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The
Sunshine Boys
by Neil Simon
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The Sunshine Boys focuses on aging Al Lewis and Willy Clark, a one-time vaudevillian double act known as Lewis and Clark who, over the course of forty-odd years, not only grew to hate each other but never spoke to each other off-stage throughout the final year of their act.
The stubborn Clark, who was not ready for retirement, resented the wiser Lewis for breaking up the act when he opted to leave show business. It is now 1972 and CBS is inviting the team to reunite for a TV special on the history of comedy, with the pair representing the vaudeville era at its best. Clark is convinced by his nephew and agent Ben to revive the old routine one last time.
Much of the humour is derived from efforts to get the two cantankerous actors into the same room for a rehearsal, their differences of opinion once they reunite, and their shenanigans on the actual broadcast.
First performed on Broadway in 1972, it was famously filmed in 1975 with Walter Matthau and George Burns in the title roles. The movie made George Burns, at 80 years old, the oldest recipient of an Academy Award, when he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Al Lewis.
So let us bring sunshine, to the post Christmas, dark January evenings, with a touch of Neil Simon, at his masterly best! |
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| ‘Let your arms be as warm as the sun from up above,
Bring me fun, bring me sunshine, bring me love’. |
| Bring Me Sunshine
By Arthur Kent and Sylvia
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