Actor Mike Burstyn to Host Saturday Night at the Movies
 An acclaimed star of of stage and screen, Mike Burstyn will host JLTV's
Saturday Night at the Movies. The weekly feature film will be expanded to add Mike's comments
about the actual movie airing as well as general/Jewish film and stage
comments. Born in New York to a famed family of Yiddish
actors, Mike Burstyn first walked out on stage at New York's National
Theatre at the age of three, stole the show from his father and hasn't
looked back since. He has enjoyed a unique international career
entertaining audiences on stage, screen and television, in nightclubs
and on concert stages throughout the world. "The Komediant," a
documentary about Mike and his family, won the Israeli Oscar. Mike's
parents were the ultimate stars of the Yiddish Theatre - Lillian Lux
and Pesach Burstyn.
Mike starred in a National tour garnering
raves as Al Jolson in the musical "Jolson" (see above). He
won his 1st Outer Critics Circle Award nomination starring as Mike Todd
in the Broadway musical "Ain't Broadway Grand" and his first Drama Desk
Award nomination for his portrayal of Mayer Rothschild in the
critically acclaimed Off-Broadway revival of "The Rothschilds." Mike
starred on Broadway as P.T. Barnum in the Tony Award winning musical
"Barnum." He is the winner of two Israeli "Oscars" for his legendary
screen portrayal of Kuni Leml, a kind of Israeli Forrest Gump. The
Israel Cinematheque saluted his achievements in the Israeli film
industry by honoring him at a special ceremony in 1997. Mike also
hosted and starred in his own TV variety show in Holland, "The Mike
Burstyn Show," which was rated among the ten most popular shows in The
Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. |
