‘A semi-autobiographical coming-of-age comedy about family, laughter, challenges , tears and  love’

The play explores themes of growing up, love, family conflicts and economic difficulties for the two families living together in a crowded house at Brighton Beach in 1937. The first of a trilogy by Neil Simon follows Eugene Jerome as he navigates adolescence, puberty and family life during the pre-World War II era in Brooklyn.  The bittersweet memoir evocatively captures the life of a struggling household of immigrants.