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Brighton Beach Memoirs was one of the longest running plays of Broadway in the 1980s. The smashing success of this play commenced a golden era for Neil Simon. Soon, everyone was all praise for the amusing and touching tale of the playwright's adolescence years, his early career life, and his family life between 1930s and 1940s in New York.

Brighton Beach Memoirs revolves around Eugene Morris Jerome, who is a Jewish teen and lives with his extended family in a crammed home space in the Brighton Beach area of Brooklyn in the year 1937. Eugene's family consists of his old father Jack, his arrogant mother Kate, his elder brother Stanley, and his mother's widowed sister Blanche, along with her daughters Laurie and Nora.

Eugene spends most of his time daydreaming about a great baseball career. But, as life is not all rosy dreams, he must also participate in his family's struggles. Along with this, there is this unexplored feeling for the opposite sex that he must deal with in his teenage, and also pay attention to unveiling his budding writing talent.

In short, Brighton Beach Memoirs talks about those teenage years when you struggle to build your identity, cope up with the various infatuations that strike you off guard, and at the same time, keep up with the expectations of your family.

Originally, this play opened at the Alvin Theatre on March 27, 1983. It played 1299 performances then. Unbelievable it may sound, but during the performances, the Alvin Theatre was named as The Neil Simon Theatre.

The cast of the play includes Noah Robbins in the lead role as Eugene Jerome, Laurie Metcalf as Kate Jerome (Eugene's mother), Dennis Boutsikaris as Jack Jerome (Eugene's father), Santino Fontana playing Eugene's elder brother Stanley Jerome, and Jessica Hecht as the widowed sister Blanche. It also stars Gracie Bea Lawrence and Alexandra Socha playing the roles of Laurie and Nora (Blanche's daughters), respectively.

Brighton Beach Memoirs is not the only play by Neil Simon that is woven in a splendid narration of events and keeps the audience glued to their seats. His second play titled “Broadway Bound” is also one of the longest running plays and oozes the same amount of charisma.

No doubt, both the plays are extensively appreciated masterpieces of Broadway. And now, they are here to intrigue you at the Nederlander Theatre. It is time to log online and book tickets to get the best seats. Do not miss the finesse of the artists because of the last minute cramped corner seats without a clear view.

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The choice is yours, but do not miss Broadway's golden baby - Brighton Beach Memoirs! Al writes many articles about concert events around the country including ways to locate Brighton Beach Memoirs Tickets and Show News for fans. His resources include news and events about the show and different ways to find information on Brighton Beach Memoirs tickets for sale and news online.

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