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Biloxi Blues

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  2w, 6m

Neil Simon

When we last met Eugene Jerome, he was coping with adolescence in 1930's Brooklyn. Here, he is a young army recruit during WW II, going through basic training and learning about Life and Love with a capital 'L' along with some harsher lessons, while stationed at boot camp in Biloxi, Mississippi in 1943.

Biloxi Blues

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 6m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adaptations (Stage & Screen), Period
Accolades
Accolades
  • Winner - 1985 Tony Award for Best Play

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Summary
The second in Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Neil Simon's trilogy which began with Brighton Beach Memoirs and concluded with Broadway Bound.

When we last met Eugene Jerome, he was coping with adolescence in 1930's Brooklyn. Here, he is a young army recruit during WW II, going through basic training and learning about Life and Love with a capital 'L' along with some harsher lessons, while stationed at boot camp in Biloxi, Mississippi in 1943.

History
Biloxi Blues had its world premiere at the Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, California, running from December 8, 1984 to February 2, 1985. It opened on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre on March 28, 1985 and closed on June 28, 1986.
Keywords
ROY SELRIDGE
JOSEPH WYKOWSKI
DON CARNEY
EUGENE MORRIS JEROME
ARNOLD EPSTEIN
SGT. MERWIN J. TOOMEY
JAMES HENNESEY
ROWENA
DAISY HANNIGAN
  • Time Period 1940s / WWII

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"JOYOUS AND UNEXPECTEDLY REWARDING." - The New York Times

"A fine comedy, and another step in the process of making Simon neither so simple, nor so simplistic." - New York Post

"A play that rings with a newer, deeper, sweeter truth." - New York Magazine

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Neil Simon

Neil Simon

American playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon (1927-2018) is widely regarded as one of the most successful, prolific and performed playwrights in theatre history. In addition to Lost In Yonkers, which won a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize, his plays and musicals include Come ...

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