Crossing Delancey
by Susan Sandler

Name: Crossing Delancey
Brand: Susan Sandler
SKU: 9780573619885
Rating: 3.84 (73 reviews)

Crossing Delancey Book Cover — Crossing Delancey Cover

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

120 minsPresent DayUnit Set/Multiple SettingsContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesAmerican Comedy

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the romantic charm of the story, particularly those familiar with the film adaptation. Many enjoy the book's ability to evoke nostalgia and highlight emotional moments, despite some confusion over its screenplay format.

Romantic and charming storyNostalgic for movie fansQuick shipping and thoughtful packagingConfusion over screenplay format

Synopsis

Comedy Characters: 2 male 3 female Combination interior exterior set Isabel is a modern young woman who lives alone and works in a book shop.

When she is not pining after a handsome author she is visiting her grandmother (Bubbe) in Manhattan's Lower East Side.

This irascible granny and her friend the matchmaker have found a "good catch" for Isabel whose initial reluctance gives way to a blossoming romance when she finally meets Sam the pickle vendor as the end of the

Press Reviews

"An amusing romance that tells its unpretentious story believably, rarely trying to make its gag lines, of which there are many, upstage its narration or outshine its heart."
— The New York Times

"A warm and loving addition to the growing body of Jewish dramatic work in this country."
— Jewish Post and Opinion

"A feast for the heart and mind... Crossing Delancey isn't about breaking with tradition; it is about creating new traditions and seeing value in the old ones. It is about telling the story you want to tell with a little bit of help from those who love and care about you and seeing how your life can change for the better because of something as simple as putting on a new hat."
— Broadway World

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Isabelle "Izzy" Grossman, her granddaughter, in her late twenties, a bookish dreamer.	female	—	"Izzy" Grossman, her granddaughter, in her late twenties, a bookish dreamer.
Hannah A very large woman in her fifties, a professional matchmaker, a wheeler-dealer.	female	—	A very large woman in her fifties, a professional matchmaker, a wheeler-dealer.
Tyler A well-known writer of fiction, handsome, exceedingly charming and self-involved, in his early forties.	male	—	A well-known writer of fiction, handsome, exceedingly charming and self-involved, in his early forties.
Sam A pickleman and a poet, an inhabitant of the Lower East Side, in his early thirties, gentle, intuitive, appealing and very wise for his years.	male	—	A pickleman and a poet, an inhabitant of the Lower East Side, in his early thirties, gentle, intuitive, appealing and very wise for his years.
Bubbie A fiesty, sharp-witted woman in her eighties who immigrated to the United States as a young girl and has lived ever since in the shrinking community of New York City known as the Lower East Side.	female	—	A fiesty, sharp-witted woman in her eighties who immigrated to the United States as a young girl and has lived ever since in the shrinking community of New York City known as the Lower East Side.