Neil Simon

Weird and Still Wonderfully Funny: Yonkers, a Town Still Well Worth Getting Lost in

Myra Chanin | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Comedy, Theater, Neil Simon, Dysfunctional Families, Lost in Yonkers, Off-Broadway Theater, Tact, Entertainment News
Myra Chanin

The characters and the events in Lost in Yonkers have staying power. They are immortal. They tug at our feelings. Lost in Yonkers is about family and they don't come any more dysfunctional than this one.

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'Lost in Yonkers': A Family Affair

Danny Groner | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Theater, Neil Simon, Play, Lost in Yonkers, Matthew Gumley, Russell Posner, NY Around Town, NY Theater, Finnerty Steeves, Cynthia Harris, New York News
Danny Groner

The play showcases more than just one family's hardships in getting along and getting by; it also grapples with the conflicts that erupt when members of different generations are forced into close quarters.

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First Nighter: A. R. Gurney's Black Tie Diverts as it Disappoints

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Plaza Suite, Fiddler on the Roof, Primary Stages, White Anglo-Saxon Protestantism, Daniel Davis, John Arnone, Lincoln Center, Gregg Edelman, Elvy Yost, Neil Simon, A. R. Gurney, Mark Lamos, Black Tie, Ari Brand, The Flea, Carolyn McCormick, 59E59 Theaters, Entertainment News
David Finkle

Remove the "r," "n" and "y" from playwright A. R. Gurney's name and what's left is "argue"--perhaps a reviewer's excessively roundabout way to assert ...

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Robert De Niro Is Fireproof

Carole Mallory | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dustin Hoffman, Neil Simon, Blythe Danner, The Godfather, Ben Stiller, 'Terri Polo, Bobby De Niro, |The Little Fockers, Taxi Driver, Mike ||Nichols, Barbra Streisand, M Jessica Alba, Bogart Slept Here, |Harvey Keitel, Owen Wilson, Entertainment News
Carole Mallory

In 1976, Bobby De Niro was fired from Bogart Slept Here directed by Mike Nichols. Today comedian De Niro who brings in the laughs in The Little Fockers proves he is fireproof.

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First-Nighter: London's Sweet Charity Sufficiently Sweet

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: A Little Night Music, Sunday in the Park With George, Dorothy Fields, Menier Chocolate Factory, Tiffany Graves, Paul J Medford, Mark Umbers, Little Shop of Horrors, Giullietta Masina, Gwen Verdon, Bob Fosse, Josefina Gabrielle, Matthew Wright, La Cage Aux Folles, Matthew White, Tim Shortall, Stephen Mear, Neil Simon, Federico Fellini, Cy Coleman, Tasmin Outhwaite, Nights of Cabiria, Sweet Charity, Entertainment News
David Finkle

These days, the clever fabric manufacturers able to do whatever they want with a proven musical comedy are the folks at the Menier Chocolate Factory.

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Stage Door: The Royal Family, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Memphis

Fern Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Theater, Neil Simon, Broadway, Entertainment, Rosemary Harris, Barrymore Family, John Barrymore, New York News
Fern Siegel

Broadway reviewed: a reminder of how wonderful revivals can be, a family story of burgeoning sexuality and a musical about the epicenter of R&B and soul.

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In Search of Men of Principle

Louise Mirrer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil War, New York Draft Riots, Terrorism, Abraham Lincoln, Nazism, Neil Simon, Brighton Beach Memoirs, John Brown, Great Depression, Triumph, New York News
Louise Mirrer

Had Eugene and Stanley of Brighton Beach Memoirs been living in New York during the Civil War years, they might not have thought so highly of Abraham Lincoln's principles.

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Brighton Beach Memoirs

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Lee Beatty, Neil Simon, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Noah Robbins, David Cromer, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

If the view from under the Brighton Beach is not quite today's world vision, it offers a nostalgia trip to the late 1930's that is worth glimpsing.

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Broadway Revivals Founder on Brighton Beach

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Siena Miller, John Stamos, Wicked, Oleanna, Bye Bye Birdie, Broadway Bound, The New York Times, Broadway, Hugh Jackman, Revivals, Laurie Metcalf, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Neil Simon, Jude Law, After Miss Julie, Jonny Lee Miller, Hair, Ben Brantley, David Mamet, Charles Isherwood, Daniel Craig, Rosanne, New York News
David Finkle

Too often the only review that counts is the Times pronouncement via Ben Brantley or Charles Isherwood. This time Brantley's response was not what's known as "a money notice."

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Mayor Bloomberg, The King Of Obscure Endorsements

Huffington Post/AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bradley Tusk, Carmen Pacheco, Jorge Posada, Matt Damon, Mayor Bloomberg, Tim Gunn, Bloomberg Campaign, Matt Damon Bloomberg, Bloomberg for Mayor, Leonard Nimoy, Whoopi Goldberg, Cherry Jones, Neil Simon, New York Mayor Bloomberg, Video, New York News

NEW YORK — Billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg is likely to set another spending record in this year's mayoral race, but he appears to be aiming...

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AFI Pretends Again to Honor Hollywood

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haskell Wexler, Edith Head, Academy Awards, George Lucas, Afi, Stephen Spielberg, Oscars, Elmer Bernstein, Ernest Lehman, Neil Simon, Hal. B Wallis, American Film Institute, Entertainment News
Robert J. Elisberg

If the AFI is going to honor lifetime achievement in film, they should do so. For starters, how about Neil Simon? He's one of the few screenwriters whose name the public actually recognizes.

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Twittering Through American History

Ben Fractenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Soros, The Alamo, Titanic, George W. Bush, Twitter, Facebook, OJ Simpson, Cold War, Lsd, Tweet, Barack Obama, Andy Warhol, Disco, George Washington, Martin Luther King, Richard Nixon, Joseph McCarthy, American History, General Custer, Abraham Lincoln, Truman Capote, Neil Simon, Jfk, Fatty Arbuckle, Prohabition, Comedy News
Ben Fractenberg

"The British are coming! OMG! Wake up the militia! Sound the church bells! Update your Facebook status!"

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Odd News

Jeff Dorchen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Theater, Chicago, Neocons, Neoconservatives, Theater, Neo-Conservatives, Leo Strauss, Neil Simon, Machiavelli, Republicans, Literature, New School, This Is Hell, University of Chicago, Theater Oobleck, Theater-Oobleck, Education, Jewish, Drama, Entertainment News
Jeff Dorchen

Odd News and a new play: watch the preparatory video for Strauss at Midnight by Jeff Dorchen.

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Heartbreak For DreamWorks: Ben Stiller Flick Tanks

AP | David Germain | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Heartbreak Kid, Neil Simon, Ben Stiller, Dreamworks, Entertainment News

There's something about a reunion of Ben Stiller and the Farrelly brothers that audiences didn't want to see. Stiller and the Farrellys' "The Heartbre...

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