Jerry Seinfeld finds himself a Broadway director

[October 13, 2010]  NEW YORK (AP) -- One word seems to best describe Jerry Seinfeld as a Broadway director: reluctant.

The TV and stand-up star says he started helping his old friend Colin Quinn develop the material for Quinn's one-man show, "Long Story Short," and then got roped into directing.

Says Seinfeld: "I was kind of stuck getting involved with it."

The show debuted off-Broadway this summer and goes to Broadway for an 11-week run starting Oct. 22.

Quinn's show takes audiences through the history of the world in just 75 minutes, highlighting why empires fail. Or, as the former "Saturday Night Live" cast member says: "This show is about how human nature just steps in every time and ruins everything."

[Associated Press]

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