Ngonyaka odlule, nini Iqembu labalingisi (TAG) bafake isicelo kuSamuel French, umnikazi welayisensi yemidlalo nomculo ohamba phambili emhlabeni, ukuze akhiqize “i-Brighton Beach Memoirs” ka-Neil Simon e-Brad Power Theatre e-Honolulu, babengazi ukuthi lolu hlelo luzosebenza kanjani ngoMashi, 2022. I-Brighton Beach Memoirs is mayelana nomndeni wamaJuda owawunezihlobo ePoland lapho uHitler eqala ukuhlasela ehlasela amanye amazwe. Kwakuyisikhathi sokungaqiniseki, naphakathi kwezinxushunxushu zezomnotho e-United States.

I-Brighton Beach Memoirs iyi-opus yokuqala ye-trilogy. I-semi-autobiographical yeminyaka yobusha ka-Neil Simon eNew Jersey. Ngangingakaze ngiwubone lo mdlalo, phezu kokuba ngingumgxeki weshashalazi iminyaka engu-20. Ngacabanga ukuthi iBrighton Beach yiyona engiya kuyo eNgilandi, lapho iNkosi uGeorge IV yakha iRoyal Pavilion yayo. Kuvele ukuthi le Brighton Beach iyindawo eseBrooklyn, eyaziwa nangokuthi "i-Little Odessa" ngenxa yokutheleka kwayo kwababaleki abangamaJuda abavela e-Odessa, e-Ukraine namaphethelo, ngemuva kokuba iSoviet Union ibashushise.

Ukuvakasha kwami kokugcina e-TAG kwakungesikhathi sokuphenduka kwenkulungwane yeminyaka lapho u-Fran noWayne Ward bethula “iMelika! I-Patchwork Quilt. " Imikhiqizo eminingi kule minyaka engamashumi amabili edlule iqondiswe uMqondisi Wezobuciko uBrad Powell, futhi manje ithiyetha inegama lakhe. Ngithanda i-Brad Powell Theatre ngenxa yesimo sayo esiseduze - isizathu esifanayo esenza ngithande i-West End yaseLondon ngaphezu kwamathiyetha angu-42nd Street. Njengoba isoka lami elidala laliyingxenye yomndeni wakwaNederlander, ngaba nenhlanhla yokuba namathuba okubona imidlalo ezindaweni eziningi ezahlukene, futhi izilungiselelo eziseduze zazihlala ziyintandokazi yami.

I-Brighton Beach Memoirs iyindaba ehlotshisiwe kaNeil Simon, ebizwa ngo-Eugene emdlalweni. U-Eugene uvezwe nguMickey Graue, owadlala uZach eziqeshini eziyisishiyagalombili zochungechunge lwethelevishini oluthi “Lost.” Angidingi ukukutshela ukuthi ukusebenza kwakhe bekungenasici, i-CV yakhe iyazikhulumela. Umama kaMickey, u-Becky Maltby, naye ongumlingisi, wadlala indawo ka-Anti uBlanche. Umdlalo wamahlaya ubuqondiswe nguJoyce Maltby, umsizi womqondisi kube nguMelinda Maltby. Umuntu angaphetha ngokuthi kunomkhumbi onethalente emndenini wakwaMaltby. Ubaba kaMickey nguDennis Graue, owayengumholi weqembu likaDon Ho.

UDo Ho uyisizathu sokuthi ngihlale eHawaii.

Ngangivame ukubuya esikoleni nsuku zonke emini futhi ngibukele i-Don Ho Show ku-ABC eyasakazwa ngo-1976 kuya ku-1977. Phakathi nalezo zinyanga zasebusika ezibandayo e-Indiana, ikakhulukazi lapho lingaphansi kweziro, ngangizifungela, ngehuku noma crook, ngelinye ilanga ngiyophila eHawaii. Futhi ngo-golly, ngenze iphupho lami lafezeka.

U-Eugene, e-Brighton Beach Memoirs, cishe ulingana nami ngenkathi ngibuka u-Don Ho. U-Eugene uyazifela ngalokho afuna ukuba yikho lapho esekhulile. Umndeni ka-Eugene uhlala endaweni esezingeni eliphakathi. U-Eugene unamaphupho okubalekela impilo yakhe evamile futhi abe umdlali we-baseball. Angazi ukuthi kunjani ukuba ngumdlali we-baseball okhokhelwayo, kodwa isoka lami langaphambili, uBryan Clutterbuck, waba nephupho elifanayo, futhi wagcina esengumpetha we-Milwaukee Brewers. Kamuva, waqashwa yiDetroit Tigers. Ngiyazi ukuthi kunjani ukuphupha ngekusasa. U-Eugene akakaze abe ngumdlali we-baseball, kodwa waba u-Neil Simon, futhi wawina ukuqokwa kwe-Oscar kanye ne-Tony Award ehlangene kunanoma yimuphi omunye umbhali emlandweni. Ngikholwa ukuthi u-Neil Simon wayehlakaniphile ngokwenza iphupho lika-Eugene liqondiswe kwezokusubatha, ngoba abantu abaningi bangaqonda lokho - ngokuqinisekile mkhulu kunenani lentsha ephupha ngokuwina uMklomelo wePulitzer.

Ngiyajabula ukuthi akudingeki ngibhale umbono wokuqala we-Brighton Beach Memoirs. Iwine amaTony Awards amabili, futhi lokho kuyazikhulumela. UBill Bullard wake wathi, “Umbono uwuhlobo oluphansi kakhulu lolwazi lomuntu. Akudingi ukuziphendulela, akukho ukuqonda. Uhlobo oluphakeme kakhulu lolwazi uzwela, ngoba ludinga ukuba simise ukuzazi kwethu futhi siphile ezweni lomunye.”

UJoyce Maltby uphumelele emzamweni wokuthola uzwela. Wakha umkhiqizo osihambisa kalula emhlabeni womndeni wakwaJerome. Nakuba ngingakaze ngibhekane nobumpofu, uJoyce usikhombisa ukuthi kunjani ukuba mpofu, ufaka isithunzi nozwelo ku-schema, njengoba uKant engakubiza kanjalo. Abadlali benza le ndaba iphile, nendaba ebhalwe kahle kangangokuthi noma ubani angaba nozwela ngokwesaba lo mkhaya wamaJuda owawubhekene nakho phakathi nenkathi kaHitler kanye Nokucindezeleka Okukhulu.

Angisoze ngayifunda incwadi yokudlala ngaphambilini, ngoba angifuni ukuthi icheme ukusabela kwami emsebenzini.

Phakathi nokuphila kwami, ngike ngajola namaJuda ambalwa aseNew York, futhi ngamangala ukuthi “uJack Jerome” wafeza kanjani indlela yakhe yokukhuluma. UJack Jerome wayengumlingisi okholakala kakhulu kulo mdlalo. Wayehamba, ekhuluma, ehlanganisa i-physique du rôle ephelele. Njengoba kwenzeka, uSteven Katz uvela eNew York.

Lokhu kukhiqizwa kwe-TAG kuyafana, cishe ngendlela esabekayo, nokuhlasela kweRussia e-Ukraine. Sibona abakwaJerome bekhathazekile ngezihlobo zabo eMpumalanga Yurophu. Ngaleyo minyaka, yayingekho ithelevishini noma i-inthanethi yokusibonisa okwenzeka usuku nosuku. Manje, iplanethi yonke iyaziqinisa, iyazibuza ukuthi ukuhlasela kwe-Ukraine kuzozala iMpi Yezwe III.

Ngemuva komdlalo, kube nokucwebezela okujabulisayo ehholo elikhulu lesikhungo saseDole Cannery. Umngane wethu, u-Robert Canino, oyivolontiya le-TAG, uhlale nathi futhi wasitshela ukuthi ukuthanda kangakanani ukusebenzela I-Brad Powell Theatre. Bekuwumbono wakhe ukuthi sihambele i-Brighton Beach Memoirs, futhi siyazi ukuthi unokwahlulela okuhle.

Ngo-1983 u-Neil Simon waba ukuphela kombhali wemidlalo yeshashalazi ophilayo ukuba neshashalazi yaseNew York, iNeil Simon Theatre, eyaqanjwa ngokuhlonishwa kwakhe, ngemuva kokuqokwa kukaTony okungu-17 kanye nokuwina kuka-3. Ngesinye isikhathi, waba nemibukiso emine ephumelelayo egijima ku-Broadway ngesikhathi esisodwa. Kuyisidingo ukubona i-Neil Simon idlala, nje kuyindaba yokwazi isiko laseMelika. Lokhu kusebenza kufanelana nebhili, noma i-playbill, uma ngisho.

I-Brad Powell Theatre ifinyeleleka kalula usuka e-Waikiki. Umzila webhasi 20 ume phambi kwetiyetha. I-TAG yinhlangano engu-501(c)(3) eyaziwa ngokombuso engenzi-nzuzo.

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Last year, when The Actors' Group (TAG) applied to Samuel French, the world's leading licensor of plays and musicals, to produce Neil Simon's “Brighton Beach Memoirs” at the Brad Power Theatre in Honolulu, they had no idea how relevant the show would become in March, 2022.
I don't know what it's like to be a professional baseball player, but my former boyfriend, Bryan Clutterbuck, had the same dream, and wound up becoming the pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Since my old boyfriend was part of the Nederlander family, I was fortunate to have opportunities to see plays in many different venues, and the intimate settings were always my favorite.