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Food Frances Edelstein, Holocaust Survivor And ‘Polish Tea Room’ Owner, Dies At 92
She was a Holocaust survivor who shared fed Broadway’s elite – and Times Square characters — at a heimish eatery so beloved it inspired a Neil Simon play. Frances Edelstein, who ran Cafe Edison with her husband, Harry, for 30 years, died in New Jersey this week at 92. The couple had run lunch counters…
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Culture Neil Simon, A Yiddish-Influenced Wisecracker
In his heyday, the playwright Neil Simon, who died on August 26 at age 91, produced a series of long-running plays, some of them winners of significant awards, that tickled audiences as the height of the wisecrack genre. “Brighton Beach Memoirs” (1983), “Biloxi Blues” (1985), “Broadway Bound” (1986), and “Lost in Yonkers” (1991) capped a…
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The Schmooze Neil Simon’s 7 Greatest Quotes
Tony and Pulitzer-winning playwright Neil Simon was known for the movie “Biloxi Blues” and Broadway hits such as “The Odd Couple,” “Barefoot in the Park,” and “Lost in Yonkers.” But, either in his own persona or through one of his characters, his wit and insight shone through. Here are seven of his best quotations, though…
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Breaking News Neil Simon, Playwright And Wit, Dies At 91
(JTA) — Playwright Neil Simon, known for such Broadway hits as “The Odd Couple,” “Barefoot in the Park,” and “Lost in Yonkers,” has died. Simon, who earned a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award, died overnight Saturday at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City from complications with pneumonia at the age of 91. Simon,…
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Culture The Joy of Gene Saks
Gene Saks, who died on March 28 at age 93, has understandably been chiefly identified for having helmed such Neil Simon hits as “Brighton Beach Memoirs,”; “Prisoner of Second Avenue”; “Last of the Red Hot Lovers”; and the screen versions of “The Odd Couple” and “Barefoot in the Park,”, among others. Yet Saks was more…
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The Schmooze Willie Howard, More Than Just a Sunshine Boy
Although London’s hit revival of Neil Simon’s “The Sunshine Boys” starring Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths closed on July 28, a possible fall transfer to Broadway has been announced. That’s a good excuse to shine light on a neglected Jewish vaudeville great who inspired Simon’s play. In his 1996 “Rewrites: a Memoir” Simon describes how…
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The Schmooze Bruce Jay Friedman’s Celebrity-Filled Memoir
Lucky Bruce: A Literary Memoir Bruce Jay Friedman Biblioasis, 275 pages $29.95 Bruce Jay Friedman was sent to a charity sleep-away camp in Peekskill, N.Y. each summer. It was sponsored by the Central Jewish Institute and staffed by Israelis counselors. Like most Jews born and bred in the Bronx, Friedman didn’t take well to the…
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