Brighton Beach Memoirs Died So American Theater Could Live
Posted on | November 2, 2009 | No Comments
I love Brighton Beach Memoirs. I believe it is a sincerely underrated play dismissed by snooty old/dead theater critics who consider Neil Simon a sitcom writer.
I have exceedingly fond memories of the play; performing monologues from it in the 7th grade was the highlight of my acting career.
I was thrilled when I heard that David Cromer, the best director in American theater, thought the same about Brighton Beach Memoirs. I was thrilled that Cromer’s Broadway revival got excellent reviews.
But if its failure causes Broadway producers to stop pandering to the blue-haired crowd with straight plays, it may be the best thing to have happened to American theater in decades.
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Tags: american theater > brighton beach memoirs > broadway > neil simon > old people > Producers > theater criticism
Tags: american theater > brighton beach memoirs > broadway > neil simon > old people > Producers > theater criticism
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