Performance Dates
1 June 2001 – 9 June 2001June 2001
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Details
- Playwright
- Neil Simon
- Director
- Julie Blumsky
AddressPrincess May Theatre, cnr Cantonment and Parry Street, Fremantle
Winner of four Tony Awards, including Best Play and the 1991 Pulitzer Prize, this funny and wrenching family drama grapples with the most painful family scar - what happens to children in the absence of love.
Set in the 1940's in 'Yonkers', the story is seen through the eyes of two young boys, sent to live with their forbidding grandmother whilst their recently widowed father seeks work in southern America. Grandmother Kurnitz, a refugee and widow, has steeled her heart against the world, and her coldness and cruelty have crippled her children. The boys' father, Eddie, lacks self-esteem, Aunt Gert suffers from a nervous speech impediment, Uncle Louie is a petty gangster, and Aunt Bella has never quite grown up. But Bella is warm and bubbly, hungry for experience and starved for affection. Her search for love leads her to all the wrong places and an unforgettable, heartrending showdown with her mother. Full of laughter, tears and insight, "Lost in Yonkers" really does prove that magic can happen anywhere.
Set in the 1940's in 'Yonkers', the story is seen through the eyes of two young boys, sent to live with their forbidding grandmother whilst their recently widowed father seeks work in southern America. Grandmother Kurnitz, a refugee and widow, has steeled her heart against the world, and her coldness and cruelty have crippled her children. The boys' father, Eddie, lacks self-esteem, Aunt Gert suffers from a nervous speech impediment, Uncle Louie is a petty gangster, and Aunt Bella has never quite grown up. But Bella is warm and bubbly, hungry for experience and starved for affection. Her search for love leads her to all the wrong places and an unforgettable, heartrending showdown with her mother. Full of laughter, tears and insight, "Lost in Yonkers" really does prove that magic can happen anywhere.
Bookings
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