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With the revised title of Fools, the play premiered on Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on April 6, 1981 and closed on May 9, 1981 after 40 performances. Directed by Mike Nichols, the cast included John Rubinstein, Harold Gould, Richard B. Shull, Florence Stanley, and Pamela Reed.
Fools (Original, Play, Comedy, Broadway) opened in New York City Apr 6, 1981 and played through May 9, 1981.
When Neil Simon wrote “Fools,” he allegedly tried to create a play which would be a sure flop on Broadway because, in a divorce agreement with his ex-wife, he promised her all the profits from his next play. Whether apocryphal or not, his next play, “Fools,” was first produced in Broadway in 1981 and lasted only 40 performances.
Chock full of over the top characters and Neil Simon’s hilarious style of comedy, this play will have audiences and actors alike chuckling at the Fools of Kulyenchikov. Fools plot summary, character breakdowns, context and analysis, and performance video clips.
Fools is a 1981 comedy play written by Neil Simon. The plot involves a schoolteacher named Leon Tolchinsky arriving in the village of Kulyenchikov (located somewhere in Ukraine) in order to educate the town doctor's daughter. Leon promptly falls in Love at First Sight with the beautiful Sophia.
The original Broadway production of Fools opened on Apr 6, 1981.
Leon Tolchinsky is ecstatic. He’s landed a terrific teaching job in an idyllic Russian hamlet. When he arrives, he finds people sweeping dust from the stoops back into their houses and people...
