Lakewood Playhouse Opens BILOXI BLUES Next Week
By: Julie Musbach Sep. 04, 2019
The Lakewood Playhouse presents the OPENING SHOW of our 81st ANNIVERSARY SEASON - BLIOXI BLUES! The sequel to last year's Hit BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS, and the second part of Neil Simon's Autobiographical Trilogy, this installment sees his alter ego, Eugene Morris Jerome, sent to Boot Camp in Biloxi, Mississippi during the early years of World War II.
The Play will be performed on Fridays, Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 2:00pm. Performances will be September 13ththrough October 6th with two Special "Pay What You Can" Showings at 8:00pm on Thursday, September 12th and 19th. OurTicket Prices are $27.00 (General Admission), $24.00 (Military & Seniors) and $21.00 (Students/Educators).
in the Lakewood Playhouse's thrust configuration with seating facing the stage as well on both of its sides. This production of "BILOXI BLUES" will drop you right into the middle of Part Two of Neil Simon's autobiographical trilogy: the portrait of a young army recruit during WW II, going through basic training and learning about Life and Love with a capital 'L' along with some harsher lessons, while stationed at boot camp in Biloxi, Mississippi in 1943.
BILOXI BLUES will be directed by John Olive, who helmed last year's production of BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS and who also served as the Playhouse's very first Managing Artistic Director in the early 1980s!
The Production Features a number of New, and Returning, Local Actors including : Drew Bates (Returning as Eugene from year's BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS), Ethan Penland (Hennesey), Lucas Gomez (Wyckowski), Cassie Jo Fastabend (Daisy), Devan Malone (Rowena), George Blanchard (Epstein), Travis Martinez (Selridge), Aaron Mohs-Hale (Carney) and John Munn (Sgt.Toomey).
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When we last met Eugene Jerome, he was coping with adolescence in 1930's Brooklyn. Here, he is a young army recruit during WW II, going through basic training and learning about Life and Love with a capital 'L' along with some harsher lessons, while stationed at boot camp in Biloxi, Mississippi in 1943.
A Lakewood Playhouse Premier
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