The Last Night Of Ballyhoo
by Alfred Uhry

Name: The Last Night Of Ballyhoo
Brand: Alfred Uhry
SKU: 9781559361408
Rating: 3.7 (375 reviews)

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Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

120 mins American Comedy

Awards & Recognition

Drama Desk Award Outer Critics Circle Pulitzer Prize Tony Award

Winner! 1997 Tony Award for Best Play Winner! 1997 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Broadway Play Finalist: 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Nominee: Three 1997 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding New Play

What readers are saying

Readers have mixed feelings about this play, with some praising its exploration of Jewish identity in the South while others find it overrated and episodic. Many appreciate the humor and depth of characters, though some criticized its writing and conclusion. Overall, it prompts thoughtful reflections on cultural heritage amidst societal pressures.

Insightful exploration of identity Humor and depth of characters Engaging themes of bigotry Memorable moments of drama Episodic writing style Unsatisfying ending

Synopsis

Winner of the 1997 Tony Award for Best Play

"Surprising, luminous, and powerful.

It will mostl likely find a place in the American canon alongside Uhry's Driving Miss Daisy.

" —Laurie Winer, Los Angeles Times

A bittersweet romantic comedy set in Atlanta in 1939, on the eve of World War II and the opening night of Gone with the Wind

, Alfred Uhry's The Last Night of Ballyhoo deals in a very personal way with being Jewish in the South, depicting the prejudices that existed between German-American Jews and "the other kind."

Press Reviews

"A delightful comedy freighted with an uncomfortable message."
— New York Post

"Alfred Uhry’s achingly beautiful play The Last Night of Ballyhoo [is] luminous and powerful. It will most likely find a place in the American canon alongside Uhry’s Driving Miss Daisy… Uhry draws his characters with so fine a pen, on such a solid foundation, that the story takes on the sharp poignancy of life."
— Los Angeles Times

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Boo Levy his sister, a few years older	female	—	his sister, a few years older
Reba Freitag his sister-in-law, middle 40s	female	40s	his sister-in-law, middle 40s
Lala Levy Boo’s daughter, 20s	female	20s	Boo’s daughter, 20s
Sunny Freitag Reba’s daughter, 20s	female	20s	Reba’s daughter, 20s
Joe Farkas Adolph’s business assistant, 20s	—	20s	Adolph’s business assistant, 20s
Peachy Weil a visitor from Lake Charles, 20s	—	20s	a visitor from Lake Charles, 20s
Adolph Freitag a businessman, late 40s	—	40s	a businessman, late 40s