The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Critical Overview

While some of Neil Simon’s plays are not well received by critics, audiences love just about all of them. The Prisoner of Second Avenue, however, earned some strong reviews like the one from Cliff Glaviano in the Library Journal, who writes, “Simon takes a good look at apartment life, career and role reversals, a nervous breakdown, and the love, torture, care, or inertia that somehow keeps a couple in a relationship for many years.” He praises both the style of this “classic American comedy” that “at points” is “laugh-out-loud funny” and filled with...

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