The Sunshine Boys
by Neil Simon

Broadway
The Sunshine Boys Book Cover
The Sunshine Boys Cover

Highlights

120 mins 1980s Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American Comedy

Awards & Recognition

Tony Award

Winner! 1973 Tony Award for Best Play

Synopsis

Full Length Comedy / 5m 2f / Scenery: Interior Al and Willie as "Lewis and Clark" were top-billed vaudevillians for over forty years.

Now they aren't even speaking.

When CBS requests them for a "History of Comedy" retrospective a grudging reunion brings the two back together along with a flood of memories miseries and laughs.

"It's ham on wry...Simon's sure footed craftsmanship and his one liners are as exquisitely apt as ever."-New York Post "Delicious and oddly affecting."-T

Press Reviews

"It’s ham on wry [...] Simon’s sure-footed craftsmanship and his one liners are as exquisitely apt as ever."

— New York Post

"Another hit for Simon in a shrewdly balanced, splendid and rather touching slice of the show biz life."

— New York Daily News

Characters

Character
Ben Silverman
Al Lewis
Patient
Eddie
Nurse
Registered Nurse
Willie Clark

Videos

The Sunshine Boys – Center Theatre Group Trailer

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 2010
Binding Paperback
Edition Illustrated
Pages 90
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573615962
ISBN-10 0573615969

The Sunshine Boys is a American comedy play written by Neil Simon and published by Samuel French (2010).

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