About this Event
PCC Mainstage Theater presents “Brighton Beach Memoirs” -
by Neil Simon;
Directed by Sandra Massie
Seven performances:
Friday, May 29 - Saturday, June 6
Show times: 2:00pm Matinee, and 7:30pm Evening
Center for the Arts Theater - CA 135
An autobiographical portrait of the writer, Neil Simon, as a young teen in 1937, living with his family in a crowded, lower middle-class Brooklyn walk-up. 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."
"There’s no romanticized gloss on the view of family life; the bonds are intense and unbreakable, yet they come through with all the wrinkles of real life." ~ Variety
About the Author -
Neil Simon -
American playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon (1927-2018) is widely regarded as one of the most successful, prolific and performed playwrights in theatre history. In addition to Lost In Yonkers, which won a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize, his plays and musicals include Come Blow Your Horn, Little Me, Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, Sweet Charity, The Star-Spangled Girl, Plaza Suite, Promises, Promises, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, The Gingerbread Lady, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, The Sunshine Boys, The Good Doctor, God's Favorite, California Suite, Chapter Two, They're Playing Our Song, I Ought to Be in Pictures, Fools, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, The Odd Couple (female version), Broadway Bound, Rumors, Jake's Women, The Goodbye Girl, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, London Suite, Proposals, Hotel Suite, The Dinner Party, 45 Seconds from Broadway, Oscar and Felix, and Rose's Dilemma.
Brighton Beach Memoirs is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
www.concordtheatricals.com
This performance is presented to satisfy a portion of the requirements for Technical Theater (THRT 12A), Theater Rehearsal and Performance (THRT 029), Stage Techniques (THRT 030), and/or Fundamentals of Stage Lighting (THRT 041).
-Content notice: This play is intended for an adult audience and it may contain adult language and situations. Recommended for mature audiences only.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Center for the Arts Theater - Pasadena City College (CA 135), 1570 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, United States
USD 10.00 to USD 17.07
