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SHOW DATES April 27, 28, May 3, 4, 5, 11, 12 at 8:00 p.m. May 6 at 2:00 p.m
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An American classic, by an
American classic.
BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS is
the first of Neil Simon's trilogy of autobiographical plays that
appeared on Broadway and the big screen. Simon's Pulitzer Prize
winner, this nostalgic comedy set in Brooklyn in 1937 introduces us to
Simon's alter ego, the irrepressible Jewish adolescent, Eugene Jerome.
Fifteen-year-old Eugene
lives in a tiny house in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, with his father,
his mother, his older brother, and his widowed aunt and her two
daughters. As war clouds gather over Europe, the Jerome's fight their
own Simonesque battles over money, living space, and desire: Aunt
Blanche can't find the right man; Dad is sick and can't work; brother
wants to see the world; and Mom is trapped in the kitchen. As for
Eugene, he just wants to get along with everyone, and, perhaps, learn
about naked girls.
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