Neil Simon DEAD @ 91
The legendary playwright widely regarded as one of the most successful and well-regarded playwrights in the world.
He earned 17 Tony nominations, the most of any other writer, and took home three awards. He also received a Pulitzer Prize, a Golden Globe Award, and lauded with a Kennedy Center Honor.
In 1983 the New York theatre, became the Neil Simon Theater and thus the only living playwright to have a theater named in his honor.
He earned 17 Tony nominations, the most of any other writer, and took home three awards. He also received a Pulitzer Prize, a Golden Globe Award, and lauded with a Kennedy Center Honor.
In 1983 the New York theatre, became the Neil Simon Theater and thus the only living playwright to have a theater named in his honor.
Broadway World compiled an excellent list of Simon's plays and those adapted for film.
His plays and musicals include Come Blow Your Horn; Little Me; Barefoot in the Park; The Odd Couple; Sweet Charity; The Star-Spangled Girl; Plaza Suite; Promises, Promises; Last of the Red Hot Lovers; The Gingerbread Lady;The Prisoner of Second Avenue; The Sunshine Boys; The Good Doctor; God's Favorite;California Suite; Chapter Two; They're Playing Our Song; I Ought to Be in Pictures; Fools;Brighton Beach Memoirs; Biloxi Blues; Broadway Bound; Rumors; Lost in Yonkers; Jake's Women; The Goodbye Girl; Laughter on the 23rd Floor; London Suite; Proposals; Hotel Suite; The Dinner Party; 45 Seconds from Broadway; Oscar and Felix; and Rose's Dilemma.
In addition to his many film adaptations of his plays, his screenplay credits include After the Fox, The Out-of-Towners, The Heartbreak Kid, Murder by Death, The Cheap Detective, Seems Like Old Times, Only When I Laugh, Max Dugan Returns, The Slugger's Wife, The Marrying Man, and The Odd Couple II. For television Mr. Simon has written for series, teleplays, and motion pictures including "Your Show of Shows," "Caesar's Hour," "The Phil Silvers Show," "The Garry Moore Show," Broadway Bound, and Jake's Women. His books include Rewrites: A Memoir, The Play Goes On: A Memoir, and four omnibus collections of his plays.
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