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happy together; Barefoot in the Park, Neil Simon's wry love letter to wedded bliss, is back on Broadway with two winning stars.(Brief Article)(Theater Review)
Byline: Adam Green
After more than four decades, Barefoot in the Park-Neil Simon's frothy 1963 romantic comedy about mismatched newlyweds adjusting to domestic life in a fifth-floor walk-up-is returning to the New York stage. Playing the _buttoned-down lawyer Paul Bratter and his free-spirited wife, Corie, this time are Patrick Wilson and Amanda Peet, who, like their forebears in the roles-Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley (Jane Fonda starred in the film)-are superb actors, natural charmers, and total hotties.
Both have also recently played young marrieds in crisis. As a suburban housewife caught between her angry husband and a squirrely suitor in last season's This Is How It Goes, Peet brought a self-deprecating comic touch to the punishing world of Neil LaBute. Last seen on Broadway in Oklahoma!, Wilson gave a powerful, disarmingly simple performance as another uptight legal eagle with an unhinged spouse in Mike ...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post David Richards December 3, 1995 700+ words
...ever earned as much money as Neil Simon. Which is why for many years Simon...equivalent of the fast-food franchise on Broadway -- serving up one play after another...parents. The comic landscape of Neil Simon had acquired some unexpected qualities...
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- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Kevin Kelly, Globe Staff March 20, 1988 700+ words
...time in his amazing career, Neil Simon is amazed at himself. He...the undisputed King of Broadway," he runs for cover. Or...ready-and-willing sap for Broadway chitchat. "God, I miss...and will probably open on Broadway in January 1989. "Rumors...
- Half-price tickets available for Neil Simon's "Broadway Bound." (for senior...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 22, 1988 700+ words
HALF-PRICE TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR NEIL SIMON'S "BROADWAY BOUND" PITTSBURGH, Nov. 22 /PRNewswire...vaild ID, two hours prior to each performance of Neil Simon's Broadway Bound. Half-price, or "rush" tickets will...
- NEIL SIMON'S 'BROADWAY' DRAMA GLEAMS.(Local)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) December 6, 1986 700+ words
...Byline: Jay Beauseigneur In "Broadway Bound," the third of Neil Simon's autobiographical plays...than the reflection. With "Broadway Bound," which opened Thursday...bets for far-too-many Broadway seasons, attains the same...
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- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor November 16, 2001 700+ words
...comedies that opened on Broadway earlier this month...Noises Off," and Neil Simon's new play, "45 Seconds From Broadway" - the stage is...double-entendre. Neil Simon has reverted to...45 Seconds From Broadway, two hours and...
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- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) Jader, Gwen H. April 10, 2000 700+ words
...theater department will import Broadway this week by staging Neil Simon's hit comedy, "Biloxi...Memoirs" and ends with "Broadway Bound." The three shows...show, it will look like a Broadway show," Coscarelli said...
- Mort Sahl on Broadway! (Neil Simon Theater, New York City)
- Magazine article from: The Nation Disch, Thomas M. November 14, 1987 700+ words
...after Black Monday of 1987, Broadway may owe its very existence...sacrifice it might have been Broadway against which the President...nightly servilities at the Neil Simon Theatre, Reagan has agreed to spare Broadway and has instead leveled...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 27, 2002 700+ words
...days before the show opens at Broadway's Neil Simon Theater. Hairspray features...Hairspray begins previews at Broadway's Neil Simon Theater, 250 W. 52nd St...at 6:45 p.m. Prior to Broadway, the production received...