The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Vaudeville, until 25 September
Lingua Franca
Finborough, until 7 August
Neil Simon has received more nominations from Oscar and Tony than any other dramatist in history, so his comedies ought to be playing constantly in London. But revivals of his plays are rarities. Something of the Simonian essence seems to fall off the plane mid-Atlantic.

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