Brighton Beach Memoirs at Vagabond Players

Vagabond Players to Present Free Directing Workshop

Join veteran Baltimore director, Steve Goldklang, for a 2-hour workshop on DIRECTING FOR COMMUNITY THEATRE at Vagabond Players. Learn more about the workshop!

Neil Simon's BROADWAY BOUND Will Continue Vagabond Players 107th Season This Week

Vagabond Players continues its 107th season with Neil Simon's Tony Award-winning comedy hit, BROADWAY BOUND, the poignant and funny conclusion to Brighton Beach Memoirs presented by Vagabond Players in 2020.

BWW Review: A Sure-Footed BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS at Vagabond Players

Neil Simon's indecision about genre in Brighton Beach Memoirs was related to his problem being direct about his parents. A true account would necessarily have revealed their fighting, his father's desertions and infidelities, and the eventual failure of their marriage, and could only have been presented as a tragedy or melodrama. A comedy (and Brighton Beach is formally a comedy) would need to present a sanitized version of what Simon remembered; it would satisfy his audience (which expected comedies) and his parents, but it would also come further from the flavor Simon wanted to present. What we get in consequence is a play in three somewhat inconsistent genres.

The Vagabond Players Present BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS

The Vagabond Players continues its 104th season with Neil Simon's acclaimed Broadway hit, BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS.

The Vagabond Players Present BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS

The Vagabond Players continues its 104th season with Neil Simon's acclaimed Broadway hit, BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS.