in November 2011 at the University of Northern Colorado and played a New York City limited engagement in March 2012 at the Richmond Shepard Theater. 

The Roy Arias Theater Center is located at 300 West 43rd Street (at 8th Avenue). For more information and tickets, call (970) 405-3077 or visit brownpapertickets.com or ShalomDammit.com.