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BOX 90-97, 110-111, 114-118, 124-125 Production Files, 1961-2018
This series contains clippings, correspondence, photographs, programs, reviews, and opening night notes connected to Neil Simon's productions. An original caricature by Al Hirschfeld is filed under The Odd Couple. Ephemera and photographs documenting international productions in 21 countries are also found here organized under the production title. Countries represented are Australia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
Arranged alphabetically by production title.
BOX-FOLDER 114/1 45 Seconds from Broadway (play), 2001
BOX-FOLDER 90/1 Actors and Actresses (play), 1983
BOX-FOLDER 90/2 Barefoot in the Park (play), 1963-1990
Includes: Photographs and material from productions in Czech Republic, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Turkey, and the United Kingdom
BOX-FOLDER 90/3-5 Biloxi Blues (play), 1985-2018
Includes: Material from productions in Israel, Japan, and Russia; Box-Folder 90/4 includes photographs
BOX-FOLDER 90/6, 114/1 Biloxi Blues (motion picture), 1988
BOX-FOLDER 90/7-9, 110/1 Brighton Beach Memoirs (play), 1982-1993
Includes: Material from productions in Australia and the United Kingdom; Box-Folder 90/8 includes photographs
BOX 125 Brighton Beach Memoirs (play), 1986 March 13
Paperweight
BOX-FOLDER 91/1 Brighton Beach Memoirs (motion picture), 1986
Includes: Photographs
BOX-FOLDER 91/2-3, 110/1, 114/1 Broadway Bound (play), 1986-1993
Includes: Photographs and material from productions in the United Kingdom
BOX-FOLDER 91/4 Broadway Bound (television movie), 1992
BOX-FOLDER 91/5, 110/2, 114/2-3 California Suite (play), 1976-1977
Includes: Photographs; Box-Folder 114/2-3 contain a scrapbook
BOX-FOLDER 91/6, 110/2, 114/4 Chapter Two (play), 1977-1979, 1996, and undated
Includes: Photographs and material from productions in Hungary and United Kingdom; Box-Folder 114/4 contains a scrapbook
BOX-FOLDER 91/7 The Cheap Detective (motion picture), 1977
Includes: Photograph
BOX-FOLDER 91/8, 114/5 to 115/1 Come Blow Your Horn (play), 1961, 1963, 1981, 1987-1988
Includes: Material from productions in Australia and Turkey; Box-Folder 114/5 to 115/1 contains a scrapbook
BOX-FOLDER 91/9 The Curse of Kulyenchikov (play), 1981
BOX-FOLDER 91/10, 115/2 The Dinner Party (play), 1999-2000
Includes: Photograph
BOX 125 The Dinner Party (play), 2000
Silver yo-yo
Note:Inscribed "The Dinner Party" / ...while you're waiting / Love, / Henry
BOX-FOLDER 92/1 Fools (play), 1981-1982
Includes: Photographs
BOX-FOLDER 92/2 The Gingerbread Lady (play), 1971-1976, 1987, 1993
Includes: Photograph and material from productions in Demark, Japan, Poland, and the United Kingdom
BOX-FOLDER 92/3 God's Favorite (play), 1974-1975
Includes: Photograph
BOX-FOLDER 92/4 The Good Doctor (play), 1973-1975, 1998
Includes: Photographs and material from productions in Australia and Denmark
BOX-FOLDER 92/5 The Goodbye Girl (motion pictures), 1977
BOX-FOLDER 92/6 The Goodbye Girl (musical), 1992-1997
Includes: Material from production in the United Kingdom
BOX-FOLDER 92/7 Hotel Suite (play), 2000
BOX-FOLDER 92/8 I Ought to Be in Pictures (play), 1980, 1990, 1992
Includes: Photographs and material from productions in France and Russia
BOX-FOLDER 92/9, 115/2 Jake's Women (play), 1990-1995
Includes: Photographs
BOX-FOLDER 92/10, 115/4-3 Last of the Red Hot Lovers (play), 1971-1972 and undated
Includes: Photographs and material from productions in Australia, Ireland, and the Netherlands; Box-Folder 115/4-3 contains a scrapbook
BOX-FOLDER 93/1, 110/3 Laughter on the 23rd Floor (play), 1993-1994
Includes: Material from productions in Australia, Germany, and the United Kingdom
BOX-FOLDER 93/2, 110/3 Laughter on the 23rd Floor (television movie), 2001
Includes: Photograph
BOX-FOLDER 93/3, 115/5-6 Little Me (musical), 1992, 1998
Includes: Photographs; Box-Folder 115/5-6 contain a scrapbook
BOX-FOLDER 93/4 London Suite (play), 1994-1995
Includes: Photographs
BOX-FOLDER 93/5-8, 116/1 Lost in Yonkers (play), 1990-1994
Includes: Photographs
BOX-FOLDER 94/1 Lost in Yonkers (motion picture), 1992-1993
BOX-FOLDER 94/2 The Marrying Man (motion picture), 1990
BOX-FOLDER 110/4 Max Dugan Returns (motion picture), 1983
Photograph album
BOX-FOLDER 94/3, 110/5 Murder by Death (motion picture), 1976
Includes: Photographs
BOX-FOLDER 94/4 Neil Simon at the Neil Simon, 2000
BOX-FOLDER 94/5-6 The Odd Couple (play), 1965-1988, 2005, and undated
Includes: Photographs and material from productions in Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Poland, and Spain
BOX-FOLDER 94/7 The Odd Couple (play), 1985-1989, 1995, 2001
Note: Female version; includes photographs and materials from productions in France and Japan
BOX 117 The Odd Couple (play), 1965
Framed drawing by Al Hirschfeld
BOX-FOLDER 94/8 The Odd Couple II (motion picture), 1997
BOX-FOLDER 94/9 Oscar and Felix (play), 2002
Includes: Photographs
BOX-FOLDER 94/10, 116/2-3 Plaza Suite (play), 1969 and undated
Note: Box-Folder 94/10 contains international productions only: Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and Sweden; Box-Folder 116/2-3 contain a scrapbook
BOX-FOLDER 95/1-2, 110/5, 116/4-5 The Prisoner of Second Avenue (play), 1971-1974, 1999, 2009, and undated
Includes: Photographs and material from productions in France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Poland, Romania, Sweden, and the United Kingdom; Box 116, Folders 4-5 contain a scrapbook
BOX-FOLDER 95/3 Promises, Promises (musical), 1968-1970, 1997, 2010
Includes: Photographs and material from productions from Czech Republic and Italy
BOX-FOLDER 95/4-5, 111/1 Proposals (play), 1996-1999
Includes: Photographs
BOX 118 Proposals (play), 1997
Framed Orpheum Theatre announcement
BOX 124 Proposals (play), 1997 July 16
Commemorative plate with stand
BOX-FOLDER 95/6 to 96/1 Rose and Walsh (play), 2001-2005
Includes: Photographs
BOX-FOLDER 96/2 Rose's Dilemma (play), 2003-2004
BOX-FOLDER 96/3 Rumors (play), 1988-1995
Includes: Photographs and materials from productions in France, Italy, Japan, Russia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom
BOX-FOLDER 96/4 The Star-Spangled Girl (play), 1996
Note: Material from the Japanese production only
BOX-FOLDER 96/5-6 The Sunshine Boys (play), 1972-1997
Includes: Photographs and material from productions in Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Germany, Hungary, Sweden
BOX-FOLDER 97/1 The Sunshine Boys (motion picture), 1975-1976, 1997
Includes: Photograph
BOX-FOLDER 97/2, 111/1 They're Playing Our Song (musical), 1979-1982
Includes: Photographs and material from production in Slovakia
BOX-FOLDER 97/3 The Trouble with People (television program), 1972
Includes: Photographs
BOX-FOLDER 97/4, 111/2 Unidentified international productions, undated
Includes: Photographs and materials from productions in the Netherlands
BOX 97-98, 111 Correspondence, circa 1946-2010
This series contains personal and business correspondence sent to or from Neil Simon. Most folders contain only one or two short letters or notes, but the correspondence from Danny Simon contains extensive feedback on ongoing projects. Folders of miscellaneous correspondence primarily document business dealings but also includes early letters possibly sent while Simon was in the Air Force Reserves Corps in 1946. For opening night notes and telegrams, see Production Files.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent name. Folders of miscellaneous correspondence are arranged chronologically.
BOX-FOLDER 97/5 Alexander, Jason, 1996
BOX-FOLDER 97/6 Azenberg, Emanuel ("Manny"), 1984-1985, 2006, 2008
BOX-FOLDER 97/7 Bloomberg, Michael, 2007-2008
BOX-FOLDER 97/8 Branagh, Kenneth, 1998 September 16
BOX-FOLDER 97/9 Buchwald, Art, 2006 February 18 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 97/10 Burnett, Carol, 2003 April 18
BOX-FOLDER 97/11 Bush, George H. W., 1991 May 13
BOX-FOLDER 97/12 Christiansen, Richard, undated
BOX-FOLDER 97/13 Clinton, Bill, 1996 October 9
BOX-FOLDER 97/14 Cromer, David, 2009 September 21
BOX-FOLDER 97/15 Guare, John, 1991 February 13
BOX-FOLDER 97/16 Harnick, Sheldon and Jerry Bock, 2007
BOX-FOLDER 97/17 Hope, Bob, 1973 January
BOX-FOLDER 97/18 Joyce, Elaine, 2002-2008 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 97/19 Kennedy, Ethel, 1972 June 17
BOX-FOLDER 97/20 Kubrick, Stanley, 1992
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