Right now, Eugene is dealing with the awkwardness that comes with being a boy on the cusp of puberty. It will, of course, since Eugene is Simon’s stand-in. The affable Zambito earnestly delves into Eugene’s longings - his passion for baseball and his dream to be a writer though he isn’t quite sure how that will work. Despite its post-Depression/pre-WWII era, Brighton Beach Memoirs dovetails the concerns of families in the 21 st century, including living pay check to pay check, how a war will affect the home front, extended family, immigration and bigotry.Īt the center of Brighton Beach Memoirs is Eugene, the 15-year-old ebullient narrator. ![]() The tight cast effortlessly maneuvers the pathos beneath the humor with each actor understanding the emotional vagaries of their characters. The bursting-at-the-seams household also includes Kate’s widowed sister Blanche Morton (Margery Lowe) and her daughters Laurie (Alexa Lasanta) and Nora (Krystal Millie Valdes). Set in Brooklyn during 1937, Brighton Beach Memoirs looks at the Jerome family headed by Jack and Kate Jerome, played by real-life husband and wife Avi Hoffman and Laura Turnbull, and their sons Eugene (Anthony Zambito) Stanley (Alex Walton). Far removed from the broad comedy in his other plays such as Come Blow Your Horn, Brighton Beach Memoirs and the others in the trilogy finds its character-driven humor in a realistic look at family life and its daily challenges including dysfunction and economics. While each play in the trilogy features Simon’s quick wit, they also are his more serious comedies. Brighton Beach Memoirs is one of Simon’s autobiographical plays, part of his Eugene Trilogy, that also include Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound. ![]() Barry Lewis with a first-class cast of mostly South Florida actors, the Maltz production hits all the high notes of Neil Simon’s incisive script, first produced in 1983. It’s also the place where every family dynamic plays out - love, resentment, growing pains, conflict, chaos, worry and secrets - as shown in the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s superb production of Brighton Beach Memoirs, running through March 8. ![]() Home is the place where they have to take you in, to paraphrase Robert Frost. Anthony Zambito as Eugene turns from the family dinner to talk to the audience in Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s Brighton Beach Memoirs / Photos by Zak Bennett
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