Kunyaka ophelileyo, nini Iqela labadlali (TAG) bafake isicelo kuSamuel French, oyena mntu ukhokelayo kwihlabathi lokunika ilayisenisi yemidlalo kunye nomculo, ukuvelisa "iMemori yaseBrighton Beach" kaNeil Simon eBrad Power Theatre eHonolulu, bengenalo nofifi lokuba lo mboniso uza kufaneleka kangakanani na ngoMatshi, 2022. Brighton Beach Memoirs is malunga nentsapho yamaYuda eyayinezalamane ePoland xa uHitler wayehamba nempambano yakhe ehlasela amanye amazwe. Yayilixesha lokungaqiniseki, naphakathi kokudodobala kwezoqoqosho eUnited States.
I-Brighton Beach Memoirs yi-opus yokuqala ye-trilogy. Yi-semi-autobiographical yeminyaka yokufikisa kaNeil Simon eNew Jersey. Andizange ndiwubone lo mdlalo, nangona ndingumgxeki wethiyetha iminyaka engama-20. Ndacinga ukuba iBrighton Beach lelona ndiya kulo eNgilani, apho uKumkani uGeorge IV wakha iRoyal Pavilion yakhe. Kuyavela ukuba olu Lwandle lwaseBrighton yindawo yaseBrooklyn, ekwabizwa ngokuba yi "Little Odessa" ngenxa yokuthontelana kweembacu zamaJuda ezivela e-Odessa, eUkraine, nakwiindawo ezingqongileyo, emva kokuba iSoviet Union yabatshutshisa.
Utyelelo lwam lokugqibela kwi-TAG yayingethuba lewaka leminyaka xa uFran noWayne Ward babebonisa “iMelika! I-Patchwork Quilt. Uninzi lweemveliso kule minyaka ingamashumi amabini idlulileyo zikhokelwa nguMlawuli woBugcisa uBrad Powell, kwaye ngoku indawo yeqonga inegama lakhe. Ndiyayithanda iTheatre yaseBrad Powell ngenxa yobudlelwane obusondeleyo-esona sizathu sinye sokuba ndikhethe iWest End yaseLondon ngaphezu kwethiyetha yesitalato sama-42. Ekubeni isoka lam elidala liyinxalenye yentsapho yakwaNederlander, ndibe nethamsanqa lokuba namathuba okubona imidlalo kwiindawo ezininzi ezahlukeneyo, kwaye izicwangciso ezisondeleyo zazihlala ndizithandayo.
I-Brighton Beach Memoirs libali elihonjisiweyo likaNeil Simon, obizwa ngokuba nguEugene kulo mdlalo. U-Eugene uboniswa nguMickey Graue, odlale uZach kwiziqendu ezisibhozo zothotho lukamabonakude oluthi "Lost." Akukho mfuneko yokuba ndikuxelele ukuba intsebenzo yakhe yayingenasiphako, i-CV yakhe iyathetha ngokwayo. Umama kaMickey, u-Becky Maltby, naye owayengumdlali weqonga, wadlala indima ka-Anti uBlanche. Umdlalo wamahlaya wawulawulwa nguJoyce Maltby, kwaye umncedisi womlawuli yayinguMelinda Maltby. Omnye unokugqiba ukuba kukho inqanawa yetalente kwintsapho yaseMaltby. Utata kaMickey nguDennis Graue, owayeyinkokeli yeqela likaDon Ho.
UDo Ho sisizathu sokuba ndihlale eHawaii.
Ndandidla ngokufika ekhaya ndivela esikolweni yonke imihla emini emaqanda ndize ndibukele umboniso kaDon Ho kuABC owasasazwa ngo-1976 ukusa kowe-1977. Ebudeni bezo nyanga zibandayo zobusika e-Indiana, ngakumbi xa kwakungaphantsi kweqanda, ndandizifungela, ngehuka okanye crook, ngenye imini ndiya kuphila eHawaii. Kwaye ngogolly, ndenze iphupha lam libe yinyaniso.
U-Eugene, eBrighton Beach Memoirs, ukwintanga enye endandiyiyo xa ndandibukele uDon Ho. U-Eugene uyayithanda into afuna ukuba yiyo xa ekhulile. Usapho lukaEugene luhlala kwindawo ekumgangatho ophakathi. U-Eugene uphupha ngokubaleka ubomi bakhe bemihla ngemihla aze abe ngumdlali webaseball. Andazi ukuba kunjani ukuba ngumdlali webaseball oqeqeshiweyo, kodwa isithandwa sam sangaphambili, uBryan Clutterbuck, wayenephupha elifanayo, kwaye waphelela ekubeni ngumdlali webhola ekhatywayo weMilwaukee Brewers. Kamva, waqeshwa yiDetroit Tigers. Ndiyazi ukuba kunjani ukuphupha ngekamva. U-Eugene akazange abe ngumdlali we-baseball, kodwa uye waba nguNeil Simon, kwaye waphumelela ukutyunjwa kwe-Oscar kunye ne-Tony Award ngaphezu kwakhe nawuphi na umbhali kwimbali. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba uNeil Simon wayekrelekrele ngokwenza iphupha lika-Eugene lijolise kwicala leembaleki, kuba abantu abaninzi banokunxulumana noko - ngokuqinisekileyo bangaphezulu kwenani lolutsha oluphupha ngokuphumelela ibhaso lePulitzer.
Ndiyavuya kuba akufuneki ndibhale umbono wokuqala weBrighton Beach Memoirs. Iphumelele amaBhaso amabini kaTony, kwaye oko kuyazithethela. UBill Bullard wakhe wathi, “Uluvo lolona hlobo luphantsi lolwazi lomntu. Akufuni kuphendula, akukho ukuqonda. Olona lwazi luphakamileyo luvelwano, kuba lufuna ukuba siyeke ukuzingca size siphile kwihlabathi labanye abantu.”
UJoyce Maltby woyisile kumzamo wokufumana uvelwano. Wenze imveliso esithutha ngokulula kwihlabathi losapho lakwaJerome. Nangona ndingazange ndibe nentlupheko, uJoyce usibonisa ukuba kunjani ukuhlwempuzeka, ukufaka isidima kunye novelwano kwischema, njengoko uKant ebeya kuyibiza. Abadlali benza ukuba ibali liphile, linengxelo ebhalwe ngokugqibeleleyo kangangokuba nabani na wayenokuba novelwano ngenxa yoloyiko olu sapho lwamaYuda olwalujamelene nalo ngexesha likaHitler kunye neThe Great Depression.
Andisoze ndifunde i-playbill ngaphambili, kuba andifuni ukuba ithathele ingqalelo indlela endisabela ngayo kwintsebenzo.
Ebudeni bobomi bam, ndiye ndathandana namaYuda ambalwa aseNew York, kwaye ndamangaliswa ukuba “uJack Jerome” wayifekethisa njani intetho yakhe. UJack Jerome wayengoyena mlinganiswa ukholelekayo kulo mdlalo. Wayehamba, ethetha, equlathe i-physique du rôle egqibeleleyo. Njengoko kuvela, uSteven Katz uvela eNew York.
Le mveliso ye-TAG iyahambelana, phantse ngokumangalisayo, kunye nohlaselo lwaseRussia lwaseUkraine. Sibona i-Jeromes ixhalabele izalamane zabo eMpuma Yurophu. Ngaloo minyaka, kwakungekho mabonakude okanye i-intanethi yokusibonisa okwenzekayo imihla ngemihla. Ngoku, iplanethi yonke iyaziqinisa, izibuza ukuba uhlaselo lwase-Ukraine luza kuzala iMfazwe yeHlabathi yeSithathu na.
Emva komdlalo, kwabakho ukukhanya okuqaqambileyo kwiholo enkulu yeziko laseDole Cannery. Umhlobo wethu, uRobert Canino, olivolontiya kunye ne-TAG, uhlale nathi kwaye wabonisa indlela akuthanda ngayo ukusebenzela iBrad Powell Theatre. Ibiyimbono yakhe ukuba siye eBrighton Beach Memoirs, kwaye siyazi ukuba unengqondo entle.
Ngo-1983 uNeil Simon waba nguye kuphela umbhali wemidlalo yeqonga ophilayo ukuba nethiyetha yaseNew York, iNeil Simon Theatre, eyathiywa ngembeko yakhe, emva kokuchongwa kukaTony ali-17 kunye nokuphumelela oku-3. Ngesinye isikhathi, wayenemiboniso emine eyimpumelelo eqhuba kwi-Broadway ngexesha elinye. Kuyimfuneko ukubona uNeil Simon edlala, njengombandela wokwazi inkcubeko yaseMelika. Lo msebenzi uhambelana nebhili, okanye i-playbill, ukuba ndingatsho.
Ithiyetha yeBrad Powell kulula ukufikelela kuyo ukusuka eWaikiki. Indlela yebhasi engama-20 imisa kanye phambi kwethiyetha. I-TAG ngumbutho wama-501(c)(3) owaziwayo ngokumanyeneyo ongajonge nzuzo.
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INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- 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.
