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The Neil Simon Theatre, originally the Alvin Theatre, is a Broadway theater at 250 West 52nd Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1927, the theater was designed by Herbert J. Krapp and was built for Alex A. Aarons and Vinton Freedley.
4 Οκτ 2024 · Neil Simon, American playwright, screenwriter, television writer, and librettist who was one of the most popular playwrights in the history of American theater. His notable plays included Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, and Brighton Beach Memoirs. Learn more about Simon’s life and career.
One can make a decent case that the Neil Simon Theatre wasn’t built at the best of times. Construction on the venue started and finished in 1927. For context, New York City’s modern Theater District started coming into existence towards the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century.
Owned by Herman Bernstein in 1947. Purchased by the Nederlanders in 1977, who renamed it in 1983 for Neil Simon, during the run of his autobiographical Brighton Beach Memoirs. To learn more about the history of the Neil Simon Theatre, visit the Nederlander Organization's website and Spotlight on Broadway's video on the Neil Simon Theatre.
In 1960, the venue re-opened and began once more to run Broadway productions, including the original Annie, which ran for six years from 1977. The same year, the venue was renamed the Neil Simon Theatre by new owners Nederlander Organization, after the playwright Neil Simon.
20 Μαΐ 2019 · Through more than two dozen plays and nearly as many film scripts, Simon became the wealthiest dramatist in history and the most-produced playwright on the contemporary American stage behind Shakespeare.
16 Οκτ 2009 · It’s amazing to realize that the feathery domestic comedy Barefoot in the Park, his first smash, opened in 1963—after Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, on the cusp of the counterculture,...
