Jerry Adler (born February 4, 1929) is an American theatre director,
and producer, and television and film actor. He is perhaps best known
for his work as Herman "Hesh" Rabkin on The Sopranos and as Howard
Lyman on The Good Wife.Adler was born and raised in Brooklyn, New
York, the son of Pauline and Philip Adler, who was a general manager
of the Group Theatre. His great-uncle was a Yiddish theater actor
Jacob Pavlovich Adler, whose children Stella and Luther Adler were his
cousins. He was raised in an observant Jewish household.Adler began
his theatre career as a stage manager in 1950, working on such
productions as Of Thee I Sing and My Fair Lady before becoming a
production supervisor for The Apple Tree, Black Comedy/White Lies,
Dear World, Coco, 6 Rms Riv Vu, Annie, and I Remember Mama, among
others. He made his directing debut with the 1974 Sammy Cahn revue
Words and Music and also directed the 1976 revival of My Fair Lady,
which garnered him a Drama Desk Award nomination, and the ill-fated
1981 musical The Little Prince and the Aviator. He also directed the
1976 play Checking Out.He witnessed his share of flops, including
Drat! The Cat! (which he thought had some nice tunes); a 1976 revival
of Hellzapoppin starring Jerry Lewis ("Awful, terrible man"); and
Richard Rodgers' final musical, I Remember Mama.
and producer, and television and film actor. He is perhaps best known
for his work as Herman "Hesh" Rabkin on The Sopranos and as Howard
Lyman on The Good Wife.Adler was born and raised in Brooklyn, New
York, the son of Pauline and Philip Adler, who was a general manager
of the Group Theatre. His great-uncle was a Yiddish theater actor
Jacob Pavlovich Adler, whose children Stella and Luther Adler were his
cousins. He was raised in an observant Jewish household.Adler began
his theatre career as a stage manager in 1950, working on such
productions as Of Thee I Sing and My Fair Lady before becoming a
production supervisor for The Apple Tree, Black Comedy/White Lies,
Dear World, Coco, 6 Rms Riv Vu, Annie, and I Remember Mama, among
others. He made his directing debut with the 1974 Sammy Cahn revue
Words and Music and also directed the 1976 revival of My Fair Lady,
which garnered him a Drama Desk Award nomination, and the ill-fated
1981 musical The Little Prince and the Aviator. He also directed the
1976 play Checking Out.He witnessed his share of flops, including
Drat! The Cat! (which he thought had some nice tunes); a 1976 revival
of Hellzapoppin starring Jerry Lewis ("Awful, terrible man"); and
Richard Rodgers' final musical, I Remember Mama.
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