Brighton Beach Memoirs - by Neil Simon (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A young boy from Brooklyn comes of age in the first play in Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical "Eugene Trilogy"--followed by <i>Biloxi Blues</i> and <i>Broadway Bound</i>.</b><i><br></i><br>Meet Eugene Jerome and his family, fighting the hard times and sometimes each other--with laughter, tears, and love. It is 1937 in Brooklyn during the heart of the Depression. Fifteen-year-old Eugene Jerome lives in Brighton Beach with his family. He is witty, perceptive, obsessed with sex, and forever fantasizing his baseball-diamond triumphs as star pitcher for the New York Yankees. <p/>As our guide through his "memoirs," Eugene takes us through a series of trenchant observations and insights that show his family meeting life's challenges with pride, spirit, and a marvelous sense of humor. But as World War II looms ever closer, Eugene sees his own innocence slipping away as the first important era of his life ends--and a new one begins. <p/><b>Winner of the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play</b><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for <i>Brighton Beach Memoirs</i></b> <p/>"Humorous and poignant--something to celebrate! Neil Simon's love letter to his past....<i>Brighton Beach Memoirs</i> belongs to the family genre where the passwords are forgive and remember."--<i>Time</i><p>"Neil Simon's richest play."--<i>New York Daily News</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Since 1960, a Broadway season without a <b>Neil Simon</b> comedy or musical has been a rare one. His first play was <i>Come Blow Your Horn</i>, followed by the musical <i>Little Me</i>. During the 1966-67 season, <i>Barefoot in the Park</i>, <i>The Odd Couple</i>, <i>Sweet Charity</i>, and <i>The Star-Spangled Girl</i> were all running simultaneously; in the 1970-71 season, Broadway theatergoers had their choice of <i>Plaza Suite</i>, <i>Last of the Red Hot Lovers</i>, and <i>Promises, Promises</i>. Next came <i>The Gingerbread Lady</i>, <i>The Prisoner of Second Avenue</i>, <i>The Sunshine Boys</i>, <i>The Good Doctor</i>, <i>God's Favorite</i>, <i>California Suite</i>, <i>Chapter Two</i>, the musical <i>They're Playing Our Song</i>, <i>I Ought to Be in Pictures</i>, <i>Brighton Beach Memoirs</i> (which won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play of 1983), <i>Biloxi Blues</i> (which won the Tony Award for Best Play of 1985), and the female version of <i>The Odd Couple</i>. <p/>Mr. Simon began his writing career in television, writing <i>The Phil Silvers Show</i> and Sid Caesar's <i>Your Show of Shows</i>. He also wrote the screen adaptations of <i>Barefoot in the Park</i>, <i>The Odd Couple</i>, <i>Plaza Suite</i>, <i>The Prisoner of Second Avenue</i>, <i>The Sunshine Boys</i>, <i>California Suite</i>, <i>Chapter Two</i>, and <i>I Ought to Be in Pictures</i>. His original screenplays include <i>The Out-of-Towners</i>, <i>The Heartbreak Kid</i>, <i>Murder by Death</i>, <i>The Goodbye Girl</i>, <i>The Cheap Detective</i>, <i>Seems Like Old Times</i>, <i>Only When I Laugh</i>, <i>Max Dugan Returns</i>, and <i>The Slugger's Wife</i>. He received the Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize in 1991 for <i>Lost in Yonkers</i>. He died in 2018.
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