Le revoici, le revoilà! Gad Elmaleh repasse au Birchmere, avec un petit changement qui n'est pas négligeable: le comedien fait son show en Anglais!! It's hard enough being funny in your native language, let alone in a foreign one. Seinfeld, for example, was notoriously bad when dubbed in French, and the humour didn't quite translate. And yet, that’s exactly the personal challenge that French funnyman (and Seinfeld BFF) Gad Elmaleh has set for himself. After performing sold-out shows in Washington, DC twice in 2013 (in April and September - you can read my recap from the September show right here), the comedien is back for a third time. This fall, he’ll try to branch out of the ...
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Gad Elmaleh in DC ~ Part Deux
No offense to John Oliver, who was absolutely hilarious when I saw him perform his comedy routine at DC Improv. A lot of his jokes poked fun at what it's like to be a brit (read foreigner) in the United States. A lot of it rang very true. But I'm French, and I think it really takes a French comedian to relate to an audience full of French (and a few Swiss, Senegalese, Algerian, Moroccan, Quebecois...) people to get Gad Elmaleh's jokes last night. And not just because he performed entirely in French... I do feel bad for the one audience member (her name was Cathy) who didn't speak a word of French. She probably didn't think the show was that funny. But everyone else did. Gad's jokes about ...
Back by Popular Demand – Gad Elmaleh in DC
Following his sold out performance in April, French funny man Gad Elmaleh is returning to the D.C. area and to the Birchmere this Septembre. The comedian will kick off and close his fall US tour in New York (September 2, 3 & October 3, 4, 6 and 7). In between those dates, he will make stops in Boston (September 8), Burlington (September 9), Portland (September 11) and Philadelphia (September 12), Washington (September 16, 17, 18) and Miami Beach (September 28). Don't wait too long to get your tickets!! ps: no clue who Gad Elmaleh is? You may recognize him from Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris where he played Détective Tisserant. You can also rent some of the French films he's been in ...
