Neil Simon's BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS at Lakewood Playhouse

“The Author of ‘The Odd Couple’
Takes You Back to Where It All Began”

Eugene Jerome, standing in for the author, is the narrator and central character. Dreaming of baseball and girls, Eugene must cope with the mundane existence of his family life in Brooklyn: formidable mother, overworked father, and his worldly older brother Stanley. Throw into the mix his widowed Aunt Blanche, her two young (but rapidly aging) daughters and you have a recipe for hilarity, served up Simon-style. This bittersweet memoir evocatively captures the life of a struggling Jewish household where, as his father states: "If you didn't have a problem, you wouldn't be living here."

A Lakewood Playhouse Premier

Parental Advisory:

This play contains some mature language,
and discussion about puberty, that may be inappropriate for younger children