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The first in Neil Simon’s "Eugene Trilogy," accompanied by Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound
Winner of a New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play
Meet Eugene Jerome and his family, fighting the crisis and sometimes each other—with laughter, tears, and love. It really is 1937 in Brooklyn through the heart of the Depression. Fifteen-year-old Eugene Jerome lives in Brighton Beach with his family. He's witty, perceptive, enthusiastic about sex, and forever fantasizing his baseball-diamond triumphs as star pitcher for the New York Yankees. As our guide through his "memoirs," Eugene takes us through some trenchant observations and insights that show his family meeting life's challenges with pride, spirit, and a marvelous love of life. But as World War II looms ever closer, Eugene sees his own innocence slipping away as the first important era of his life ends—and a fresh one begins.
This semiautobiographical classic was adapted into a film by Simon’s longterm professional partner, Gene Saks, who directed, among numerous others, Biloxi Blues, The Odd Couple, Broadway Bound, and Lost in Yonkers.
