Brighton Beach Memoirs - Civic Theater

I've seen this movie, the one from the late 80's/90's a few times. It's a new school american classic.  But i've never seen the stage play. Set in the late 1930's, it seemed to be a long time ago, like things were different. Trade the plasma tv/ xbox for a radio but actually not much else. 

Then and now, siblings have complicated relationships. In tough times parents have to work many jobs. There is worry about war and peace in the world.  Everyone has a drunk uncle and an odd neighbor. And all a nearly-15-year-old boy really wants to do is to see a girl naked.

The boy, also wants to be a writer, is really smart, quick witted, and really can be a pain in the ass. The play is seen through his writing from his "memoirs".  It's reality television before it's time, showing all of the family's business through first person narrative.

The set was convincing and looked really sparse with the various time specific props.
It's packed neatly into a realistic house on the theater stage.

Throughout it becomes clear that everyone has some growing up to do around the interactions and the politics behind them in the family.