Lost in Yonkers

In 1942, the motherless Kurnitz Boys (Brad Stoll, Mike Damus), visiting for the first time in two years, in their grandmother's candy store, while their father is asking her to let them move in, meet their daffy aunt Bellla (Mercedes Ruehl), in Neil Simon's Lost In Yonkers, 1993.

Mercedes Ruehl in the role expanded by Neil Simon for his screenplay from her Tony Award-winning Broadway part, in another disarming scene as learning-disabled not-quite-spinster Bella, in 1942 Yonkers, with her usher boyfriend Johnny (David Strathairn), Martha Coolidge directing, in Lost In Yonkers, 1993.

Grandma (Irene Worth) informs Jay and Arty (Brad Stoll, Mike Damus) she will not board them while their dad (Jack Laufer) travels to earn money to pay debts incurred during their dead mother’s illness, nutty aunt Bella (Mercedes Ruehl) outwitting her, in Neil Simon’s Lost In Yonkers, 1993.

Jay and Arty (Brad Stoll, Mike Damus) have expanded the search for their grandmother’s cash stash to her downstairs candy store, where they finally meet their much-discussed maybe-gangster uncle Louie (top-billed Richard Dreyfuss), in Neil Simon’s Lost In Yonkers. 1993.