I’LL BE BACK BEFORE MIDNIGHT! was named in a recent Toronto Globe & Mail retrospective on Canadian theatre as “probably the most produced Canadian play ever.” The play has grossed over $8 million world wide, and has had countless productions in Canada, the USA and Europe, placing the author among the top playwrights working in…
Since 1960, a Broadway season without a Neil Simon comedy or musical has been rare one. During the 1966-67 Season, BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, SWEET CHARITY and THE STAR-SPANGLED GIRL were all running simultaneously; in the 1970-71 Season, Broadway theatergoers had their choice of PLAZA SUITE, LASTOF THE RED HOT LOVERS and PROMISES, PROMISES. Next…
The play is set in Salford in northwestern England in the 1950s. It tells the story of Jo, a seventeen-year-old working class girl, and her mother, Helen, who is presented as crude and sexually indiscriminate. Helen leaves Jo alone in their new flat after she begins a relationship with Peter, a rich lover who is…