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      • Mr. Saks met Mr. Simon in the early 1960s when he was asked by Mr. Simon’s agent to sit in on a tryout performance of “Barefoot in the Park,” directed by Mike Nichols, which was struggling on the road, and to offer his advice.
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  1. Mar 30, 2015 · Mr. Saks met Mr. Simon in the early 1960s when he was asked by Mr. Simon’s agent to sit in on a tryout performance of “Barefoot in the Park,” directed by Mike Nichols, which was struggling ...

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  3. Mar 30, 2015 · The Simon-Saks collaboration began in 1963 when Simon asked Mr. Saks — then a Broadway actor — to come to New Hope, Pa., and critique a tryout of "Barefoot in the Park."

  4. Mar 29, 2015 · NEW YORK (AP) — Gene Saks, a prolific actor-director who teamed with playwright and fellow New Yorker Neil Simon on hit Broadway and movie productions of such Simon comedies as "The Odd Couple...

  5. May 21, 1985 · The play concerns a young man's stint on an Army base in Biloxi, Miss., during World War II. When we first met Eugene in Mr. Simon's earlier autobiographical play, ''Brighton Beach Memoirs,'' he...

  6. Jan 15, 1993 · Mr. Saks, who said he believed Mr. Azenberg was acting, if not on orders from Mr. Simon, then in an effort to mollify him, insisted he had been fired without cause and out of unreasonable...

  7. Mr. Saks met Mr. Simon in the early 1960s when he was asked by Mr. Simon’s agent to sit in on a tryout performance of “Barefoot in the Park,” directed by Mike Nichols, which was struggling on the road, and to offer his advice.

  8. Mar 29, 2015 · Saks was great in the picture. His main fame, of course, came from directing movies like The Odd Couple and Barefoot in the Park , and plays like Brighton Beach Memoirs and California Suite . He even directed some great things that weren't written by Neil Simon.

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