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Laughter on the 23rd Floor opened on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on November 22, 1993 and closed on August 27, 1994 after 320 performances and 24 previews.
- Neil Simon
- 1993
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Simmons performed on Broadway in A Change in the Heir (1990), Peter Pan (1991–92), Guys and Dolls (1992–95), and Laughter on the 23rd Floor (1993–94). He began a lengthy career playing guest roles on television shows as well as small parts in films in the mid-1990s.
1950-1954, and its successor, Caesar’s Hour, which ran from 1954-1957 – Laughter on the 23rd Floor otherwise hews closely to the history of Your Show of Shows. The play is based on Simon’s days as a young writer for that show.
May 27, 2011 · Neil Simon’s “Laughter on the 23rd Floor,” being staged in Croton Falls, was inspired by Mr. Simon’s early television career working for Sid Caesar.
Playwright Neil Simon got his first big break in the early '50s as a staff writer on Sid Caesar's fabled television series Your Show of Shows, and this comedy takes a fictionalized look at the backstage chaos that went into producing one of the landmarks of television's golden age.
Oct 17, 2019 · Neil Simon’s LAUGHTER ON THE 23rd FLOOR is a celebration of this family of comedic crazies, as remembered from his very junior position in the writers’ room at NBC in the early 1950s. We catch them at a critical time, as TV tastes (according to the corporate big shots) are changing, and pressure is applied from on high to dilute their ...
