![]() ![]() Directed by Ulu Grosbard, the cast included Beatrice Arthur as Enid, Danny Aiello as Max, Brian Backer as Paul, and Jack Weston as Jerry. The play premiered on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theater in Lincoln Center on Apand ran for 62 performances and 16 previews. When talent agent Jerry Wexler arrives at the house, seemingly to audition Paul, Enid seizes the opportunity for Paul to shine in the spotlight that eluded her, only to have her hopes dashed when she realizes Wexler is more interested in wooing her than signing her son as a client. Stuttering teenaged son Paul is a frail, bright, shy boy who tries to perfect magic tricks - including a floating light bulb illusion - in his bedroom. Her philandering husband Max is a gambler, furtively planning his escape from his marriage. Matriarch Enid Pollack, who once aspired to be a dancer in George White's Scandals, spends her days hounding neighbors with telephone business schemes in order to support the family. Semi- autobiographical, it focuses on a lower middle class family living in Canarsie, Brooklyn, New York City, in 1945. ![]() The Floating Light Bulb is a 1981 Broadway play by Woody Allen. Cover of the Random House first edition published March 12, 1982 ![]()
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