Comedian Alex Edelman got on Zoom with his hero Denis Leary to talk Boston comedy and saying goodbye to 'Just For Us.'
When it moved to Broadway last summer after successful runs in London, Edinburgh and New York’s own Cherry Lane Theater,was a resounding hit. An uproarious account of the comedian’s infiltration of a white supremacist meeting in Queens, the show found the 35-year-old Edelman working in the illustrious tradition of Jewish comics grappling with their sense of belonging in a world where their proximity to whiteness will only protect them for so long.
EDELMAN: And I went to Comics Coming Home as an early teenager, because I loved the Bruins. But I walked out a comedy fan. LEARY: Yeah, but the thing became so successful that now it’s captured for posterity, right? That voice is always going to be in your head. You probably couldn’t have done this performance without him.
LEARY: Well, I’ll give you some perspective and it’s not necessarily good. My parents are both from Ireland. They came to America on a boat in 1952. The faith and the hope that people would have to get on a boat to come to this country, that’s one great thing. My parents were really liberal and supportive of everybody, especially the civil rights movement. Growing up, my parents always reinforced that.
EDELMAN: There is a great history of solo shows. But the shows that are like, 60 characters—that’s more of a showcase of someone’s acting ability. It’s wonderful, but it’s not me.
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