With the talented and sexy cantor Philip Casnoff getting a major supporting role in Maxwell's new Broadway musical (music by guest Burt Bacharach) the stage is set for the Jewish community from Sylvia's temple to be upset when he decides to leave.
Getting the lead after a sudden tragedy turns the genuinely sweet Casnoff into a major diva and makes Sylvia a ton of enemies for taking away the biggest attraction they've ever had, the type that makes even the elderly Jewish ladies swoon just as they had in 1944 with Frank Sinatra.
Having played Sinatra in the TV miniseries, Casnoff is truly talented, especially after playing the villainous rival of James Read in the "North and South" miniseries. This is an exaggerated class of Jewish culture 101 with some very amusing references that helped non-Jewish viewers pick up some of the lingo.
Getting the lead after a sudden tragedy turns the genuinely sweet Casnoff into a major diva and makes Sylvia a ton of enemies for taking away the biggest attraction they've ever had, the type that makes even the elderly Jewish ladies swoon just as they had in 1944 with Frank Sinatra.
Having played Sinatra in the TV miniseries, Casnoff is truly talented, especially after playing the villainous rival of James Read in the "North and South" miniseries. This is an exaggerated class of Jewish culture 101 with some very amusing references that helped non-Jewish viewers pick up some of the lingo.
