Article: Mule Bone. (Ethel Barrymore Theater, New York, New York)

NEIL SIMON's 26th stage play, Lost in Yonkers, at the Richard Rodgers Theater, could operate under many of his previous titles. The Odd Couple would suffice; so would Promises, Promises, or Fools. In a play that not only takes place in 1942 but seems to have been written then, a family struggles to stay nuclear. Eddie Kurnitz (Mark Blum), a recent widower, is forced to become a traveling salesman. Problem: What to do with his two young sons, Jay and Artie (Jamie Marsh and Danny Gerard), while he is on the road. Solution: Park them with his mother in Westchester. Alas, Mrs. Kurnitz (Irene Worth) is not your average old lady in sensible shoes. She is an imperious and ...

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