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The Star-Spangled Girl

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  1w, 2m

This fast-moving, hilarious comedy concerns two earnest young men struggling to put out a "protest" magazine – and the all-American girl who moves in next door, sending both of them into a romantic tailspin.

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    Cast Size
    1w, 2m

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Summary
Andy and Norman are two earnest young men using their apartment as a publishing office for a "protest" magazine in San Francisco. Sophie, an Olympic swimmer and all-American girl, moves into another apartment on the same floor. Sophie makes her first appearance paying a good-neighbor visit to the combination home and office of the two publishers. Her friendliness and charm leave Norman hopelessly smitten. Meanwhile, his partner is fielding telephone calls from the irate printer who wants to collect the money due him, and distracting the landlady from thoughts of back rent with motorcycle rides and surfing expeditions. And while she is convinced that they are editing a dangerously subversive magazine, Sophie soon finds that her real source of annoyance is that the wrong man is pressing his attentions on her. Happily this situation is reversed in time, as love and politics blend delightfully in a bubbling series of funny happenings, set forth with the masterly skill and inventiveness of Neil Simon.
History
The Star-Spangled Girl opened on Broadway at the Plymouth Theatre on December 21, 1966 under the direction of George Axelrod.

Media

“Charm, brightness, deft inventiveness and capacity for good, honest hilarity.” New York Post

“Mr. Simon can do wonders… with casually tossed-off fantasies that pop up from nowhere and whistle as they go by.” – The New York Times, Read More

“Charm, brightness, deft inventiveness and capacity for good, honest hilarity.” – New York Post

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Authors

Neil Simon

American playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon (1927-2018) is widely regarded as one of the most successful, prolific and performed playwrights in theatre history. In addition to Lost In Yonkers, which won a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize, his plays and musicals include Come ...

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