Neil Simon

This one-page guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon.

Bishop, Nesbitt, Reed, Simmons and Wilson

The song was written by Bishop, Nesbitt, Reed, Simmons and Wilson (except from Lee Simmons all other co-writers were members of legendary funk band

Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie

the blues was originally written and performed by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929, and was written in reference to the Mississippi flood of 1927.

part of a trilogy written by Simon, the precursor being BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS and the sequel

BILOXI BLUES is part of a trilogy written by Simon, the precursor being BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS and the sequel, BROADWAY BOUND.

Matthew Broderick

Born to an actor father and playwright mother, Matthew Broderick began making a name for himself in hit Broadway plays such as Brighton Beach Memoirs (for which Matthew Broderick won a 1983 Tony award) and Biloxi Blues.

American singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester

American singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester once wrote and recorded a song called 'Biloxi', for which American singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester was inspired by a few images American singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester saw of the city.

through the perspective of 18-year-old Eugene Morris Jerome from Brooklyn, who is drafted into the United States Army during World War II and is stationed in Biloxi, Mississippi

Described as a semi-autobiographical play, Biloxi Blues is told through the perspective of 18-year-old Eugene Morris Jerome from Brooklyn, who is drafted into the United States Army during World War II and is stationed in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Paul Garon

Paul Garon has written about the blues for over fifty years.

of Eugene Morris Jerome, who was first introduced in Neil Simon’s semi-autographical play, BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS

BILOXI BLUES continues the journey of Eugene Morris Jerome, who was first introduced in Neil Simon’s semi-autographical play, BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS.

Tony awards for The Odd Couple , Lost in Yonkers and Biloxi Blues

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Neil Simon became a household name for Allen's plays The Odd Couple and Barefoot in the Park, and earned four Oscar nominations and won Tony awards for The Odd Couple, Lost in Yonkers and Biloxi Blues.

by Anne Dormer

This statement echoes through time – who among us has not used chocolate as a temporary cure for the blues? – but the blues was written in 1687 by Anne Dormer (c. 1648–1695), in a letter to Anne Dormer's sister Elizabeth Trumbull.

Eugene M. Jerome

Second in Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical Brighton Beach Trilogy, “Biloxi Blues” follows Eugene M. Jerome through basic training in Biloxi, Mississippi in the summer of 1943.

Second in Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical Brighton Beach Trilogy through basic training in Biloxi, Mississippi in the summer of 1943

Second in Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical Brighton Beach Trilogy, “Biloxi Blues” follows Eugene M. Jerome through basic training in Biloxi, Mississippi in the summer of 1943.

army service and first professional steps of Eugene Jerome as a comedy writer

A series of semi-autobiographical works, ” “Biloxi Blues depict, respectively, the late-1930s childhood, army service and first professional steps of Eugene Jerome as a comedy writer.

the late-1930s childhood, as a comedy writer

A series of semi-autobiographical works, ” “Biloxi Blues depict, respectively, the late-1930s childhood, army service and first professional steps of Eugene Jerome as a comedy writer.

by Jimmy Cox

The blues classic was written by Jimmy Cox in 1923, popularized by Bessie Smith in 1929, and has since been recorded by Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Nina Simone, and Jason Isbell, among others.

Songwriters Jerry Leiber

Regardless of that, in 1952 Songwriters Jerry Leiber penned the famous blues tune that carries that city’s name.

81 Words , a movie for HBO based on an NPR

Biloxi Blues is currently collaborating with Elton John on a score for Showstopper, a screenplay Biloxi Blues co-wrote with Anthony Barrile for Ben Stiller’s company, Red Hour, and is writing 81 Words, a movie for HBO based on an NPR

Billy Joe Walker, Jr., Even Stevens and Rabbitt

The song was written by the American songwriter Billy Joe Walker, Jr., Even Stevens and Rabbitt.

Albert Murray

The writer Albert Murray often expressed the idea that the blues wasn’t an act of sadness, but an act of defiance and survival; that a great skill in black American culture was the ability to improvise a way out of the void.