The Neil Simon collection includes more than 7,000 items, ranging from play and screenplay drafts (including the never-produced “The Merry Widows,” written for Bette Midler and Whoopi Goldberg ...

Donated by way of Simon’s widow, the actress Elaine Joyce Simon, the collection includes approximately 7,700 items that provide an intimate peek into Simon’s creative process and life. Materials ...

Neil Simon was the most successful playwright in Broadway history, racking up some 9,000 performances — and many millions of dollars — with hits such as “The Odd Couple,” “The Sunshine ...

In New York’s Midtown, a collection of apartments that belonged to the late playwright Neil Simon are coming on the market following his death last year. Mr. Simon’s original three-bedroom ...

It is ironic that Neil Simon, who died today at 91, got his inspiration to become a comedy writer from the movies into which he constantly escaped to forget the circumstances of his poor ...

Neil Simon appreciation: The comedy giant straddled the worlds of theater, movies and TV with works like ‘The Odd Couple,’ ‘Barefoot in the Park’ ...

Playwright Neil Simon, left, and actor James Coco pose for a photo for Simon’s musical “Little Me” in 1981. Simon died Aug. 26 at 91. (Marty Lederhandler/AP) Perspective by Peter Marks ...

Columbia. On Sunday, legendary playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon died at the age of 91. Here’s what I find interesting about his legacy: everyone seems to have his or her own distinct way ...

Neil Simon, whose comic touch in “The Odd Couple,” “Barefoot in the Park” and many other hits on stage and screen made him the most commercially successfully playwright of the 20th century ...

It is ironic that Neil Simon, who died today at 91, got his inspiration to become a comedy writer from the movies into which he constantly escaped to forget the circumstances of his poor ...