The story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny, an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty, Ginny’s rough-hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey, a handsome young lifeguard who dreams of becoming a playwright; and Carolina, Humpty’s long-estranged daughter, who is now hiding out from gangsters at her father’s apartment.

Los famosos estafadores están de regreso para dar otro golpe a un importante gánster local, pero lo que no saben es que la mafia los está buscando.

El Fantasma de la Ópera de París se muda a un centro de atracciones en los Estados Unidos. Utilizando un seudónimo, invita a una reconocida soprano para que actué en su nuevo teatro, sin que la chica o su marido imaginen lo que les espera.

During the last years of World War II, Hermie, Oscy, and Benjie are coming of age. They went their separate ways when they graduated from high school in 1944. Benjie joins the Marines as Hermie and Oscy enter college. There, Hermie falls head over heels for another freshman named Julie, and the two old friends deal with a troublesome fraternity president who is in charge of hazings.

Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fly to New York City to find work.

An elderly man is determined to reopen the Coney Island boardwalk hot dog stand he closed twenty-two years earlier for renovation, despite the fact he's recovering from a severe heart attack and it's the middle of February.