Novelist Eric Weiss, critically celebrated but unsuccessful, "arrives" when his new, autobiographical novel becomes a best-seller. An outsider all his life, he is suddenly on the inside of everything: town cars, television studios, the Sunday book review. But as his career takes off, his personal life stutters.
His father lies ill in Maimonides Hospital, Jewish Brooklyn's version of the river Styx, wondering when Eric will produce his first grandchild. His former friends and neighbors in Brooklyn celebrate his success while simultaneously being suspicious about his attitude toward them–in life and in his novel. And his success, rather than oiling the waters of his marriage, troubles them for him and his writer-wife.
The play premiered on Broadway at the Biltmore Theatre on January 13, 2005, in previews and officially on February 3, 2005,[4] and closed on March 27, 2005, after 62 performances and 23 previews. The SCR cast reprised their roles, except that Polly Draper took the role of Nina. Adam Arkin was nominated for the 2005 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Actor in a Play.[5] The play was nominated for the 2005 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Broadway Play.
Ben Brantley, in his review for The New York Times, wrote: "...has the courage to confront head-on the predictability of the midlife crisis it portrays....Brookyn Boy, smoothly directed by Daniel Sullivan and acted with fine-grained conviction by a cast led by Adam Arkin, may indeed be Mr. Margulies's most personally heartfelt work. But while this comic drama is steeped in an admirably humble and often touching spirit of acceptance, it seldom does what first-rate plays must do and what Mr. Margulies has achieved repeatedly before: it does not make the familiar seem fresh.".[6]
ReferencesEdit
^Hernandez, Ernio. "World Premiere of Donald Margulies' Broadway-Bound 'Brooklyn Boy' Begins in CA, Sept. 3" February 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, September 2, 2004
^" Brooklyn Boy at the SCR" scr.org, accessed January 20, 2014
^Perlmutter, Sharon. "Regional review" talkinbroadway.com, accessed January 20, 2014
^Jones, Kenneth. Donald Margulies' 'Brooklyn Boy' Opens on Broadway Feb. 3" April 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, February 3, 2005
^" Brooklyn Boy Listing" ibdb.com, accessed January 20, 2014
^Brantley, Ben. "Theater Review.'Brooklyn Boy'" The New York Times, February 4, 2005
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brooklyn, australian, bagel, bakery, bagels, play, american, playwright, donald, margulies, play, premiered, 2004, south, coast, repertory, then, broadway, 2005, contents, plot, characters, productions, references, external, linksplot, editnovelist, eric, weis. For the Australian bagel bakery see Brooklyn Boy Bagels Brooklyn Boy is a play by American playwright Donald Margulies The play premiered in 2004 at South Coast Repertory and then on Broadway in 2005 Contents 1 Plot 2 Characters 3 Productions 4 References 5 External linksPlot EditNovelist Eric Weiss critically celebrated but unsuccessful arrives when his new autobiographical novel becomes a best seller An outsider all his life he is suddenly on the inside of everything town cars television studios the Sunday book review But as his career takes off his personal life stutters His father lies ill in Maimonides Hospital Jewish Brooklyn s version of the river Styx wondering when Eric will produce his first grandchild His former friends and neighbors in Brooklyn celebrate his success while simultaneously being suspicious about his attitude toward them in life and in his novel And his success rather than oiling the waters of his marriage troubles them for him and his writer wife Characters EditEric Weiss Manny Weiss Eric s father Ira Zimmerman an old school friend Nina Eric s wife Alison a young university student Melanie Fine a movie producer Tyler Shaw a young actorProductions EditBrooklyn Boy is Margulies first work for the stage since winning the Pulitzer Prize for Drama with his Dinner with Friends Tony Award winning director Daniel Sullivan who directed South Coast Repertory s production of Dinner with Friends returned to South Coast Repertory Costa Mesa California to direct the world premiere of Brooklyn Boy This was a co production by South Coast Repertory and the Manhattan Theatre Club and was commissioned by SCR and developed at the company s 2003 Pacific Playwrights Festival The play ran from September 10 2004 to October 10 2004 1 The cast starred Adam Arkin as Eric Weiss Allan Miller as his father Manny and Dana Reeve as his wife Nina Arye Gross and Ari Graynor also appeared 2 3 The play premiered on Broadway at the Biltmore Theatre on January 13 2005 in previews and officially on February 3 2005 4 and closed on March 27 2005 after 62 performances and 23 previews The SCR cast reprised their roles except that Polly Draper took the role of Nina Adam Arkin was nominated for the 2005 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Play 5 The play was nominated for the 2005 Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding New Broadway Play Ben Brantley in his review for The New York Times wrote has the courage to confront head on the predictability of the midlife crisis it portrays Brookyn Boy smoothly directed by Daniel Sullivan and acted with fine grained conviction by a cast led by Adam Arkin may indeed be Mr Margulies s most personally heartfelt work But while this comic drama is steeped in an admirably humble and often touching spirit of acceptance it seldom does what first rate plays must do and what Mr Margulies has achieved repeatedly before it does not make the familiar seem fresh 6 References Edit Hernandez Ernio World Premiere of Donald Margulies Broadway Bound Brooklyn Boy Begins in CA Sept 3 Archived February 1 2014 at the Wayback Machine playbill com September 2 2004 Brooklyn Boy at the SCR scr org accessed January 20 2014 Perlmutter Sharon Regional review talkinbroadway com accessed January 20 2014 Jones Kenneth Donald Margulies Brooklyn Boy Opens on Broadway Feb 3 Archived April 8 2011 at the Wayback Machine playbill com February 3 2005 Brooklyn Boy Listing ibdb com accessed January 20 2014 Brantley Ben Theater Review Brooklyn Boy The New York Times February 4 2005External links EditPlaybill listing at playbillvault com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Brooklyn Boy amp oldid 1159421553, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
