Brighton Beach Memoirs By Neil Simon

Neil Simon

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In Neil Simon's darkly funny memoir of his family in 1930's Brooklyn, fourteen-year-old Eugene is preoccupied by his passion for the Yankees and his lust for his beautiful cousin, Nora. Eugene's comic growing pains contrast with the darker issues troubling his family: poverty, illness, and the growing Nazi threat to relatives in Europe.

Simon creates a Brooklyn full of memorable characters, humor, and truth. This production was recorded before a live audience at KCRW Studios in Santa Monica in June of 1993 and directed by Gordon House.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.