“Barefoot in the Park”

Rita Rudner & Paul Rodriguez in a Neil Simon Classic Barefoot in the Park premiered on Broadway on October 23, 1963 starring a 27-year-old Robert Redford, and still holds the record as Neil Simon’s longest-running play. With meddling mother-in-laws and all the timeless adjustments a couple has to make to newlywed life, it’s no wonder this Simon fave is still as funny and fresh more than a half-century later (landing comedy legends Rita Rudner and Paul Rodriguez in the lead roles doesn’t hurt, either!).