New York City
Brighton Beach Memoirs
$12.00 - $15.00
Brighton Beach Memoirs is the first of playwright Neil Simon’s unofficial “autobiographical trilogy” (it was followed by Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound). The main character Eugene is Neil Simon’s alter ego, who lives in 1937 Brooklyn with his parents, older brother Stanley, aunt, and female cousins. Much is made of Eugene’s burgeoning sexual self-awareness and his father’s efforts to support his huge extended family on his meager salary.