For Joe Rosen, a flame of emotion from birth, his life has been the proverbial cliché, caught between the rock and the hard place. The rock—a self-imposed angst that he not only is gay in a Jewish household, but his gayness has evolved in to feelings for his long time friend, Brad Rosatti. The hard place—a toxic hovering mother, Betsey Rosen that he never seems able to please. Now add to this boiling stewpot that Joe, a non-made man, has to take over the family business after his father’s assassination, and you can see his life is set to blow into gales of hilarity at any moment!
Joe’s father, Bernie, has an estate that would rival many others. It comes complete with the headaches of one scrap metal recycling plant, several side businesses of questionable origin, and of course, the responsibility of presiding over five major East Coast mafia families. Bundle that all up with a red ribbon detail that someone is trying to bump off Joe, and you will see why this radically innovative, comedy/noir has been raved about and tagged by major critics as, “The Sopranos© meet The Bird Cage©.”