Neil Simon

Jan 20, 2025 | dctheaterarts.org | Alexandra Bowman |Neil Simon

It’s so easy to make a story about wealthy people’s foibles exhaustingly on-the-nose and more preachy, depressing, or frustrating than entertaining. Neil Simon’s Rumors premiered before Seinfeld and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia — and was likely an inspiration for the former — but now that these stories have dominated the “stories about terrible people” genre in our 2025 consciousness, others must fight for relevancy and unique excellence. With a play, this fight comes down to performance.