Lost in Yonkers is a play by Neil Simon. The play won the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
The play premiered on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on February 21, 1991 where it ran for 780 performances and eleven previews. Produced by Emanuel Azenberg and directed by Gene Saks, the cast included Jamie Marsh as Jay, Irene Worth as Grandma, Mercedes Ruehl as Bella, Kevin Spacey as Louie, Lauren Klein as Gert, Danny Gerard as Arty, and Mark Blum...
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Lost in Yonkers is a play by Neil Simon. The play won the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
The play premiered on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on February 21, 1991 where it ran for 780 performances and eleven previews. Produced by Emanuel Azenberg and directed by Gene Saks, the cast included Jamie Marsh as Jay, Irene Worth as Grandma, Mercedes Ruehl as Bella, Kevin Spacey as Louie, Lauren Klein as Gert, Danny Gerard as Arty, and Mark Blum as Eddie.
The play was produced Off-Broadway in a TACT/The Actors Company Theatre production in the first revival in New York since it first opened. It opened at the Beckett Theatre on March 22, 2012.
Lost in Yonkers is a coming of age tale that focuses on Jay Kurnitz. In the beginning, Jay's desperate father, Eddie, works as a traveling salesman to pay off debts incurred following the death of his wife, leaving Jay in the care of his Grandma and Aunt Bella in Yonkers, New York Distraught Jay is also called upon to raise his younger brother...
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