Moroccan-French Comedian Gad Elmaleh… Photo Credit: Caroline Lessire
In France, he’s huge, performing in arenas for thousands of fans. Elmaleh describes his style as a combination of physical and observational comedy. He’s often been compared to Jerry Seinfeld. In fact, he played the voice of Seinfeld’s character in “Bee Movie”
But Gad Elmaleh recently left fame, fortune, and French behind to pursue a stand-up career in the US in English for literally a fistful of dollars.
His new show, “Oh My Gad” opens in New York City this January.
It’s the culmination of a dream that he spoke about last year with Seinfeld in the web series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.”
“My dream is to be able one day to go on stage in English in a comedy club here and to do my thing in English.” Original Posting by By Nina Porzucki
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