Neil Simon biography

Neil Simon

At Writers Theatre: Sweet Charity

The world’s most beloved playwright, his works include Come Blow Your Horn, Little Me, Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, Sweet Charity, The Star-Spangled Girl, Plaza Suite, Promises, Promises, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, The Gingerbread Lady, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, The Sunshine Boys, The Good Doctor, God’s Favorite, California Suite, Chapter Two, they’re Playing Our Song, I Ought to Be in Pictures, Fools, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, Broadway Bound, Rumors, Lost in Yonkers, Jake’s Women, The Goodbye Girl, Laughter on the 23^rd Floor, London Suite, Proposals, Hotel Suite, The Dinner Party, 45 Seconds from Broadway, Oscar and Felix, Rose’s Dilemma, The Out-of-Towners, The heartbreak Kid, Max Dugan Returns, and the books Rewrites and The Play Goes On. His plays have won numerous Tony Awards, and he received the Pulitzer Prize for Lost in Yonkers.  

[Bio as of March 2013]