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BETRAYAL By Harold Pinter to Open at Sea View Playwright's Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 2, 2024

Opening the weekend of December 6, 2024, Sea View Playwright's Theatre in Staten Island, NY presents Betrayal, by Tony Award and Nobel Prize winning playwright Harold Pinter. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Lake Worth Playhouse to Hold Auditions for BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 3, 2024

Lake Worth Playhouse will hold auditions for BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS. Learn how to audition!

Review: BROADWAY BOUND at Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg
by Andrea Stephenson - Aug 24, 2024

Broadway Bound is touching and humorous, and the right cast and director can create a beautiful tapestry that will have audiences laughing one moment and bringing them to silent reflection the next. Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg has just the right cast, crew, and director to bring this play to life.

Neil Simon's BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS Opens January 12 At St. Dunstan's Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 19, 2023

St. Dunstan's Theatre will present Neil Simon's beloved classic, 'Brighton Beach Memoirs,' from January 12 to 27, 2024.

Review: NEIL SIMON'S BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS at Susquehanna Stage
by Jason Davis - Feb 19, 2023

What did our critic think of NEIL SIMON'S BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS at Susquehanna Stage?

BWW Review: BROADWAY BOUND at Beck Center For The Arts
by Roy Berko - Sep 12, 2021

A native New Yorker, Neil Simon is recognized as Broadway's King of Comedy. Following his very successful 1961 production of COME BLOW YOUR HORN, Simon's name on a script basically meant instant box office sell-outs during the era from 1960-1980, the Great White Way's era of comic plays.

PLAY OF THE DAY! Today's Play: BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS by Neil Simon
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 6, 2020

During this time when productions all over the world have been put on pause, we are coming together to celebrate plays that have left their mark on theater history. This week we will be focusing on the plays of Neil Simon. Today's play, Brighton Beach Memoirs!

BWW Spotlight Series: Meet Dana Weisman, A Musical Theatre Actor Who Longs to Get Back Onstage ASAP
by Shari Barrett - Apr 24, 2020

With the current theatre world on hiatus, I have created a Spotlight Series on Broadway World which features interviews with some of the many talented artists who make our Los Angeles theatre community so exciting and vibrant thanks to their ongoing contribution to keeping the Arts alive in the City of the Angels. And just like all of us, I wondered how they are dealing with the abrupt end of productions in which they were involved. This Spotlight focuses on Dana Weisman, a musical theatre actor who longs to get back on the stage and entertain audiences as soon as possible!

BWW Review: BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS at Alhambra Theatre And Dining
by Jordan Higginbotham - Oct 2, 2019

Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs began performances September 18, and audiences are thoroughly enjoying it! The play follows the Jerome/Morton family living in Brighton Beach in 1937. Our narrator is Eugene Jerome (Evan Gray), who addresses the audience to fill us in on gaps we may not know. We follow multiple stories within this family that are captivating and filled with humor and emotion.

BWW REVIEW: BROADWAY BOUND Provides An Insight Into Post War New York As A Young Comedy Writer Shares His Story Of Life In Brooklyn
by Jade Kops - Nov 25, 2018

Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical BROADWAY BOUND shares his journey from the familial home to his dream career as part of Broadway's entertainment industry. 

BWW Review: BROADWAY BOUND Shares Truthful Tales from the Simon Brothers Early Break Into Show Business
by Shari Barrett - Oct 22, 2018

Directed by Howard Teichman for the West Coast Jewish Theatre at the Miles Memorial Playhouse in Santa Monica on a beautifully detailed split-level set designed by Kurtis Bedford and lit by Ellen Monocroussos, Neil Simon's classic took on a more emotional dedication from the cast with Simon's passing on August 26, 2018 during the show's rehearsal process. But even though Teichman keeps the pace moving along at a steady pace, running at almost 3 hours with very little laughter, the play, though extremely well written and performed, does seem a bit long and drawn-out as there certainly were moments when it could have ended much sooner and still been as effective.

Photo Flash: First Look at BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS, Opening Tonight at Virginia Rep
by BWW News Desk - Jul 15, 2016

Virginia Repertory Theatre celebrates the opening of Brighton Beach Memoirs tonight, July 15, at Hanover Tavern, 13181 Hanover Courthouse Road. The show runs through Sunday, August 28. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Virginia Rep's BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS to Open Next Week at Hanover Tavern
by BWW News Desk - Jul 15, 2016

Virginia Repertory Theatre announces the opening of Brighton Beach Memoirs today, July 15 at Hanover Tavern, 13181 Hanover Courthouse Road.

Virginia Rep's BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS to Open Next Week at Hanover Tavern
by BWW News Desk - Jul 9, 2016

Virginia Repertory Theatre announces the opening of Brighton Beach Memoirs on Friday, July 15 at Hanover Tavern, 13181 Hanover Courthouse Road.

Village Players of Birmingham Stage BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS, Now thru 2/1
by BWW News Desk - Jan 16, 2015

The New Year is often a time of reflection and remembrance. It's timely then that the Village Players of Birmingham presents Brighton Beach Memoirs, a memory play that is reflective of young Neil Simon's own life. Playing today, Jan.16 - Feb. 1, 2015.

Village Players of Birmingham to Stage BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS, 1/16-2/1
by BWW News Desk - Jan 14, 2015

The New Year is often a time of reflection and remembrance. It's timely then that the Village Players of Birmingham presents Brighton Beach Memoirs, a memory play that is reflective of young Neil Simon's own life. Playing Jan.16 - Feb. 1, 2015.

BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS Opens at Town Players Tonight, 7/6
by BWW News Desk - Jul 6, 2012

BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS, the semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon, opens tonight, July 6 at Town Players. This coming-of-age comedy focuses on Eugene Jerome (Evan Thompson, Mamaroneck NY), a Jewish teen growing up in 1937 Brooklyn, as he experiences puberty, sexual awakening and a search for identity as he deals with his family.

BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS Opens at Town Players, 7/6
by BWW News Desk - Jun 16, 2012

BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS, the semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon, opens July 6 at Town Players.This coming-of-age comedy focuses on Eugene Jerome (Evan Thompson, Mamaroneck NY), a Jewish teen growing up in 1937 Brooklyn, as he experiences puberty, sexual awakening and a search for identity as he deals with his family.

BWW Reviews: Circle Players' BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS Comes Vividly To Life Via Focused Performances
by Jeffrey Ellis - Mar 16, 2012

Directed with care and attention to detail by Johnny Peppers, who is quickly becoming the go-to guy for Simon shows in Nashville (just prior to the opening of Circle's Brighton Beach Memoirs, his production of Barefoot in the Park for Franklin's Pull-Tight Players closed), the play features young Will Butler as the play's nominal lead-and stand-in for Simon himself, upon whose life the richly drawn characters and situations are derived-Eugene Morris Jerome, a 15-year-old Polish American Jewish boy living in Brooklyn with his parents, his brother, his aunt and her two daughters.

TV: The Broadway Babies of BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS at The Old Globe
by Audra Stafford - Nov 2, 2010

The Old Globe Theatre in San Diego is currently featuring Tony and Pulitzer Award winner Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical plays, BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS and BROADWAY BOUND. The plays follow the life of Eugene Morris Jerome from the foibles of youth in late-1930s Brooklyn to a career as a comedy writer for radio. Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound are performed in a rotating repertory schedule. BroadwayWorld reporter Audra Stafford recently caught up with the 'Broadway Babies' of BRIGHTON BEACH, Austyn Myers and Allie Trimm.