CSP Presents Neil Simon's THE GINGERBREAD LADY, 3/2-10

Chapel Street Players(CSP) in Newark present Neil Simon’s “THE GINGERBREAD LADY," directed by Don Pruden, March 2-10, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. The Chapel Street Players Theatre is located at 27 N. Chapel Street, Newark DE 19711.

In THE GINGERBREAD LADY, Evy Meara, a popular singer whose life has been dismantled by alcoholism, is at the end of a ten-week stay at a rehab center when her best friend, her teenage daughter, and an actor try to help her adjust to sobriety. All three struggle with their own problems, however; her best friend is consumed by vanity, the actor’s career is hinging upon the big break he has been waiting for, and her daughter, although devoted, has complications of her own. As if that were not enough, Evy’s contemptible ex-lover reappears and makes a bid for Evy’s affections, creating a perfect storm for a recovering addict to lose her way. While Simon’s typical wit and hilarity permeate this piece, THE GINGERBREAD LADY is an entirely serious story of lost misfits, genuinely and deeply touching, deviating from Simon's usual hilarious farces to show his diverse talent.

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Neil Simon is an American playwright and screenwriter who has written numerous Broadway plays, including Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, and The Odd Couple. In 1991, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Lost In Yonkers. Simon wrote the screenplays for several of his plays that were made into movies, and he also has written the books for several musicals, including Sweet Charity.

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