NEIL SIMON

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                    [Title] => US playwright, 'king of comedy' Neil Simon dead at 91
                    [Summary] => Neil Simon, the prolific and Pulitzer Prize-winning US playwright celebrated as the king of comedy who won more Oscar and Tony nominations combined than any other showbiz writer, died on Sunday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2018-08-27 15:01:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1805430
                    [AuthorName] => Jennie Matthew
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                    [Title] => Beyond Bowie, other notables who left distinctive requests
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David Bowie's wish to have his ashes scattered in a Buddhist ritual in Bali is the latest in a series of distinctive provisions in celebrities' wills.

                    [DatePublished] => 2016-01-31 01:00:27
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                    [AuthorID] => 1378514
                    [AuthorName] => Jennifer Peltz
                    [SectionName] => Entertainment
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                    [Title] => The odd couple
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To many parents, the baby monitor is probably one of the greatest inventions ever. It’s that gadget that parents can place in the room of their children to monitor them while they are in a different room or part of the house.
                    [DatePublished] => 2009-06-23 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Tony Montemayor
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                    [Title] => Passion is everything
                    [Summary] => In the Broadway play Amadeus, Salieri, the court composer, realizing young Mozart’s genius when he hears his music for the first time, contemplates his own mediocre gifts by comparison and confides to the audience, "Is it enough just to have passion?" I saw the play decades ago with my late husband and have never forgotten the unmistakable strength of the answer. No one will be able to argue against the message the play delivers.


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-07-03 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => HINDSIGHT By Josefina T. Lichauco
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                    [Title] => 2003: Twists and turns in theater
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(Second of 2 parts)

When Zeus tasked the Titans Epimetheus and Prometheus to create living things to populate the earth, the first, having only hindsight immediately gave fins, scales and gills to the fishes, wings and feathers to the birds, and thick hide to the beasts of the fields and the forests.
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                    [AuthorName] => Jess Q. Cruz
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                    [Title] => Bart Brings Back Burt
                    [Summary] => My wife was not a huge fan. She was toying with her cell phone as we drove to Greenbelt Onstage Theater to see a revival of Promises, Promises – a ’60s musical directed by Bart Guingona with book by Neil Simon and music by Burt Bacharach. Meanwhile, I was trying to explain to her the relevance of Bacharach to a number of today’s alternative pop bands, including Stereolab, Ben Folds, Pizzicato Five... 


                    [DatePublished] => 2002-02-17 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1804693
                    [AuthorName] => Scott R. Garceau
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                    [Title] => Chinese chop suey and other concoctions
                    [Summary] => At the beginning of this new year, three plays were offered to theater lovers to rid themselves of the post-holiday blues — Repertory Philippines’ God’s Favorite, Tanghalang Pilipino’s Ang Sinungaling and the Philippine High School for the Arts’ Ondine.


                    [DatePublished] => 2002-02-04 00:00:00
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US playwright, 'king of comedy' Neil Simon dead at 91

By Jennie Matthew | August 27, 2018 - 3:01pm

Neil Simon, the prolific and Pulitzer Prize-winning US playwright celebrated as the king of comedy who won more Oscar and...

World

Beyond Bowie, other notables who left distinctive requests

By Jennifer Peltz | January 31, 2016 - 1:00am

David Bowie's wish to have his ashes scattered in a Buddhist ritual in Bali is the latest in a series of distinctive provisions...

Entertainment

The odd couple

By Tony Montemayor | June 23, 2009 - 12:00am

To many parents, the baby monitor is probably one of the greatest inventions ever. It’s that gadget that parents can place in the room of their children to monitor them while they are in a different room...

Health And Family

Passion is everything

By HINDSIGHT By Josefina T. Lichauco | July 3, 2006 - 12:00am

In the Broadway play Amadeus, Salieri, the court composer, realizing young Mozart’s genius when he hears his music for the first time, contemplates his own mediocre gifts by comparison and confides to the audience,...

Lifestyle Business

2003: Twists and turns in theater

By Jess Q. Cruz | January 19, 2004 - 12:00am

(Second of 2 parts) When Zeus tasked the Titans Epimetheus and Prometheus to create living things to populate the earth, the first, having only hindsight immediately gave fins, scales and gills to the fishes,...

Arts and Culture

Bart Brings Back Burt

By Scott R. Garceau | February 17, 2002 - 12:00am

My wife was not a huge fan. She was toying with her cell phone as we drove to Greenbelt Onstage Theater to see a revival of Promises, Promises – a ’60s musical directed by Bart Guingona with book by Neil...

Sunday Lifestyle

Chinese chop suey and other concoctions

By Jess Q. Cruz | February 4, 2002 - 12:00am

At the beginning of this new year, three plays were offered to theater lovers to rid themselves of the post-holiday blues — Repertory Philippines’ God’s Favorite, Tanghalang Pilipino’s Ang Sinungaling...

Arts and Culture