"..Jeremiah Kissel is inspired as Joseph
E. Lapidus, a not-too-thinly-disguised takeoff on the
late movie mogul Joseph E. Levine, who, as a producer,
rode sword and sandals spectacles starring the late
Steve Reeves, such as “Hercules,” to fame and fortune."
--Boston Stages
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| "...great
timing, a lot of mugging, and perhaps a bit of
ad libbing" ---Talkin'
Broadway
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| "That spirit of
reunion casts a festive overlay onto “King of Second
Avenue.” Jeremiah Kissel jaws with Will LeBow.
Brustein and Hankus Netsky, a previous collaborator
on “Shlemiel the First,” have crafted a smart,
toe-tapping klezmer score..." --Ed Siegel, WBUR
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