Bea Lawrence

During this time when productions all over the world have been put on pause, we are coming together to celebrate plays that have left their mark on theater history. This week we will be focusing on the plays of Neil Simon. Today's play, Brighton Beach Memoirs!

Santino Fontana is this year's recipient of the 2010 Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS.

A look back at some of the most exciting curtain calls of 2009!

The Arts Effect NYC, the New York City-based award-winning arts development organization, will launch OPERATION: GIRL POWER! with guest host The View's Sherri Shepherd. This one-day-only event for tween girls features an afternoon of free acting, writing, and blogging classes followed by a Girl Power Party.

The Arts Effect NYC, the New York City-based award-winning arts development organization, will launch OPERATION: GIRL POWER! with guest host The View's Sherri Shepherd. This one-day-only event for tween girls features an afternoon of free acting, writing, and blogging classes followed by a Girl Power Party.

As previously reported. The Neil Simon Plays' Brighton Beach Memoirs closed on Sunday, November 1st at the Nederlander Theatre. Its sister production, Broadway Bound, scheduled to open later this month, was cancelled.

THE NEIL SIMON PLAYS will close today, Sunday, November 1st at the Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street).

BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS, the first of THE Neil Simon PLAYS will close Sunday, November 1st. Directed by David Cromer, BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS opened on Sunday, October 25th at the Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street). BROADWAY BOUND, which was scheduled to join BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS in repertory on November 18th, 2009 has been cancelled.

BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS, the first of THE Neil Simon PLAYS will close Sunday, November 1st. Directed by David Cromer, BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS opened on Sunday, October 25th at the Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street). BROADWAY BOUND, which was scheduled to join BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS in repertory on November 18th, 2009 has been cancelled.

A provisional closing notice has been posted for THE NEIL SIMON PLAYS for this Sunday, November 1 at the Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street). The notice can be taken down at any time and no final decision on closing will be made until Monday, November 2, when a statement will be issued.

Theater Talk, a weekly expose of American theater that airs on PBS Friday nights (PBS/Thirteen) and 5 times weekly on CUNY TV will feature Broadway heavyweights Michael Korie, Arthur Perlman, Neil Simon and more in it's upcoming broadcasts this fall.

BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS, the first of THE Neil Simon PLAYS, directed by David Cromer, opened on Sunday, October 25th at the Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street). BROADWAY BOUND will join BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS in repertory on November 18th, 2009. BroadwayWorld and Broadway Beat were on hand and bring you these highlights and interviews with the cast and creative!

THE Neil Simon PLAYS are the first Broadway revivals of two of Neil Simon's beloved Eugene Morris Jerome plays, Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound, directed by David Cromer. Brighton Beach Memoirs opened Sunday, October 25th at the Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street). Broadway Bound joins Brighton Beach Memoirs in repertory on November 18th, with an official opening night set for Thursday, December 10th.

BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS, the first of THE Neil Simon PLAYS, directed by David Cromer, opened last night, Sunday, October 25th at the Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street). BROADWAY BOUND will join BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS in repertory on November 18th, 2009.

THE NEIL SIMON PLAYS are the first Broadway revivals of two of Neil Simon's beloved Eugene Morris Jerome plays, Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound, directed by David Cromer. Brighton Beach Memoirs opened last night at the Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street). Broadway Bound joins Brighton Beach Memoirs in repertory on November 18, with opening night on Thursday, December 10.

BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS, the first of THE Neil Simon PLAYS, directed by David Cromer, opened last night, Sunday, October 25th at the Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street). BROADWAY BOUND will join BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS in repertory on November 18th, 2009.

BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS, the first of THE Neil Simon PLAYS, directed by David Cromer, opened last night, Sunday, October 25th. BROADWAY BOUND will join BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS in repertory on November 18th, 2009.

THE Neil Simon Plays are the first Broadway revivals of two of Neil Simon's beloved Eugene Morris Jerome plays, Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound, directed by David Cromer. Brighton Beach Memoirs opens tonight, Sunday, October 25 at the Nederlander Theatre. Broadway Bound joins Brighton Beach Memoirs in repertory on November 18, with opening night on Thursday, December 10

Neil Simon gave a wide-ranging interview to the New York Times earlier this week, in which he discusses his nerves about the dual revivals of Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound which are being revived in repertory for the first time since the 1980s when the productions first opened.

BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS, the first of THE Neil Simon PLAYS, directed by David Cromer, opens tonight, Sunday, October 25. BROADWAY BOUND will join BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS in repertory on November 18, 2009.