In Neil Simon’s darkly funny memoir of his family in 1930’s Brooklyn fourteen-year-old Eugene is preoccupied by his passion for the Yankees and his lust for his beautiful cousin Nora. Eugene’s comic growing pains contrast with the darker issues troubling his family: poverty illness and the growing Nazi threat to relatives in Europe. Simon creates a Brooklyn universe full of memorable characters humor and truth. A BBC co-production.<br><br>An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Max Casella Peter Michael Goetz Valerie Harper Alexana Lambros Anna Sophie Loewenberg Jonathan Silverman and Joyce Van Patten.