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 into his work.

When the lights come up, it’s the night of the Brock’s 10th wedding anniversary: Mr. Brock is bleeding in the bedroom, Mrs. Brock is nowhere to be found, and as the dinner guests arrive, any attempt ...

The collection of approximately 7,700 items, donated by Simon’s widow, includes dozens of unfinished shows, including a screenplay written for Bette Midler and Whoopi Goldberg. By Sarah Bahr Matthew ...

"Their friendship was so great. Bob was so big and a bit out of control," Corddry said. "I think they liked each other because they balanced each other out ... Bob Fosse was [the] first person he sent ...

NEW YORK -- Playwright Neil Simon, a master of comedy whose laugh-filled hits such as "The Odd Couple," ''Barefoot in the Park" and his "Brighton Beach" trilogy dominated Broadway for decades, has ...

Katie Couric almost got hot and heavy with playwright Neil Simon, but his blood pressure medication killed the steamy dalliance. In her new bombshell memoir, “Going There,” the “Today” show alum ...

Neil Simon wrote more than 30 plays and screenplays, including "The Odd Couple," "Barefoot In The Park" and "Brighton Beach Memoirs." He won Tonys, Oscars and the Pulitzer Prize. But when he died this ...

The Library of Congress is acquiring what’s arguably a theater gold mine: the manuscripts and papers of Neil Simon, the most commercially successful American playwright of the 20th century. “Neil ...

I met Neil through auditioning for “Brighton Beach Memoirs” in 1982. I’d auditioned in an office for a casting director a few times, and then finally worked my way to auditioning on a stage. “Ain’t ...

Nathan Lane first encountered Simon at the age of 11, when a play-of-the-month club sent him The Odd Couple to read, and he promptly devoured it hidden between the pages of his geography textbook. But ...