Return to Production  The Sunshine Boys (12/08/1997 -
06/28/1998)   New York Daily News: "Oh, 'Boys,' What A Pair!"
Rarely is the line between art and life as thin as in this
production of Neil Simon's wistful tribute to old Broadway. In
the play, a classic comedy duo is reunited for one last spin on
the merry-go-round. In life, the production itself brings
together the stars of a favorite long-running double act.  To
confuse the issue still further, "The Odd Couple," the TV show
that forever joined Jack Klugman and Tony Randall in our
affections, was based on a Neil Simon play. By the first scene
of the second act, when the pair perform an old routines for a
television special, any attempt to forget Felix and Oscar is
futile.  Inevitably, the fictional actors and the real ones seep
into each other, and the effect is moving. Simon's play may be
no more than a well-drawn sketch about two old-timers who hate
each other but have to perform together, but the presence of
Klugman and Randall gives it another life.