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Article: SIMON FARCE 'RUMORS' FUNNY, BUT COLLAPSES.(Local)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- November 24, 1988
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Byline: Jay Beauseigneur Hearst Feature Service
Leave it to Neil Simon, Broadway's most prolific playwright, to find an art form he hasn't previously used in a theatrical career that stretches back to 1961.
That art form is farce, and the play is "Rumors." In it, Simon takes a remarkable detour from his last three bittersweet semi-autobiographical plays. His aim here is for the funny bone, rather than the heart.
There's good news and bad news, however. "Rumors" is an extraordinarily laugh-filled evening that is stopped dead in its tracks when Simon's amazing balancing act suddenly collapses 10 or so minutes before the final curtain. The effect ...
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