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Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Last of the Red Hot Lovers
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Author: Neil Simon Publisher: Samuel French, Inc. Format: Softcover # of Pages: 78 Pub. Date: 1970 ISBN-10: 0573611432 ISBN-13: 9780573611438 Cast Size: 3 women, 1 man
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About the Play:
Last of the Red Hot Lovers is a full-length comedy by Neil
Simon. The nagging doubts and unresolved conflict inherent in a
decades-long marriage are at the heart of this hilarious play. A
middle-aged, overweight and married wannabe philanderer discovers
extramarital indulgences aren't all they're cracked up to be in three
separate affairs that fall flat in this classic Neil Simon
comedy.
Last of the Red Hot Lovers is about a modern man in the hip
1960s who looks for something new and different, but ends up finding
himself in the same situation, again and again…and again! Barney
Cashman, middle aged, overworked, and with no experience in covert
maneuvers, is bored with his bland "nice" life. He
anxiously turns to three women for validation and distraction before
it's too late, and his attempts at seduction will leave you howling
with laughter: the first, Elaine Navazio proves to be a foul-mouthed
bundle of neuroses; Bobbi Michele is next, a 20-ish actress who's too
kooky by half; finally comes September and Jeanette Fisher, a gloomy,
depressed housewife who happens to be married to Barney's best
friend. Each attempt fails worse than the last and these hilarious
mishaps force Barney to realize that what he thought was missing
might been there all along.
Last of the Red Hot Lovers premiered in 1969 at
the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on Broadway and ran for over two years, receiving a Tony Award nomination for Best Play. The
play is regularly performed in repertory, college, and community
theatre productions.
Cast: 3 women, 1 man.
What people say:
"Mr. Simon has created a great
character here…it is extraordinarily funny and yet also charming…
as witty as ever, perhaps wittier." — New York Times
"Delightfully hilarious and
witty, as well as filled with wisdom about human nature… an
uproariously funny author. But he is far more than that. He has a
mellow and compassionate understanding of how weak and essentially
well meaning mankind behaves… a genuinely brilliant play."
— New York Post
Neil Simon (1927-2018) was America's most prolific
playwright. He had dozens of plays and nearly as many major motion
pictures produced. He was showered with more Academy and Tony
nominations than any other writer, and is the only playwright to have
four Broadway productions running simultaneously. His plays have been
produced in dozens of languages, and have been blockbuster hits from
Beijing to Moscow. His true success, however, is in his unique way of
exposing something real in the American spirit.
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