New York Today: New York Today: Neil Simon’s New York

... fighting, and his father in and out of the picture - would later inspire his autobiographical comedy "Lost in Yonkers," which won a Tony Award for best play and the Pulitzer Prize.) Mr. Simon graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx ...

An appreciation: Neil Simon was a funnyman who pleased himself by going deeper

... anymore, I write plays," Simon once said to me, not long after he had won his Pulitzer Prize, in 1991, for "Lost in Yonkers," the drama of a troubled family presided over by a domineering matriarch. This megasuccessful playwright - a genius of the ...

Renowned Jewish playwright Neil Simon passes away at 91

... as he combined humor, drama and introspection in works such as The Odd Couple , The Goodbye Girl and Lost in Yonkers , died on Sunday at the age of 91, T he New York Times reported, citing his publicist. Simon drew on his tumultuous New York Jewish ...

UPDATE 1-Tony award-winning U.S. playwright Neil Simon dies at 91 -NYT

U.S. playwright Neil Simon, who became one of Broadway's most prolific and popular playwrights as he combined humor, drama and introspection in works such as "The Odd Couple," "The Goodbye Girl" and "Lost in Yonkers," died on Sunday at the age of 91, the New York Times reported, citing his publicist. A new Simon play almost every theatrical season was a Broadway staple from 1960 through the mid-1990s, placing him in the ranks of America's top playwrights.

Cynthia Nixon: Democrats need to let black women lead party

... - wasn't included in weeks of closed-door talks that led to last Sunday's passage of the budget. Stewart-Cousins, of Yonkers, leads the Senate's mainstream Democrats. She wasn't included in the so-called "four men in a room" negotiations in which ...