Brad Zimmerman wrote and stars in this one-man show that is playing at the NSU Art Museum's Art/Horvitz auditorium.

He was a waiter for 29 years and I was one for 38 years and we both are Jewish so I thought this might be a fun show. Upfront I must admit I am not a fan of standup comics or most one-man shows and I thought it was brave of Mr. Zimmerman to book his show from February 1-March 25 doing 6 shows a week.

Reading his credits I was surprised that I haven't heard of him. His show played off-Broadway for 15 months, he has opened shows for Billy Crystal, Gary Shandling and Joan Rivers. He had a role in "The Sopranos" and had taken his show across the country.

He originally came to New York to be an actor but was a waiter for 29 years before he took a lesson in stand-up comedy and decided to pursue a theatre career writing and performing this play.

In my opinion, most of his 80 minutes take place 'yesterday'. He tells many old waiter jokes and talks about old comedians, many who aren't with us anymore, using one-liners that were funny then and are funny now. The Jewish and waiter jokes take up too much of his act while he is more effective talking about his personal life, though even there his 'mother' jokes are mostly cliches.

At the age of 62, Zimmerman could easily pass for late 40s, early 50s, works out and is still trying to get his act together and while this show entertains it is still not a finished piece. He is doing another show called "My Rise to the Middle" which he is doing for one night only on Sunday, March 18, which he bills as a sequel. It might be interesting to see "My Son the Waiter: A Jewish Tragedy" before the 18th and see his progression with "My Rise to the Middle".

For tickets go to www.MySonThe Waiter.com or call 1-855-448-7469

PS As he says on stage and on his web page--he is looking for a date!