Brighton Beach Memoirs is a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon, the first chapter in what his known as his Eugene Trilogy. It precedes Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound.
Act 1: Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York, September 1937, 6:30 PM
Act 2: Wednesday, a week later, about 6:30 in the evening
Set in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, New York in 1937, the coming-of-age comedy focuses on Eugene Morris Jerome, a Polish-Jewish teenager who...
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Brighton Beach Memoirs is a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon, the first chapter in what his known as his Eugene Trilogy. It precedes Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound.
Act 1: Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York, September 1937, 6:30 PM
Act 2: Wednesday, a week later, about 6:30 in the evening
Set in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, New York in 1937, the coming-of-age comedy focuses on Eugene Morris Jerome, a Polish-Jewish teenager who experiences puberty, sexual awakening, and a search for identity as he tries to deal with his family, including his older brother Stanley, his parents Kate and Jack, as well as Kate's sister Blanche and her two daughters, Nora and Laurie.
Simon and Saks reteamed for the 1986 film version which starred Jonathan Silverman as Eugene, Margulies, Blythe Danner as Kate, Judith Ivey, Bob Dishy, Stacey Glick as Laurie, and Fyvush Finkel.
A Broadway revival, directed by David Cromer, opened on October 25, 2009, at the Nederlander Theatre. Headlining...
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