“Awake and Sing!” is set in The Bronx borough of New York City, New York, in 1933; it concerns the impoverished Berger family, who all live under one roof, and their conflicts as the parents scheme to manipulate their children’s relationships to their own ends while their children strive for their own dreams.

Supporting character.

Eastern-European accent.

Brow-beaten husband who is tricked into marrying a girl who got pregnant by another man. Genuinely kind with nothing to hide. He would die for a girl who ultimately abandons him with her child so that she can go live her own life. One of the few really kind people in the show.