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Lost in Yonkers
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Feb 17, 2010
Closed Mar 14, 2010
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Paper Mill will warm your heart this winter with Neil Simon's entertaining and thought-provoking classic Lost in Yonkers. Often proclaimed as Neil Simon's best work, this Tony Award-winning and Pulitzer Prize-winning play is a funny and touching portrayal of acceptance, survival, and family dynamics. Set during World War II, brothers Arty and Jay are sent to live with their frightfully intimidating Grandma and sweet but mentally slow Aunt Bella, punctuated by visits from their "gangster" Uncle Louie. This masterwork is an unsentimental examination of lives in an oppressive household, climaxing with a dramatic confrontation between the bitter mother and lonely daughter. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll think. And, in its honest, unerring portrait of a family, you just might recognize your own experience.

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Paper Mill Playhouse
Brookside Dr
Millburn, NJ 07041

Founded in 1934, Paper Mill Playhouse raised the curtain on its first performance in 1938, opening with a production of Spanish playwright Martinez Sierra's The Kingdom of God. Due to a fire in 1980, Paper Mill was forced to close. Like a phoenix, [...] Read More

WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize-winning comedic drama, Lost in Yonkers is now being given an enjoyable revival at the Paper Mill Playhouse as part of a three-city tour, but the show has lost some impact in the two decades since it premiered on Broadway.

In 1991, audiences and critics alike were surprised at how successfully Simon mixed his trademark light humor with the characteristics of a serious memory play. It even touched upon such surprisingly dark themes of survival at any cost, the dysfunctional family, the need to feel loved by a parent, and mental illness.

While Michael Bloom's new production succeeds in nailing all of Simon's one-liners with precise comedic rhythm and overall since[...]


Reviewed by Matt Windman on Feb 23, 2010

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