My love for Neil Simon started as a youngster. I was off school with Asthma and ‘Barefoot In The Park’ was showing on television and even though it was, what I considered, an ‘old’ film, I loved every minute of it. That love affair with his work continues until today. He had the very rare talent of being able to make you roar with laughter one minute and the next have you crying into your tissue. He was an exceptional, insightful playwright.