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Brighton Beach Memoirs

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Brighton Beach Memoirs is a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon, the first chapter in what is known as his Eugene trilogy. [1]

70 relations: Adolescence, Ahmanson Theatre, Alexandra Socha, Anita Gillette, Autobiography, Željko Ivanek, Biloxi Blues, Blythe Danner, Bob Dishy, Brighton Beach, Brighton Beach Memoirs (film), Broadway Bound, Broadway theatre, Brooklyn, Chicago Sun-Times, Comedy, Coming of age, Curran Theatre, David Cromer, Dennis Boutsikaris, Dick Latessa, Doug McKeon, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, Elizabeth Franz, Elizabeth Perkins, Eugene trilogy, Fisher Stevens, Fourth wall, Frank Rich, Gene Saks, Gracie Bea Lawrence, Great Depression, Jessica Hecht, Jews, Jodi Thelen, Jon Cryer, Jonathan Silverman, Josh Grisetti, Josh Hamilton, Joyce Van Patten, Judith Ivey, Laurie Metcalf, Lisa Waltz, Mandy Ingber, Matthew Broderick, Nederlander Organization, Nederlander Theatre, Neil Simon, Neil Simon Theatre, ..., New York Drama Critics' Circle, Noah Robbins, Patricia Zipprodt, Patrick Breen, Peter Michael Goetz, Piper Laurie, Playbill, Poland, Puberty, Richard Rodgers Theatre, Robert Sean Leonard, Roger Ebert, Santino Fontana, Stanley Tucci, Tharon Musser, The New York Times, Theatre World Award, Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Expand index (20 more) »

Adolescence

AdolescenceMacmillan Dictionary for Students Macmillan, Pan Ltd.

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Ahmanson Theatre

The Ahmanson Theatre is one of the four main venues that comprise the Los Angeles Music Center.

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Alexandra Socha

Alexandra Socha (born April 10, 1990) is an American actress who made her Broadway debut in the rock musical Spring Awakening in May 2008.

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Anita Gillette

Anita Gillette (born August 16, 1936) is an American actress.

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Autobiography

An autobiography (from the Greek, αὐτός-autos self + βίος-bios life + γράφειν-graphein to write) is a self-written account of the life of oneself.

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Željko Ivanek

Željko Ivanek (né Šimić-Ivanek;;; born August 15, 1957) is a Slovenian-American actor, known for his role as Ray Fiske on Damages, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award.

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Biloxi Blues

Biloxi Blues is a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon.

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Blythe Danner

Blythe Katherine Danner Paltrow (born February 3, 1943) is an American actress.

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Bob Dishy

Bob Dishy (born January 12, 1934) is an American actor of stage, film, and television.

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Brighton Beach

Brighton Beach is an oceanside neighborhood in the southern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, along the Coney Island peninsula.

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Brighton Beach Memoirs (film)

Brighton Beach Memoirs is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Gene Saks, written by Neil Simon, and starring Jonathan Silverman and Blythe Danner.

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Broadway Bound

Broadway Bound is a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon.

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Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre,Although theater is the generally preferred spelling in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many Broadway venues, performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations use the spelling theatre.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous borough of New York City, with a census-estimated 2,648,771 residents in 2017.

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Chicago Sun-Times

The Chicago Sun-Times is a daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Comedy

In a modern sense, comedy (from the κωμῳδία, kōmōidía) refers to any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, television, film, stand-up comedy, or any other medium of entertainment.

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Coming of age

Coming of age is a young person's transition from being a child to being an adult.

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Curran Theatre

The Curran Theatre, located at 445 Geary Street between Taylor and Mason Streets in the Theatre District of San Francisco, California was opened in February 1922, and was named after its first owner, Homer Curran.

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David Cromer

David Cromer (born October 17, 1964) is an American theatre director and stage actor.

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Dennis Boutsikaris

Dennis Boutsikaris (born December 21, 1952) is an American character actor who has won the Obie Award twice.

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Dick Latessa

Richard Robert Latessa (September 15, 1929 – December 19, 2016) was an American stage, film, and television actor.

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Doug McKeon

Doug McKeon (born June 10, 1966) is an American actor, director and screenwriter who first achieved notability as a juvenile performer in the television series The Edge of Night and the films Uncle Joe Shannon (for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award), On Golden Pond, Night Crossing and Mischief.

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions.

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions.

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Elizabeth Franz

Elizabeth Franz (born June 18, 1941) is an American stage and television actress.

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Elizabeth Perkins

Elizabeth Ann Perkins (born November 18, 1960) is an American actress.

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Eugene trilogy

The Eugene Trilogy refers to three plays written by Neil Simon, the "quasi-autobiographical trilogy" Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound.

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Fisher Stevens

Fisher Stevens (born Steven Fisher; November 27, 1963) is an American actor, director, producer, and writer.

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Fourth wall

The fourth wall is a performance convention in which an invisible, imagined wall separates actors from the audience.

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Frank Rich

Frank Hart Rich Jr. (born June 2, 1949) is an American essayist, liberal / progressive op-ed columnist and writer notable for having held various positions within The New York Times from 1980 to 2011, and a producer of television series and documentaries at HBO.

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Gene Saks

Gene Saks (November 8, 1921 – March 28, 2015) was an American stage, film director, and actor.

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Gracie Bea Lawrence

Gracie Bea Lawrence is an American actress.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

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Jessica Hecht

Jessica Hecht (born June 28, 1965) is an American actress and singer, known for numerous Broadway appearances and TV roles.

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Jews

Jews (יְהוּדִים ISO 259-3, Israeli pronunciation) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and a nation, originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The people of the Kingdom of Israel and the ethnic and religious group known as the Jewish people that descended from them have been subjected to a number of forced migrations in their history" and Hebrews of the Ancient Near East.

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Jodi Thelen

Jodi Thelen (born June 12, 1962) is an American actress.

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Jon Cryer

Jonathan Niven Cryer (born April 16, 1965) is an American actor, screenwriter, television director, and film producer.

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Jonathan Silverman

Jonathan Elihu Silverman (born August 5, 1966) is an American actor.

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Josh Grisetti

Josh Grisetti (born December 1, 1981) IMDb.com is an American actor who works in theatre, television and film.

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Josh Hamilton

Joshua Holt Hamilton (born May 21, 1981) is an American former professional baseball outfielder.

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Joyce Van Patten

Joyce Benignia Van Patten (born March 9, 1934) is an American stage, film, and television actress, best known for the wry, astringent, and neurotic characters she portrays.

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Judith Ivey

Judith Lee Ivey (born September 4, 1951) is an American actress and theatre director.

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Laurie Metcalf

Laura Elizabeth "Laurie" Metcalf (born June 16, 1955) is an American actress.

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Lisa Waltz

Lisa Waltz is an American actress who has had roles in many television shows and who played Nora in the film adaptation of Brighton Beach Memoirs.

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Mandy Ingber

Mandy Ingber (born late 1960s), sometimes credited as Amanda Ingber, is a yoga instructor and a former actress.

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Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is an American actor, stage actor and singer.

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Nederlander Organization

The Nederlander Organization, founded in 1912 by David T. Nederlander in Detroit, and currently based in New York City, is one of the largest operators of legitimate theatres and music venues in the United States.

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Nederlander Theatre

The David T. Nederlander Theatre (formerly the Billy Rose Theatre and National Theatre, commonly shortened to the Nederlander Theatre) is a 1,232-seat Broadway theater located at 208 West 41st Street, in New York City.

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Neil Simon

Marvin Neil Simon (born July 4, 1927) credited as Neil Simon, is an American playwright, screenwriter and author.

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Neil Simon Theatre

The Neil Simon Theatre, formerly the Alvin Theatre, is a Broadway venue built in 1927 and located at 250 West 52nd Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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New York Drama Critics' Circle

The New York Drama Critics' Circle is made up of 19 drama critics from daily newspapers, magazines and wire services based in the New York City metropolitan area.

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Noah Robbins

Noah Robbins is an American actor.

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Patricia Zipprodt

Patricia Zipprodt (February 24, 1925 – July 17, 1999) was an American costume designer.

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Patrick Breen

Joseph Patrick Breen (born October 26, 1960) is an American actor, playwright and screenwriter.

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Peter Michael Goetz

Peter Michael Goetz (born December 10, 1941) is an American actor.

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Piper Laurie

Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs; January 22, 1932) is an American stage and screen actress known for her roles in the films The Hustler (1961), Carrie (1976), and Children of a Lesser God (1986), all of which brought her Academy Award nominations.

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Playbill

Playbill is a monthly U.S. magazine for theatregoers.

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Poland

Poland (Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country located in Central Europe.

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Puberty

Puberty is the process of physical changes through which a child's body matures into an adult body capable of sexual reproduction.

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Richard Rodgers Theatre

The Richard Rodgers Theatre is a Broadway theater located at 226 West 46th Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue, in New York City.

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Robert Sean Leonard

Robert Lawrence Leonard (born February 28, 1969), better known by his stage name Robert Sean Leonard, is an American actor.

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Roger Ebert

Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author.

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Santino Fontana

Santino Fontana (born March 21, 1982) is an American actor and singer, widely known for playing Greg on the television show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and for voicing Prince Hans in the 2013 Disney animated film Frozen.

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Stanley Tucci

Stanley Tucci (born November 11, 1960) is an American character actor, writer, producer, and film director.

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Tharon Musser

Tharon Musser (January 8, 1925 – April 19, 2009) was an American lighting designer who worked on more than 150 Broadway productions.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Theatre World Award

The Theatre World Award is an American honor presented annually to actors and actresses in recognition of an outstanding New York City stage debut performance, either on Broadway or off-Broadway.

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Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play

The Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play has been given since 1960.

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Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play

The Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actors for quality supporting roles in a Broadway play.

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Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play

The Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actresses for quality supporting roles in a Broadway play.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_Beach_Memoirs

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