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BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS – Kentwood Players at the Westchester Playhouse

Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze For good reason, playwright Neil Simon has been loved by the theatergoing public for decades. For even better reason, his “Brighton Beach Memoirs” is widely considered to be among his best plays. Read more… Now…

BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS at Torrance Theatre Company

Dany Margolies – Arts In LA Widely considered the best of writer Neil Simon’s well-made plays, Brighton Beach Memoirs—about a Jewish family in 1930s Brooklyn—has landed in the South Bay through Dec. 19 at Torrance Theater Company. But can this Southern…

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