Photo Flash: Covedale Center Presents BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS
By: Gabrielle Sierra Jan. 25, 2011
The first play in Neil Simon's autobiographical trilogy is a portrait of the playwright as a teen in 1937, living with his family in a lower middle-class Brooklyn walk-up. Eugene Jerome, standing in for the author, is the central character. Dreaming of baseball and girls, Eugene must cope with his mundane family life in Brooklyn - his formidable mother, his 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 household where, as his father states "if you didn't have a problem, you wouldn't be living here."
Cast Includes: Max Meyers (Eugene), Jon Kovach (Stanley), Katie Hibner (Laurie), Tara Williams (Blanche), Grace Liesch (Nora), David Levy (Jack) and Tracy Schoster (Kate) Dennis Murphy, Director
Complete Performance Dates Include:
Thurs. Jan. 27 - Fri. Jan. 28 - Sat. Jan. 29 - Sun. Jan. 30
Wed. Feb. 2 - Thurs. Feb. 3 - Fri. Feb. 4 - Sat. Feb. 5 - Sun. Feb. 6
Performance Times: Thursday - Saturday at 8:00pm, Sunday at 2:00pm.
There will be audio descriptive services on Saturday, January 22nd.
Tickets: $21.00 for Adults, $19.00 for Seniors and Students.
Tickets may be purchased online at www.cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com or by calling the box office at 513 241-6550. For more information, contact the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, (513) 241-6550 or at www.cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com.
Photo credit: Holly Yurchison, Photographer
Jon Kovach, Max Meyers and Tracy Schoster
Jon Kovach and Max Meyers
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