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Neil Simon

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Book Writer 1927–2018

Marvin Neil Simon (July 4, 1927 – August 26, 2018) was an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly film adaptations of his plays. He received three Tony Awards and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for four Academy Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards. He was awarded a Special Tony Award in 1975, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1991, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1995 and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2006. Simon grew up in New York City during the Great Depression. His parents' financial difficulties affected their marriage, giving him a mostly unhappy and unstable childhood. He…

Also credited on6 works

Little Me
Sweet Charity
Promises, Promises
They’re Playing Our Song
The Goodbye Girl
Sweet Charity

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In the literature8 passages

  • Comedian Baek Jae-hyun created an adaptation of Neil Simon’s The Good Doctor called Lunatic that has been seen by more than 600,000 people since its debut in 2004. For his follow-up creation, Skywalk , he is aiming even higher. “With the experience and know-how I gained doing Lunatic , I hope to make the show popular across Korea first, a…ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
  • 212 In an interview Neil Simon laid to rest the old Broadway enigma of whether or not he did some work on A Chorus Line . Yes he did. ‘Michael Bennett was a friend of mine,’ he explains. ‘We had worked on Promises, Promises, [for which Mr Simon did the libretto, and Mr Bennett the direction.] and he asked me to come down to the Public The…ebooks/Citron, Stephen/Musical From the Inside Out, The - Stephen Citron.txt
  • Sketches : Bud Burtson, Phil Charig, Ray Golden, Lee Morris, Danny Simon, Neil Simon, Mike (Michael) Stewart, and Bernie Wayne (additional material by Lee Adams)ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • (*) “Arty” (sketch by Danny Simon and Neil Simon) (directed by Neil Simon) (First Boy: Kelly Brown; Second Boy: Bernie West; Mother: Muriel Landers; Morty: Conrad Janis); originally performed in the 1955 Broadway revue Catch a Star! ;ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • “Matrimonial Agency” (sketch by Danny Simon and Neil Simon) (Mr. Clyve: Bernie West; Mrs. Hackwell: Barbara Heller; First Man: Rod Bieber; Miss B.: Joanne Larkin; Mrs. Ennis: Muriel Landers; Bedraggled Husband: Conrad Janis; Frenchman: Paul Jayson; Athlete: Kelly Brown; Woman: Claire Gunderman); originally performed in the 1955 Broadway r…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Sketches : Barry Blitzer, Louis Botto, Ronny Graham, Phil Green, Paul Lynde, Richard Maury, Terry Ryan, Danny Simon, and Neil Simonebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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