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January 2008
* Sunday performances are at 2:00 pm. |
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Here is part one of Neil Simon's autobiographical trilogy: a portrait of
the writer as a Brooklyn teenager in 1937 living with his family in
crowded, lower-middle-class circumstances. The play captures a few days
in the life of a struggling Jewish household that includes Eugene, his
hard-working father, his sharp-tongued mother, his older and vastly more
experienced brother Stanley, his widowed aunt and her two young daughters.
Family miseries are used to raise such enduring issues as sibling
resentments, guilt-ridden parent-child relationships and the hunger for
dignity in a poverty-stricken world. A deeply appealing play that deftly
mixes drama with comedy.
Caution: Language and topics in this show may not be appropriate for younger audiences. | |