Straight From The Heart
Actor brings heritage, history to ‘Biloxi Blues’
Posted: February 22, 2013 at 4:03 a.m.
The character of Arnold Epstein might be the laughingstock of Neil Simon’s “Biloxi Blues.” Epstein, a Jew from New York, is physically weak and inept. He’s constantly the soldier caught in the gunsights of a belligerent sergeant. His fellow servicemen think he’s gay.
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