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 ...

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 ...

Legendary playwright Neil Simon died Sunday due to complications from pneumonia at age 91. The “Odd Couple” and “Barefoot in the Park” writer had more than 30 plays mounted on Broadway ...

Neil Simon, the acclaimed playwright behind the “The Odd Couple” and “Plaza Suite,” has died at the age of 91. ... Jane Fonda, Art Carney, Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon.

Neil Simon, playwright of such ... Another voice who understood the power of art in our American story now belongs to eternity. — Dan Rather (@DanRather) August 26, 2018. Oh beloved Neil Simon.

Neil Simon’s place in the dramatic canon never rivaled that of Arthur Miller, ... "The Odd Couple" alone was a vehicle for performers ranging from Art Carney and Walter Matthau, ...

The other Simon play, “The Dinner Party,” will see its Neil Simon Festival debut in 2017. “It’s a perfect 15th season and it has something for everybody,” Sham says.

When master playwright Neil Simon accepted the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2006, he was visibly nervous. But his gentle humor was evident.

Lee Street theatre is opening the Neil Simon comedy classic “RUMORS” this Friday. At a large, tastefully-appointed Sneden’s Landing townhouse, the deputy mayor of New York has just shot himself.