Neil Simon
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 16: Elaine Joyce (L) and Neil Simon attend 'The Big Knife' Broadway opening night at American Airlines Theatre on April 16, 2013 in New York City.
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We wanted to do shows that people didn't get a chance to see, but we'd also throw in a Neil Simon now and again to help pay the bills
We wanted more family-friendly stuff ... They had canceled so many programs in the schools, and middle school kids had no opportunity to do anything. In April 2011, when we finished a Neil Simon series with TPAF, nine of us got together and we sat with our phone books and called people we knew and asked them to send $20. That's how it started.
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'Harry Potter' actor Richard Griffiths dies at 65
the performance and ordering the offender to leave.Griffiths' last major stage role was in a West End production of Neil Simon 's comedy "The Sunshine Boys" last year opposite Danny DeVito . The pair had been due to reprise their roles in Los Angeles later Read more »
Around the web
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Dissolute lives crumble in New Helvetia's 'Gingerbread Lady'
that seems unlikely, though Jones makes it impossible to take your eyes off of her. What:New Helvetia Theatre presents Neil Simon's 1970 comic drama, with Jamie Jones and Matt K. Miller. Here are some rules of the road: Keep your comments civil. Don't insult 3:08 AM from Sacramento Bee Read more »
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A comedic performance true to Neil Simon's vision
Seconds from Broadway" doesn't have a plot, and maybe it doesn't need one. It's as if playwright Neil Simon thought up a bunch of subplots without coming up with a main one but didn't let that stop him. The glue that holds the lighthearted, episodic comedy from Mail Tribune Read more »
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Mel Brooks’s Career Goal Was to Please Himself
as well as “Caesar’s Hour,” broadcast from 1954 to 1957. Other writers on “Your Show of Shows” included Reiner and playwright Neil Simon, and screenwriter Larry Gelbart worked on “Caesar’s Hours.” Film maker Woody Allen worked on several later Caesar TV specials. from Wall Street Journal Blogs Read more »
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Females in free-fall at Capital Stage, New Helvetia
plays from celebrated dramatists opened in Sacramento this week Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler" at Capital Stage and Neil Simon's "The Gingerbread Lady" at the New Helvetia Theatre. Both feature compelling but flawed female protagonists. The Bee spoke with from Sacramento Bee Read more »
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York County Coast Star calendar of events
Simon’s “The Good Doctor” will be presented by the Kennebunk High School Visual and Performing Arts Department at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings, May 23, 24, and 25. America’s own “master of humor” pays comic tribute to the great Russian from SeacoastOnline.com Read more »
