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from April 24.Amir Masoud Rajabi has directed the play and performs in it along with Mehdi Samimi, Sara Zoghi, Mohammad Moradi, and Samaneh
laugh-a-minute look at middle age and modern life.The story revolves around the escalating problems of a middle-aged couple living on Second
Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City.Mel Edison is a middle-class advertising account executive and he is having a very
His employer is on the verge of bankruptcy and as a result Mel loses his job after 22 years of faithful service
and a prolonged garbage strike, which exacerbates Edison's plight as he and his wife Edna deal with noisy and argumentative neighbors, loud
sounds emanating from Manhattan streets up to their apartment
the same week, he loses his ability to cope and becomes a prisoner in his Second Avenue apartment, pacing the walls in his pajamas and
listening to talk back radio for hours on end
Mel eventually suffers a nervous breakdown, and it is up to the loving care of his brother Harry, his sisters, and, mostly, Edna, to try to
that made daily life often inconvenient and sometimes dangerous.Neil Simon (1927-2018) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and author
He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly film adaptations of his plays
He received three Tony Awards and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for four Academy Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards
He was awarded a Special Tony Award in 1975, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1991, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1995, and the Mark Twain
Prize for American Humor in 2006.One of the most popular of 20th-century American dramatists, Neil Simon is known for his comedies that
will remain on stage till May 5
The Theater Hall is located at No
This article first appeared/also appeared in Tehran Times
