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But 11th Hour Theatre Company has sure got a great spokesperson.

Yesterday's ran a rather long piece called "How Do You Prove You're a Jew?", and while it may seem an unconventional topic for a manners column, I'd like to expound a bit upon it. Have no fear: even if you don't have the time or the inclination to read the original Gershom Gorenberg essay, I'm only using it as a jumping-off point for this column, and I promise not to allude to anything that would only be understood if you did read it.

This week's quote is one we rather like, by none other than David Mamet, who we often don't. It runs in full: "When you come into the theater, you have to be willing to say, 'We're all here to undergo a communion, to find out what the hell is going on in this world.' If you're not willing to say that, what you get is entertainment instead of art, and poor entertainment at that." Now, on with the listings!

This week, we give you another Brecht quote: "From the start it has been the theatre's business to entertain people ... it needs no other passport than fun." Now, on with the listings!

. I knew most of the music, so I just kind of took for granted that I'd actually seen the show. But I was wrong, so somehow, my first-ever viewing of the longest-running musical in history was performed by puppets.

A few days ago, while we were compiling Elite -ist, we noticed an error. See if you can spot it too. (Hint -- it's at the very top of the page and has something to do with the alphabet.) But first, check out what's going on with our sister sites!

Bostonist experiences schadenfreude because of a stupid criminal. We experience schadenfreude every time we listen to the soundtrack.