On Sunday, legendary playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon died at the age of 91. Here’s what I find interesting about his legacy: everyone seems to have his or her own distinct way into his work.
"Their friendship was so great. Bob was so big and a bit out of control," Corddry said. "I think they liked each other because they balanced each other out ... Bob Fosse was [the] first person he sent ...
NEW YORK -- Playwright Neil Simon, a master of comedy whose laugh-filled hits such as "The Odd Couple," ''Barefoot in the Park" and his "Brighton Beach" trilogy dominated Broadway for decades, has ...
The collection of approximately 7,700 items, donated by Simon’s widow, includes dozens of unfinished shows, including a screenplay written for Bette Midler and Whoopi Goldberg. By Sarah Bahr Matthew ...
Neil Simon wrote more than 30 plays and screenplays, including "The Odd Couple," "Barefoot In The Park" and "Brighton Beach Memoirs." He won Tonys, Oscars and the Pulitzer Prize. But when he died this ...
(CNN) - Neil Simon operated in a space few writers could, successfully navigating the formidable gaps that separate the worlds of theater, movies and TV in a manner that established him as one of the ...
Katie Couric almost got hot and heavy with playwright Neil Simon, but his blood pressure medication killed the steamy dalliance. In her new bombshell memoir, “Going There,” the “Today” show alum ...
Nathan Lane first encountered Simon at the age of 11, when a play-of-the-month club sent him The Odd Couple to read, and he promptly devoured it hidden between the pages of his geography textbook. But ...
Neil Simon was the most successful playwright in Broadway history, racking up some 9,000 performances — and many millions of dollars — with hits such as “The Odd Couple,” “The Sunshine Boys,” “Plaza ...
I met Neil through auditioning for “Brighton Beach Memoirs” in 1982. I’d auditioned in an office for a casting director a few times, and then finally worked my way to auditioning on a stage. “Ain’t ...