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When Caesar Was King: How Sid Caesar Reinvented American Comedy

Barrymore Film Center
Tuesday, June 2, 2026•7:30 PM
In the 1950s, Sid Caesar was the most influential, highly paid and most wildly talented comedian in America, watched every week by more than twenty million people on Your Show of Shows, a variety show filled with hilarious sketches and film spoofs. WRITER DAVID MARGOLICK IN PERSON.
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