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'Brighton Beach Memoirs' is now just a memory

Linda Winer

Winer is chief theater critic and arts columnist for Newsday,

This was supposed to be my Save "Brighton Beach Memoirs" column.

I had heard that - despite many glowing reviews and a few big lukewarm ones - this extraordinary revival was doing poorly at the box office. I really loved director David Cromer's subtly darkened revival of Neil Simon's Depression-era comedy-drama. So it seemed like one of those rare times to use this space to shout through the...

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