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Title: Lost in Yonkers (Plume Drama) by Neil Simon ISBN: 0-452-26883-4 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: May, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (9 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Fine if you like Neil Simon
Comment: Start with a colorful group of Jewish characters, add a desperate financial situation, throw in some unfullfilled dreams and a couple old resentments, and wackiness ensues.
The dialog has some good laughs, but most are at the expense of the credibility of the characters. The action seems to be driven more by Simon's attempt to make the characters "colorful" rather than any deeper meaning. Aunt Gert's overly-contrived speech impediment, introduced early for a cheap laugh, grows tiresome when she appears in the second act. The ending is intended for heart-warming closure, but rang false for me.
I listened to the play on CD. The accents on the recording seem forced and cartoonish to me. If you don't already like other work by Neil Simon, I would steer clear of this one.
Rating: 5
Summary: Recommended to the legions of Neil Simon enthusiasts
Comment: One of Neil Simon's classic dramas, Lost In Yonkers is set in 1942 Yonkers, New York and centers on Jay and Arty, two boys (ages 13 and 16) who must spend one year with their rather austere and quite demanding grandmother while war rages in Europe. Here is a family of memorable and eccentric characters that can be identified within most families and assortments of kinfolk. The Los Angles Theatre Works cast under the direction of John Rubinstein does full justice in this radio play adaptation of Neil Simon's Pultizer Prize and Tony Award-winning play. This superbly recorded audiobook edition of Lost In Yonkers is very highly recommended to the legions of Neil Simon enthusiasts and fans.
Rating: 4
Summary: Lost in Yonkers
Comment: Lost in Yonkers is a play by Neil Simon. I gave it four stars because it's and easy to read, easy to understand, interesting book. It's a story about two young boys, Artie and Jay and their father Eddie. The boys mother dies of cancer and the family is left without any money and very much in debt. Eddie had spent all of their money trying to keep their mother alive. He owed money and didn't have a job. He only had one option. To leave his children with their strict, and non-affectionate grandmother, and their challenged aunt, while he leaves in search for a job. The children beg their father not to leave them, but he feels he has no other choice. So Eddie leaves for 10 months and the children struggle to get along with their grandmother. They think of running away with their uncle who is trying to escape from the mob. The only way they have contact with their father is through letters. Some of their obstacles include having to work in their grandmothers store so that they can eat dinner. Having to get up and eat bad soup when they're sick. To help their uncle in not letting the mob know where he is. They have to deal with two very strange aunts. They also have to suffer when they make mistakes. They are not allowed to cry. These children hardly get a normal childhood. Throughout the many challenges in this story, you are bound to get hooked.
I am very interested in seeing this as a play. I was very impressed with the liveliness of each of the characters. They were so easy to visualize, I almost felt as if I was them while I was reading this story. I think that seeing this as a play would be interesting because I have my idea on how the characters look and act, I wonder what they will look like in a play. And for the animation this story holds I give it four out of five stars. Go find out for yourself.
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Title: Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon ISBN: 0452275288 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: November, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title:Lost in Yonkers ASIN: B000065U1R Publisher: Columbia Tristar Hom Pub. Date: 11 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $22.46 |
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Title: The Collected Plays of Neil Simon by Neil Simon ISBN: 0452258707 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: November, 1986 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers: The Illustrated Screenplay of the Film by Neil Simon, Martha Coolidge, Ray Stark ISBN: 1557041717 Publisher: Newmarket Press Pub. Date: June, 1993 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Chapter Two by Neil Simon ISBN: 0573607567 Publisher: Samuel French Inc Pub. Date: 1996 List Price(USD): $6.25 |
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