"film adaptation, ""The Sunshine Boys"", but he was more interested in playing the role of Lewis and declined the offer. Twenty years later he would be cast as Lewis in this television adaptation. The Sunshine Boys (1996 film) The Sunshine Boys is a 1996 American comedy film directed by John Erman and based on the play, ""The Sunshine Boys"" by Neil Simon about two legendary (and cranky) comics brought together for a reunion and revival of their famous act. The film stars Woody Allen and Peter Falk as the comedy duo alongside Sarah Jessica Parker. Al Lewis (Woody Allen) and"
"was inspired by Smith and Dale who, unlike their theatrical counterparts, were inseparable lifelong friends. The undercurrent of backstage hostility between ""Lewis and Clark"" was inspired by the team of Gallagher and Shean, who were successful professionally but argumentative personally. Other sources say this is based on Weber and Fields. ""The Sunshine Boys"" premiered on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre on December 20, 1972, and transferred to the Shubert Theatre and then the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, closing on April 21, 1974, after 538 performances. Produced by Emanuel Azenberg and directed by Alan Arkin, the original cast featured Sam Levene as Lewis,"
"Garry Marshall Garry Kent Marshall (November 13, 1934 – July 19, 2016) was an American film director, film producer, screenwriter and actor, best known for creating ""Happy Days"" and its various spin-offs, developing Neil Simon's 1965 play ""The Odd Couple"" for television, and directing ""Pretty Woman"", ""Beaches"", ""Runaway Bride"", ""Valentine's Day"", ""New Year's Eve"", ""Mother's Day"", ""The Princess Diaries"", and """". Garry Kent Marshall was born in The Bronx, New York on November 13, 1934, the son of Anthony Wallace Marshall (né Masciarelli; 1906–1999), a director of industrial films and later a producer, and Marjorie Irene (née Ward; 1908-1983), a"
"The Sunshine Girl The Sunshine Girl is an Edwardian musical comedy in two acts with a book by Paul A. Rubens and Cecil Raleigh, lyrics and music by Rubens and additional lyrics by Arthur Wimperis. The story involves a working girl who falls in love with the heir to the factor. He is in disguise and wants to be loved for himself, not his position, so he gets his friend to pose as the heir, leading to complications for both men. The musical was first produced by George Edwardes at the Gaiety Theatre in London, opening on February 24, 1912,"
"Tokyo Sunshine Boys The is a Japanese theatrical troupe that was active from 1983 until about 1994. Since it disbanded almost all of its members have continued acting on theatre and in film. The group was originally designed by screenwriter Mitani Kōki, a young writer who at that time had aspirations of becoming a comedian. Although he starred in a number of the troupe's plays, he was primarily the resident playwright (座付作家). The main three actors were Nishimura Masahiko (who went on to win a number of Japanese Academy Awards and the Blue Ribbon award), Aijima Kazuyuki and Kajiwara Zen."
"Parker Playhouse The Parker Playhouse is a 1,191-seat theatre in southern Florida. The Playhouse was established by Dr. Louis Parker. The curtain rose for the first time on February 6, 1967 as E.G. Marshall and Dennis O'Keefe starred in Neil Simon’s ""The Odd Couple"". Parker teamed with Broadway impresario Zev Buffman, who was also producing shows in Miami at the Coconut Grove Playhouse, to offer productions featuring many of the top theater artists of the day. Parker Playhouse has produced continuously for nearly 40 years with community arts organizations joining Broadway headliners in shows that made South Florida theater history."
"ending. The writer and director of most of the plays was Mitani Kōki. He also acted occasionally under the pseudonym of Hitotsubashi Sōtaro. Tokyo Sunshine Boys The is a Japanese theatrical troupe that was active from 1983 until about 1994. Since it disbanded almost all of its members have continued acting on theatre and in film. The group was originally designed by screenwriter Mitani Kōki, a young writer who at that time had aspirations of becoming a comedian. Although he starred in a number of the troupe's plays, he was primarily the resident playwright (座付作家). The main three actors were"
"is listed as Mollie Dale Marks. The larger printing higher on the stone says SMITH & DALE, to which Smith added the words BOOKED SOLID. The longevity of the comedy team in Neil Simon's play and film ""The Sunshine Boys"" is said to be inspired by Smith and Dale. The bickering nature of the team was said to be inspired by the vaudeville comics Gallagher and Shean. Gordon Lish's ""Extravaganza: A Joke Book"" (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1989) is an avant-garde novel inspired by Smith and Dale's act. Smith and Dale Smith and Dale were a famous American vaudeville comedy duo."
"of Broadcasters' Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Marshall received the Valentine Davies Award (1995) and Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement (2014) from the Writers Guild of America. Garry Marshall Garry Kent Marshall (November 13, 1934 – July 19, 2016) was an American film director, film producer, screenwriter and actor, best known for creating ""Happy Days"" and its various spin-offs, developing Neil Simon's 1965 play ""The Odd Couple"" for television, and directing ""Pretty Woman"", ""Beaches"", ""Runaway Bride"", ""Valentine's Day"", ""New Year's Eve"", ""Mother's Day"", ""The Princess Diaries"", and """". Garry Kent Marshall was born in The Bronx, New York on November"
"Island Players theatre company which has produced critically acclaimed work. Oscar won the Bruce Mason playwrights’ award in 1998 and has worked as a performer and writer for a number of television shows including ""Skitz, Telly Laughs, The Panel, Sportzah"" and TV3's rugby coverage. His plays include ""Fresh off the Boat"" which he co-wrote with Simon Small, ""Dawn Raids, Island Girls"", ""A Frigate Bird Sings"" co-written with Dave Fane and Nathaniel Lees, and ""Niu Sila"" co-written with Dave Armstrong. Oscar also co-wrote and took a lead role in the highly successful ""Sione’s Wedding"" movies. In 2013 Kightley played the title"
"other, a mad couple well matched. During the Restoration era, Aphra Behn adapted Brome's play into ""The Debauchee, or the Credulous Cuckold"" (printed 1677). Behn retained much of Brome's work in her version, even keeping the original characters' names — though she expanded the crucial bedroom scene in Act IV. A Mad Couple Well-Match'd A Mad Couple Well-Match'd is a Caroline era stage play, a comedy written by Richard Brome. It was first published in the 1653 Brome collection ""Five New Plays"", issued by the booksellers Humphrey Moseley, Richard Marriot, and Thomas Dring. Hard evidence on the play's date of"
"won the Pulitzer Prize along with the Tony Award for ""Lost in Yonkers"" (1991). The Neil Simon Festival is a professional summer repertory theatre devoted to preserving the works of Simon and his contemporaries. The Neil Simon Festival was founded by Richard Dean Bugg in 2003. In 2006, Simon received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Simon was credited as contributing writer to at least 49 plays on Broadway: In addition to the plays and musicals above, Simon has twice rewritten or updated his 1965 play ""The Odd Couple"", both of which versions have run under new titles. These"
"""The Odd Couple"" for a female cast. ""The Female Odd Couple"" was based on the same story line and same lead characters, now called Florence Ungar and Olive Madison. The poker game became ""Trivial Pursuit"" with their friends becoming the girlfriends: Mickey, Sylvie, Vera, and Renee. The Pigeon sisters became the Costazuela brothers, Manolo and Jesus. ""The Female Odd Couple"" opened on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre on June 11, 1985, and closed on February 23, 1986, after 295 performances and nine previews. Directed by Gene Saks, responsible for the 1968 film version, the leads were Sally Struthers and Rita"
"A Mad Couple Well-Match'd A Mad Couple Well-Match'd is a Caroline era stage play, a comedy written by Richard Brome. It was first published in the 1653 Brome collection ""Five New Plays"", issued by the booksellers Humphrey Moseley, Richard Marriot, and Thomas Dring. Hard evidence on the play's date of authorship and first stage production is lacking. The 1639 list of plays belonging to the Beeston's Boys company includes an otherwise-unknown play titled ""A Mad Couple Well Met"", which some scholars have taken as a mistake for Brome's play. (Matthew Steggle observes that ""the two phrases are variants of the"
"and ""The Odd Couple"" (1965), for which he won a Tony Award. It made him a national celebrity and ""the hottest new playwright on Broadway."" During the 1960s to 1980s, he wrote both original screenplays and stage plays, with some films actually based on his plays. His style ranged from romantic comedy to farce to more serious dramatic comedy. Overall, he garnered 17 Tony nominations and won three. During one season, he had four successful plays running on Broadway at the same time, and in 1983 became the only living playwright to have a New York theatre, the Neil Simon"
"court and city (in contrast to those who live and work in a closer relationship with nature) who are morally corrupt and sensual. Double Falsehood Double Falsehood (archaic spelling: Double Falshood) or The Distrest Lovers is an early 18th-century play by the English writer and playwright Lewis Theobald, although the authorship has been contested ever since the play was first published, with some scholars considering that it may have been written by John Fletcher and William Shakespeare. Some authors believe that it may be an adaptation of a lost play by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher known as ""Cardenio"". Theobald"
"had not attended the ceremony, especially the other major award winners that night: Paul Scofield, Elizabeth Taylor and Sandy Dennis. Oscar nominations would come Matthau's way again for ""Kotch"" (1971), directed by Lemmon, and ""The Sunshine Boys"" (1975), another adaptation of a Neil Simon stage play, this time about a pair of former vaudeville stars. For the latter role he won a Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy. Broadway hits turned into films continued to cast Matthau in lead roles in ""Hello, Dolly!"" and ""Cactus Flower"" (both 1969); for the latter film, Goldie Hawn received"
"tuneful, and there is more than the customary amount of clever dancing. The Sunshine Girl The Sunshine Girl is an Edwardian musical comedy in two acts with a book by Paul A. Rubens and Cecil Raleigh, lyrics and music by Rubens and additional lyrics by Arthur Wimperis. The story involves a working girl who falls in love with the heir to the factor. He is in disguise and wants to be loved for himself, not his position, so he gets his friend to pose as the heir, leading to complications for both men. The musical was first produced by George"
"Double Falsehood Double Falsehood (archaic spelling: Double Falshood) or The Distrest Lovers is an early 18th-century play by the English writer and playwright Lewis Theobald, although the authorship has been contested ever since the play was first published, with some scholars considering that it may have been written by John Fletcher and William Shakespeare. Some authors believe that it may be an adaptation of a lost play by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher known as ""Cardenio"". Theobald himself claimed his version was based on three manuscripts of an unnamed lost play by Shakespeare. The 1727 play is based on the"
"with such diverse partners as Carol Channing, Dorothy Provine, Jane Russell, Connie Haines, and Berle Davis. He also performed a series of solo concerts, playing university campuses, New York's Philharmonic Hall and winding up a successful season at Carnegie Hall, where he wowed a capacity audience with his show-stopping songs, dances, and jokes. In 1974, Jack Benny signed to play one of the lead roles in the film version of Neil Simon's ""The Sunshine Boys"" (Red Skelton was originally the other, but he objected to some of the script's language). Benny's health had begun to fail, however, and he advised"
"of any connection to the terrible tragedy in Srebrenica. We would never intentionally disrespect or make light of such an event and sincerely apologize to anyone we may have offended."" The first season of ""The Odd Couple"" was released on DVD on April 5, 2016. The second and third seasons were individually released on October 24, 2018, via Amazon. The Odd Couple (2015 TV series) The Odd Couple is an American multi-camera television sitcom that aired on CBS from February 19, 2015 to January 30, 2017. It is the seventh screen production based on the 1965 play written by Neil"
"The Brothers (Shirley play) The Brothers is a Caroline era stage play, a comedy written by James Shirley. First published in 1653, ""The Brothers"" has sometimes been hailed as one of Shirley's best plays, though it has also been a focus of significant confusion and scholarly debate. ""There is much uncertainty about this play"" — though much of this uncertainty seems unnecessary, given the historical facts. ""The Brothers"" was licensed for performance by Sir Henry Herbert, the Master of the Revels, on 4 November 1626. The title page of the first edition indicates that the play was acted by the"
"books: George Burns George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum; January 20, 1896March 9, 1996) was an American comedian, actor, singer, and writer. He was one of the few entertainers whose career successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film and television. His arched eyebrow and cigar-smoke punctuation became familiar trademarks for over three quarters of a century. He and his wife, Gracie Allen, appeared on radio, television, and film as the comedy duo Burns and Allen. When Burns was 79, he had a sudden career revival as an amiable, beloved and unusually active comedy elder statesman in the 1975 film ""The Sunshine Boys"", for"
"D. B. Gilles D.B. Gilles is an American screenwriter, playwright, academic, script consultant and writing coach specializing in screenplays, TV pilots, plays and novels. Gilles' plays ""Inadmissible"" and ""Sparkling Object"" had their world premieres at The Canal Park Playhouse, a new theater in Tribeca in New York City. Four of his plays are published by Dramatists Play Service: ""The Girl Who Loved The Beatles"", ""The Legendary Stardust Boys"", ""Cash Flow"" and ""Men's Singles"". He is the creator of seven pilots, among them, for CBS: ""The Late Bloomer"" and ""Man of the House"". He wrote for ""Herman's Head"", ""Love, Sidney"" and"
"stage appearance of the two performers as a team. In the RKO Radio Pictures film, ""The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle"" (1939), Fields appeared as himself, re-enacting a slapstick comedy scene from ""The Hen-Pecks"". They gave a cameo performance performing their ""casino"" routine in the 1940 movie ""Lillian Russell"". Lew Fields died in Beverly Hills, California on July 20, 1941. Fields was the father of Dorothy, Herbert and Joseph, all of whom enjoyed theatrical careers of their own. Fields was Jewish. The backstage hostility in Neil Simon's play and film ""The Sunshine Boys"" is reportedly based on the team"
"Our Boys Our Boys is a comedy in three acts written by Henry James Byron, first performed in London on 16 January 1875 at the Vaudeville Theatre. Until it was surpassed by the run of ""Charley's Aunt"" in the 1890s, it was the world's longest-running play, up to that time, with 1,362 performances until April 1879. Theatre owner David James (1839–93) was Perkyn in the production. The production also toured extensively. The play contains the famous line, ""Life’s too short for chess."" The piece played in New York in 1875, at the New Fifth Avenue Theatre, and in 1907 at"
"began a series of highly successful plays on Broadway (often from works by Simon) that would establish his reputation. After an off-Broadway production of Ann Jellicoe's ""The Knack"", Nichols directed Murray Schisgal's play ""Luv"" in 1964. Again the show was a hit and Nichols won a Tony Award (shared with ""The Odd Couple""). In 1965 he directed another play by Neil Simon, ""The Odd Couple"". The original production starred Art Carney as Felix Ungar and Walter Matthau as Oscar Madison. The play ran for 966 performances and won Tony Awards for Nichols, Simon and Matthau. Overall, Nichols won nine Tony"
"Masahiko Nishimura Nishimura was born on December 12, 1960 in Toyama, Toyama, Japan. While he attended Toyo University to study photography he met Kōki Mitani, a script writer for radio and playwright who aspired to be an actor and who turned his attention to the theatre. In 1983, Nishimura, Mitani and others including the actors Zen Kajiwara and Kazuyuki Aijima formed the Tokyo Sunshine Boys, a comedy troupe that grew in popularity over the following ten years. They produced the popular play ""12 Gentle Japanese"", a parody of Reginald Rose's ""12 Angry Men"". When ""12 Gentle Japanese"" was adapted to"
"most of its actors, including Nishimura, continued to work in television. Masahiko Nishimura Nishimura was born on December 12, 1960 in Toyama, Toyama, Japan. While he attended Toyo University to study photography he met Kōki Mitani, a script writer for radio and playwright who aspired to be an actor and who turned his attention to the theatre. In 1983, Nishimura, Mitani and others including the actors Zen Kajiwara and Kazuyuki Aijima formed the Tokyo Sunshine Boys, a comedy troupe that grew in popularity over the following ten years. They produced the popular play ""12 Gentle Japanese"", a parody of Reginald"
"hit on Broadway resulting in three albums, with their debut album winning a Grammy Award. After Nichols and May disbanded their act in 1961, Nichols began directing plays. He soon earned a reputation as a skilled Broadway director with a flair for creating innovative productions and the ability to elicit polished performances from actors. His debut Broadway play was Neil Simon's ""Barefoot in the Park"" in 1963, with Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley. He next directed ""Luv"" in 1964 and in 1965 directed another Neil Simon play, ""The Odd Couple"". Nichols received a Tony Award for each of those plays."
"Nihonjin""). The success of this play eventually encouraged the production of a movie directed by Nakahara Shun. However, since the play was registered as created by ""Mitani Koki"" as opposed to ""The Sunshine Boys"", the producers took over and held auditions for the cast. Only three of the then 13 Tokyo Sunshine Boys made it onto the cast: Aijima Kazuyuki, Kajiwara Zen, and Kondo Yoshimasa. From that point on, Mitani Kōki as the writer for the Tokyo Sunshine Boys as well as the actors themselves, got flooded with offers to work on other TV dramas, plays and movies. As a"
"new versions are ""The Female Odd Couple"" (1985), and ""Oscar and Felix: A New Look at the Odd Couple"" (2002). Simon, as a member of a writing staff, penned material for the following shows: The following made-for-TV movies were all written solely by Simon, and all based on his earlier plays: Neil Simon 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 adaptations of his plays. He received more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other"
"quite sophisticated exploration of the complex and changing dynamic between gay men and the women who love them. A black comedy about a painful transition that hits many of us urbanites in our late 20s or early 30s and goes a long way toward explaining why weddings can be such fraught affairs for anyone stuck in a tux or matching crinoline."" Significant Other (play) Significant Other is an American play written by Joshua Harmon, which premiered Off-Broadway in 2015, followed by a Broadway production at the Booth Theatre in Spring 2017. The play was produced Off-Broadway by the Roundabout Theatre"