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On his way to Broadway,
comedian brings theater piece to
Detroit audiences.
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The agent encouraged the new
teve Solomon's cousin is
stage career and gave it direction.
a kleptomaniac, but not
"I love when people come back-
to worry. The cousin has
stage after a show and tell me one
something he can take for it.
or more of the characters reminded
There's a lot not to worry about
them of certain individuals in their
in Solomon's life because he
own lives," says Solomon, whose
approaches it all with a sense of
theater piece is set in a therapist's
humor and creative license that is
office. "After my sister saw me
shared with audiences around the
mimic her smoking for the first
country.
Just before begin-
ning his first Broadway
booking, the come-
dian brings his stories
— with multiple charac-
terizations and vocal
sound effects — to the
Music Hall Center for
the Performing Arts.
My Mother's Italian,
My Father's Jewish and
I'm in Therapy stops
in Detroit Thursday-
Friday, Oct.19-20, one
year after the comedi-
an did 'a benefit perfor-
mance of the show for
Kadima. The situations
he conveys through his
one-man production
Steve Solomon on stage
are loosely based on his
mixed family, friends
time, she said that I made her
and personal experiences.
famous."
"This show is always a work in
Solomon, who had a bar mitzvah
progress, and I keep redeveloping
the characters," says Solomon, who and brought Judaism to his own
taught and worked in school admin- grown children, has performed on
istration before making a career
change into comedy.
"People don't have to be Italian
or Jewish to appreciate what I'm
doing. Everybody knows the kinds
of personalities I'm taking on."
Solomon, in his 50s, grew up in
Brooklyn as the class clown and
was known as a jokester by his
adult crowd. Raised in a culturally
diverse neighborhood that fostered
his interest in impersonations, he
got a showbiz break while in the
midst of a personal crisis and after
trying his luck with stand-up.
Asked to do a roast for a church,
Solomon was seen by an agent who
happened to be in the audience.
the Jerry Lewis telethon to raise
funds to fight muscular dystrophy.
He enjoys writing comedy as well
as performing it.
"I've been touring with this show
for three years," says Solomon,
now based in Florida. "I feel blessed
to be working in a field I love."
My Mother's Italian, My
Father's Jewish and I'm in
Therapy will be performed
8 p.m. Thursday and Friday,
Oct. 19-20, at the Music Hall
Center for the Performing
, Arts in Detroit. $22.50-$27.
(313) 887-8501.