By: Neil SimonDirected by: Scott PhelpsWhen: April 22nd thru May 24thWhere: 300 S. Waukegan Road, Lake Forest, IL 60045Run time: 1 hours 50 minutesAbout: Part one of Neil Simons autobiographical trilogy: a portrait of the writer as a young teen in 1937 living with his family in a crowded, lower middle-class Brooklyn walk-up. Eugene Jerome must cope with the mundane existence of his family life in Brooklyn: formidable mother, overworked father, and his worldly older brother Stanley. Throw into the mix his widowed Aunt Blanche, her two young (but rapidly aging) daughters and you have a recipe for hilarity, served up Simon-style. This bittersweet memoir evocatively captures the life of a struggling Jewish household where, as his father states "if you didn't have a problem, you wouldn't be living here."
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Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Paramount Theatre (11/12 - 1/11) | |
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RCSA presents A Cripple Creek Christmas Carol
Raue Center For The Arts (11/21 - 12/7) | |
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Anthony Rapp: Home for the Holidays
Lookingglass Theatre Company (12/17 - 12/20) | |
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Amadeus
Steppenwolf Theatre Company (11/6 - 1/4) | |
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Miracle on South Division Street
Citadel Theatre (11/14 - 12/14)
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Jingle Belles Comedy
Raue Center For The Arts (12/11 - 12/11) | |
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A Soulful Motown Christmas Holiday Cabaret
Harris Theater (12/13 - 12/13) CONCERT HOLIDAY SHOW | |
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A Carpenters Christmas
Raue Center For The Arts (12/10 - 12/10) | |
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Hamilton
CIBC Theatre (3/4 - 4/26) | |
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The House That Will Not Stand
Windy City Playhouse (10/28 - 12/14)
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A Black Ensemble Holiday Spectacular 2025
Black Ensemble Theater (11/29 - 12/21) | |
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Fiddler On The Rood
Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse (4/29 - 6/27) | |
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SIX
CIBC Theatre (12/2 - 12/14) | |
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