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The Neil Simon Collection

By: Neil Simon
Narrated by: Dan Castellaneta, Nathan Lane, Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Laura Linney, Eric Stoltz, Alfred Molina, full cast
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Summary

Ten essential plays by Neil Simon, one of the world’s most celebrated, translated, and widely performed playwrights.

Barefoot in the Park: Newlyweds move into a new apartment with no furniture, the wrong paint, a leaking skylight, and wacky neighbors! A classic comedy! Performed by Laura Linney, Eric Stoltz, et al.

The Odd Couple: Two legendarily mismatched roommates bring down the house in this classic comedy by America’s most successful playwright. Performed by Dan Castellaneta, Nathan Lane, et al.

Plaza Suite: This hilarious comedy follows three brief encounters in the same suite at the famed Plaza Hotel in New York City. Performed by Ed Asner, Richard Dreyfuss, et al.

The Prisoner of Second Avenue: Fast-moving dialog with nonstop Simon quips and jokes performed extremely well by two fine actors. Performed by Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, et al.

California Suite: Four couples separately inhabit the same Beverly Hills hotel suite, bringing along their problems, anxieties, and comical marital dilemmas. Performed by Dennis Boutsikaris, Bruce Davison, Marsha Mason, and Amy Pietz.

Chapter Two: Comedy and pathos mingle brilliantly in this portrait of a widowed novelist who fears he’ll never love again. Performed by David Dukes, Sharon Gless, Gates McFadden, and Grant Shaud.

Brighton Beach Memoirs: In Simon’s first installment of his darkly funny semiautobiographical Eugene Trilogy, we meet his family in 1930s Brooklyn. Performed by Jonathan Silverman, et al.

Biloxi Blues: The second hilarious installment of the trilogy follows a naïve Eugene Jerome through boot camp. Performed by Justine Bateman, et al.

Broadway Bound: In the final installment of the trilogy, Eugene and his brother, Stanley, pair up to break into the world of comedy writing. Performed by Dan Castellaneta, et al.

Lost in Yonkers: Set in Yonkers, New York, in 1942, two boys, aged 13 and 16, must spend one year with their austere and demanding grandmother. Performed by Dan Castellaneta, et al.

©2010 Neil Simon (P)2010 L.A. Theatre Works

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Here is the track guide.

Inexplicably, this collection comes with 82 chapters without telling you where a single play starts or finishes. So for my fellow Neil Simon lovers, I went through it and worked it out. Here you go:

Chapter 1: Barefoot in the Park
Chapter 15: Biloxi Blues (Eugene Trilogy #2)
Chapter 34: Brighton Beach Memoirs (Eugene Trilogy #1)
Chapter 37: Broadway Bound (Eugene Trilogy #3)
Chapter 46: California Suite
Chapter 53: Chapter Two
Chapter 57: Lost In Yonkers.
Chapter 67: Plaza Suite
Chapter 72: The Odd Couple
Chapter 78: The Prisoner of Second Avenue

We’re it not for the fact I had to work that out for myself, it would be a five star rating from me. Enjoy!

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Poor titling

One real issue. How am I to know where different stories start and finish. And why is a trilogy of plays out of order. In this day and age I would have thought naming plays/chapters would have been easy. Disappointing!

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Does not download, awful app

Another title that does not download. An awful app, minimal technical support and customer service.

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Great story lines, variable sound quality

Neil Simons's plays are well known, a mixture of humour and heart-break. It's odd that LA Theatre Works allows the players' voices to be inaudible at times. Enjoy!

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