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| What are the last names of the two men who originated Neil Simon's alter-ego, Eugene, in his 'Brighton Beach' trilogy? | History of Neil Simon
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Broderick and Silverman . Broderick in 'Brighton Beach Memoirs' and 'Biloxi Blues' (he also starred in the film), and Silverman in 'Broadway Bound' (and the film version of 'Brighton').
'Come Blow Your Horn'. Being the tale of two brothers sharing a bachelor pad.
Mike Nichols. Nichols also directed 'Plaza Suite', among other Simon plays. Simon has connections to the other three {though;} he wrote on the 'Sid Caesar' show with Brooks, adapted a Wilder film to the stage, and has a good friendship with Allen.
'The Odd Couple'. These four are Felix and Oscar's poker puddies.
The name of a subversive magazine in 'The Star-Spangled Girl'. Which nearly falls apart due to complications surrounding the title character's presence.
| What is the name of the sketch Willie and Al are supposed to perform for a TV special in 'The Sunshine Boys'? | History of Neil Simon
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'The Doctor Will See You Now'. Willie hates it because Al spits in his face and pokes him.
| Which Simon play debuted on Broadway with 70s sitcom idols John Ritter and Henry Winkler? | History of Neil Simon
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'The Dinner Party'. His most recent, early in 2001.
'A Farce'. Though all the others apply, certainly.
| Two Simon plays are located in AMERICAN hotel rooms, where the audience sees a series of unrelated playlets. Each play has two words in its title, the second one being 'Suite'. Respectively, what are the first words of the two shows? | History of Neil Simon
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Plaza and California . Both are interesting plays (by the way, there's a third, London Suite, that's more recent, by asking for three would ocmlpicate life).
her back. It consantly "goes out."
Steuben Glass. It broke in the car accident.
ear . Claire: "I have holes in my ears and it doesn't hurt."
Phantom of the Opera. He is very upset because he gets called out of it several times.
Connie. That's the part I played. My boyfriend was friends with the director. I had 2 lines.
Ken. Cassie accuses Glenn of having an affair with Carol. Claire admits that she gets some of her gossip from her as well.
Mai Li. Rosita and Ramona are from Lenny's story.
He sells BMWs.. He's the new member at the Ganz's club and an old friend of Glenn's.
in the basement. Lenny said this in his improvised story to the police and as everyone was going upstairs to talk to Charlie, Myra bangs on the basement door. (I got to do the voice of Myra too.)
a cigarette . She had quit, but the whole ordeal stressed her. She ended up smoking half a Q-Tip.
Venezuela. They were invited to the party and didn't come. However, they did call at the end of Act I.
in the medicine cabinet. "Gee. What a good hiding place."
Marvin. Marvin Neil Simon was born on July 4, 1927 the son of Irving & Mamie.
4. He was actually married 5 times! (He divorced his third wife Dianne Landers in 1987 and then remarried her in 1990). His second wife was actress Marsha Mason, whom he divorced in 1982; and his current wife (as of September,2002) is actress Elaine Joyce. She is the widow of actor Bobby Van.
Come Blow Your Horn. It premiered in 1961 starring Pert Kelton and Lou Jacobi. "Barefoot In the Park" was 2nd, "The Odd Couple" was third, and "Sweet Charity" was 4th (but his first musical).
| When "The Odd Couple" premiered on Broadway, who starred in it with Walter Mathhau? | (Neil) Simon Says
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Art Carney. Mathhau also starred in the movie as the the slob Oscar Madison with Lemmon as the neat freak Felix Unger. The television series starred Jack Klugman as Oscar and Randall as Felix.
| Which play is actually 3 short plays about 3 different couples in the same hotel room? | (Neil) Simon Says
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Plaza Suite. It took place in the Plaza Hotel in New York City. "California Suite" is the same idea but it was actually 4 different plays and one of them has 2 bickering couples.
| Which was the only one of his plays that Simon (as well as many critics) considered a failure? | (Neil) Simon Says
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The Star-Spangled Girl. He agreed with Walter Kerr's assessment that "Neil Simon didn't have an idea for a play this year, but he wrote it anyway!".
| Which play is based on the short stories of famous Russian playwright Anton Chekhov? | (Neil) Simon Says
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The Good Doctor. All the stories are tied together by "The Writer" who is sort of a cross between Simon & Chekhov. This is the play in which Simon met Marsha Mason (one of the stars).
Chapter Two. "They're Playing Our Song" was actually about composer Marvin Hamlisch.
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