Article: Oy, Vaudeville.(New York Notebook)(Brief Article)

NY During the Jewish mafia's prohibition-era heyday, a shlammer was a thug who let his fists do the talking. In Dan Froot's Shlammer, at Dance Theater Workshop, March 30-April 2, New York mobster-cum-Catskill-circuit star "Daddy" Kleinman (played by Tony Abatemarco) does the talking--and kvetching--as he battles wits and wiles with Froot over what it means to be a man--in particular a Jewish man. Froot's effervescent comedic and musical ...

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