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STREAMING & NETWORKS
Comedian Iliza Shlesinger, 37,
has had four Netflix specials since
2013. They have all featured
her doing a stand-up set. Iliza
Shlesinger Sketch Show, her fifth
Netflix project, is something differ-
ent. It is a six-episode, half-hour
series with a supporting cast of
comic actors. The official descrip-
tion says: “From the mind of Iliza
Shlesinger comes a secret world
filled with absurd characters,
insight into the female experience
and irreverent yet poignant social
commentary.” (Began streaming
on Wednesday, April 1.)
Broke, a sitcom, starts on CBS
on Thursday, April 2, at 9:30 p.m.
The series stars Jamie Camil as
Javier, a spoiled but likeable guy
who is financially cut off by his
wealthy father. Javier and his
wife, Elizabeth (Natasha Leggero,
45), have to move in with Jackie
(Pauley Perrette), Elizabeth’
s
estranged sister. Jackie, a single
mother who owns a bar, is not
thrilled about taking them in.
Leggero is still best known as a
stand-up comedian. She convert-
ed to Judaism not long before she
married comedian Moshe Kasher,
now 40, in 2015. In 2018, the
couple had their first child, a girl.
The ABC hit series Modern
Family will come to an end on
Wednesday, April 8. The last two
episodes of the show will be pre-
ceded by an hour-long documen-
tary (8 p.m.) about the show. The
first of the two last shows (starts
at 9 p.m.) was co-written by and
directed by Steve Levitan. He was
the co-creator of Modern Family.
Elizabeth Banks, 46, guest-stars
in the first (final) episode as Sal, a
recurring “wild woman” character.
ROSIE’
S VIRAL SPECIAL
On March 22, Rosie O’
Donnell did
a live three-hour special to raise
money for the Actors’
Fund, a char-
ity that provides emergency funds
for members of the entertainment
community. O’
Donnell remotely
interviewed about 50 celebrities.
You can watch the whole special
on YouTube (enter the YouTube
channel name “broadwaycom” in
the search box). Many of the inter-
views have been individually post-
ed for easy viewing on YouTube
(same channel).
Jewish highlights of the show
include composer Andrew Lloyd
Webber singing “Happy Birthday”
to composer Stephen Sondheim
and Sondheim singing “Happy
Birthday” back to Webber as
Sondheim washed his hands
for 20 seconds. March 22 was
Webber’
s 72nd birthday and
Sondheim’
s 90th birthday; Idina
Menzel, 48 (Frozen), talked from
her kitchen, noting that she was
“going a bit bonkers.” It was a
very personal interview that you’
d
never see on a regular talk show.
Composer Alan Menken (Lion
King, Beauty & the Beast), 70,
played a medley of his hits on
his home piano; Sarah Jessica
Parker, 55, and hubbie, Matthew
Broderick, 58, were charming
as they talked about family and
career stuff (they were about to
open in a Broadway revival of
Plaza Suite when Broadway the-
aters shut down).
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In the new CBS sitcom Broke,
Pauley Perrette (Jackie) greets
her estranged sister Natasha
Leggero (Elizabeth) and her
husband Jamie Camil (Javier).
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