To install click the Add extension button. That's it.

The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. You could also do it yourself at any point in time.

How to transfigure the Wikipedia

Would you like Wikipedia to always look as professional and up-to-date? We have created a browser extension. It will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the WIKI 2 technology.

Try it — you can delete it anytime.

Install in 5 seconds
4,5
Kelly Slayton
Congratulations on this excellent venture… what a great idea!
Alexander Grigorievskiy
I use WIKI 2 every day and almost forgot how the original Wikipedia looks like.
Live Statistics
English Articles
Improved in 24 Hours
Added in 24 Hours
Languages
Recent
Show all languages
What we do. Every page goes through several hundred of perfecting techniques; in live mode. Quite the same Wikipedia. Just better.
Great Wikipedia has got greater.
.
Leo
Newton
Brights
Milds

Biloxi Blues

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For the film based on this play, see Biloxi Blues (film).
Biloxi Blues
Written byNeil Simon
Characters
  • Roy Selridge
  • Joseph Wykowski
  • Don Carney
  • Eugene Morris Jerome
  • Arnold Epstein
  • Sgt. Merwin J. Toomey
  • James Hennesey
  • Rowena
  • Daisy Hannigan
Date premieredDecember 8, 1984
Place premieredAhmanson Theatre, Los Angeles
Original languageEnglish
SeriesEugene Trilogy:
SubjectA Jewish boy from Brooklyn undergoes basic Army training in the Deep South
GenreComedy
SettingBiloxi, Mississippi, 1945

Biloxi Blues is a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon. It portrays the conflict of Sergeant Merwin J. Toomey and Arnold Epstein, one of many privates enlisted in the military stationed in Biloxi, Mississippi, seen through the eyes of Eugene Jerome, one of the other soldiers. This play is the second chapter in what is known as his Eugene trilogy, following Brighton Beach Memoirs and preceding Broadway Bound. The play won the Tony Award for Best Play, and Barry Miller won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as Arnold Epstein.

YouTube Encyclopedic

  • 1/5
    Views:
    17 499
    179 002
    66 275
    6 594
    1 146
  • Biloxi Blues (1988) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
  • Biloxi Blues Ho Ho Scene
  • Biloxi Blues Official Trailer #1 - Christopher Walken Movie (1988) HD
  • Biloxi Blues (1988)
  • Acting Class - Biloxi Blues

Transcription

Plot overview

The story begins with 18-year-old Eugene Morris Jerome from Brooklyn, who is drafted into the United States Army during World War II and is sent to Biloxi, Mississippi for basic training. There he meets a diverse assortment of soldiers, including the gentle and intelligent Arnold Epstein, who is the play's central figure. The piece portrays Epstein's struggle for power with middle-aged, hard-drinking platoon leader Sergeant Merwin J. Toomey. In a memorable scene, Epstein manages to force Toomey to perform two hundred push-ups in front of the platoon.

Production

Biloxi Blues had its world premiere at the Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, California, running from December 8, 1984 to February 2, 1985.[1] It then ran at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco from February 6 through March 9, 1985.[2]

Biloxi Blues opened on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre on March 28, 1985 and closed on June 28, 1986 after 524 performances and 12 previews. Directed by Gene Saks, the cast starred Barry Miller as Arnold and Matthew Broderick as Eugene. Scenic Design was by David Mitchell, costume design by Ann Roth, and lighting design by Tharon Musser. Emanuel Azenberg served as producer in association with Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre.[3][4]

Opening cast

Sources:Internet Broadway Database;[3] The New York Times[4]

Notable replacements

Matthew Broderick was succeeded by Bruce Norris, Zach Galligan, William Ragsdale, and Jonathan Silverman. Jamey Sheridan replaced William Sadler as Sgt. Toomey.

Response

Frank Rich wrote: "Besides being extremely funny, Biloxi Blues is Mr. Simon's first serious attempt to examine his conscience as an artist and a Jew."[5]

Awards and nominations

Source: Tony Awards at BroadwayWorld,[6] Playbill[7]

Film adaptation

Main article: Biloxi Blues (film)

A 1988 film adaptation was directed by Mike Nichols. The cast starred Broderick as Eugene, with Christopher Walken (Sgt. Toomey), Matt Mulhern (Wykowski), Corey Parker (Epstein), Markus Flanagan (Selridge), Casey Siemaszko (Carney) and Penelope Ann Miller (Daisy).[8] [9] Reprising their stage roles in the movie were Broderick, Miller, and Mulhern.

References

  1. ^ "Ahmanson Production History" centertheatregroup.org (webcache), accessed April 12, 2012
  2. ^ "BroadwaySF Season History 1985" broadwaysf.com, accessed February 18, 2023
  3. ^ a b "'Biloxi Blues'" Internet Broadway Database, accessed April 12, 2012
  4. ^ a b Rich, Frank. "Stage: 'Biloxi Blues,' Simon's New Comedy" The New York Times, March 29, 1985
  5. ^ Rich, Frank. "Stage View; Once Again, Theater Was A Place For Wonder" The New York Times, December 29, 1985
  6. ^ "Tony Awards, 1985" Archived 2012-04-19 at the Wayback Machine broadwayworld.com, accessed April 12, 2012
  7. ^ Playbill " 'Biloxi Blues' Broadway" Playbill, October 18, 2017
  8. ^ Ebert, Roger. Biloxi Blues Archived 2012-09-29 at the Wayback Machine suntimes.com, March 25, 1988
  9. ^ Canby, Vincent. "Review/Film; Film: Simon's 'Biloxi Blues,' Coming of Age in the Army" The New York Times, March 25, 1988

External links

This page was last edited on 6 April 2024, at 20:03
Basis of this page is in Wikipedia. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported License. Non-text media are available under their specified licenses. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. WIKI 2 is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wikimedia Foundation.
Contact WIKI 2
Introduction
Terms of Service
Privacy Policy