description: In 1930's Brooklyn, fourteen-year-old Eugene is preoccupied by his passion for the Yankees and his lust for his beautiful cousin, Nora. His growing pains contrast with the darker issues facing his family: poverty, illness, sibling rivalry, and the growing Nazi threat to relatives in Europe.
language: English
title: Brighton Beach Memoirs
titlecomplete: Brighton Beach Memoirs
genres: Fiction, School, Theatre, Comedy, Plays, Drama, Coming Of Age, Humor, American, Classics
ratings_count: 5164
series: Eugene
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
category: Best Play, awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Drama Desk Award
category: Outstanding New Play
publisher: LA Theatre Works