Last of the Red Hot Lovers, The (1969), a comedy by Neil Simon. [ Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 706 perf.] Barney Cashman (James Coco), the owner of a fish restaurant, is middle‐aged, overweight, married, and anxious to have one last fling. Knowing that his mother's apartment is empty on certain days, three times he lures a totally different type of woman there and attempts to seduce her. He bungles every attempt. In desperation he asks up the only other woman he can think of: his wife, Thelma. But apparently even she is not too eager to accept his invitation. One of Simon's many gag‐filled yet probing comedies, it was assessed by Richard Watts Jr. of the New York Post as “delightfully hilarious and witty, as well as filled with the wisdom about human nature characteristic of all his work.”
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The Last of the Red Hot Lovers is a play by Neil Simon.
At the comedy's core is Barney Cashman, a middle-aged, married nebbish who wants to join the sexual revolution before it's too late. A gentle soul with no experience in adultery, he fails in each of three seductions - a sexpot who likes cigarettes, whiskey, and other women's husbands, an actress friend who he discovers is madder than a hatter, and his wife's best friend, a staunch moralist.
After six previews, the Broadway production, directed by Robert Moore, opened on December 28, 1969 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, where it ran for 706 performances. The original cast included James Coco, Linda Lavin, Doris Roberts, and Marcia Rodd. Later in the run, Dom DeLuise replaced Coco and Cathryn Damon and then Rita Moreno replaced Lavin. The play, Coco, Lavin, and Moore all were nominated for Tony Awards.
Simon adapted his play for a 1972 film directed by Gene Saks. The cast included Alan Arkin, Sally Kellerman, Paula Prentiss, and Renée Taylor.
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