A Brooklyn-born Jewish man who long ago left his family, friends and faith in search of a career as a successful writer. When he comes back to visit his dying father, he slowly realizes that while he made it out of the neighborhood, the neighborhood never really made it out of him.

Overall, a warm and very funny comedy. Divided into three scenes in Brooklyn and three scenes in Manhattan and Los Angeles, the writer interacts with a wide variety of somewhat cliched characters...the Jewish father and old buddy from the neighborhood, the unfulfilled wife, the Hollywood agent, the fan with stars in her eyes, and the young, blonde Keanu that wants to play the writer in the movie. Individually, these scenes offered some wonderful interaction with great dialogue, and I found myself caught up in what choices the main character was going to make. Unfortunately, at the end, I was asking myself "So what was the point of all that, anyway?"

Bottom line, this is a great choice if you have family coming in for the weekend, and you want to have a pleasant afternoon. Other than that, stand in line at TKTS and see what else is available.

Brooklyn Boy
Biltmore Theatre on 47th
starring Adam Arkin, Arye Gross (Ellen), Polly Draper (ThirtySomething)