{"product_id":"book-amjv","title":"The Neil Simon Collection","description":"Ten essential plays by Neil Simon, one of the world's most celebrated, translated, and widely performed playwrights.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Barefoot in the Park\u003cbr\u003e Newlyweds move into a new apartment with no furniture, the wrong paint, leaking\u003cbr\u003e skylight and wacky neighbors! A classic comedy! Performed by: Norman Aronovic, Laura Linney, J. Fred Shiffman, Judy Simmons and Eric Stoltz.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Odd Couple\u003cbr\u003e Two legendarily mismatched roommates bring down the house in this classic comedy by America's most successful playwright. Performed by: Dan Castellaneta, Stanley DeSantis, Steven Hack, Jamie Hanes, Nathan Lane, David Paymer, Linda Purl and Yeardley Smith\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Plaza Suite\u003cbr\u003e Neil Simon's hilarious comedy follows three brief encounters in the same suite at the famed Plaza Hotel in New York City. Performed by: Edward Asner, Michelle Costa, Richard Dreyfuss, Hector Elizondo, Amy Irving, Marsha Mason, Alfred Molina, Kerry Shale, Joe Spano and JoBeth Williams.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Prisoner of Second Avenue\u003cbr\u003e Fast-moving dialog with nonstop Simon quips and jokes performed extremely well by two fine actors: who could ask for more? Performed by: Annie Abbott, Lorin Dreyfuss, Richard Dreyfuss, Betty Garrett, Sharon Madden and Marsha Mason.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e California Suite\u003cbr\u003e A four part comedy confection as only Neil Simon can write it! 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter Two\u003cbr\u003e Comedy and pathos mingle brilliantly in Neil Simon's portrait of a widowed novelist who fears he'll never love again. Performed by: David Dukes, Sharon Gless, Gates McFadden and Grant Shaud.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Brighton Beach Memoirs\u003cbr\u003e In Neil Simon's first installment of his darkly funny semiautobiographical Eugene Trilogy, we meet his family in 1930's Brooklyn. Performed by: Max Casella, Peter Michael Goetz, Valerie Harper, Alexana Lambros, Anna Sophie Loewenberg, Jonathan\u003cbr\u003e Silverman and Joyce Van Patten.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Biloxi Blues\u003cbr\u003e The second hilarious installment of Neil Simon's autobiographical trilogy follows a naïve Eugene Jerome through boot camp. Performed by: Justine Bateman, Rob Benedict, Joshua Biton, John Cabrera, Matthew Patrick Davis, Steve Rankin, Josh Radnor, Russell Soder and Darby Stanchfield\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Broadway Bound\u003cbr\u003e In the final installment of Neil Simon's trilogy, Eugene and his brother Stanley pair up to break into the world of comedy writing. Performed by: Caroline Aaron, Dan Castellaneta, Kyle Colerider-Krugh, James Gleason, Alan Mandell, Jonathan Silverman, JoBeth Williams and Scott Wolf.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Lost in Yonkers\u003cbr\u003e 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: Barbara Bain, Gia Carides, Dan Castellaneta, Ben Diskin, Arye Gross, Roxanne Hart and Kenneth Schmidt.","brand":"L.A. Theatre Works","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49391371223344,"sku":"BDamjv","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/147947-amjv-Square.jpg?v=1735290838","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-amjv","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}