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dir="ltr"><p> <i><b>Rose's Dilemma</b></i> is the final <a href="/wiki/Play_(theatre)" title="Play (theatre)">play</a> written by <a href="/wiki/Neil_Simon" title="Neil Simon">Neil Simon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It ran in Los Angeles and <a href="/wiki/Off-Broadway" title="Off-Broadway">off-Broadway</a> in 2003. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Productions">Productions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rose%27s_Dilemma&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Productions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The play was produced <a href="/wiki/Off-Broadway" title="Off-Broadway">off-Broadway</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Manhattan_Theatre_Club" title="Manhattan Theatre Club">Manhattan Theatre Club</a> at City Center's Stage 1. It ran from November 20, 2003 until February 1, 2004. Directed by Lynn Meadow, it starred <a href="/wiki/John_Cullum" title="John Cullum">John Cullum</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Patricia_Hodges&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Patricia Hodges (page does not exist)">Patricia Hodges</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Aaron_Baker" title="David Aaron Baker">David Aaron Baker</a>, and Geneva Carr.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-play1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-play1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Mary_Tyler_Moore" title="Mary Tyler Moore">Mary Tyler Moore</a>, who started in previews, left the show on December 3, prior to opening.<sup id="cite_ref-play1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-play1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Variety</i> reported that "(Mary Tyler) Moore was in previews with the production when, according to reports, Simon sent her a letter admonishing her to learn her lines. She exited the play forthwith."<sup id="cite_ref-variety_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-variety-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under the title <i>Rose and Walsh</i>, the play premiered earlier in 2003 in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> at the Geffen Playhouse. Directed by David Esbjornson, it starred <a href="/wiki/Len_Cariou" title="Len Cariou">Len Cariou</a> as Walsh, <a href="/wiki/Jane_Alexander" title="Jane Alexander">Jane Alexander</a> as Rose, <a href="/wiki/Marin_Hinkle" title="Marin Hinkle">Marin Hinkle</a> as Arlene, and <a href="/wiki/David_Aaron_Baker" title="David Aaron Baker">David Aaron Baker</a> as Clancy. The <i>Variety</i> reviewer, as quoted in <i>Playbill</i>, wrote: "there's a big audience for a work like this, especially when it's in the hands of these four fine actors."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The play was produced in 2006 in <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>, under the title <i>Fantasma d'Amore</i>: it was also the <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">European</a> premier, directed by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pino_Strabioli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pino Strabioli (page does not exist)">Pino Strabioli</a> and starring <a href="/wiki/Anna_Mazzamauro" title="Anna Mazzamauro">Anna Mazzamauro</a> as Rose and <a href="/wiki/Michele_Gammino" title="Michele Gammino">Michele Gammino</a> as Walsh.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rose%27s_Dilemma&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Author Rose Steiner, suffering from writer's block, needs money and is determined to write another "blockbuster." Rose fantasizes her dead lover, Walsh McLaren, a famous and successful writer. At Walsh's suggestion, Rose decides to complete his unfinished novel, asking a young writer living nearby to help. Rose's assistant, and daughter, Arlene, is trying to be helpful and becomes romantically involved with the young writer, Gavin Clancy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rose%27s_Dilemma&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Variety</i> reviewer wrote: "Neil Simon's new play is a strained, sentimental comedy-drama that will hardly burnish the reputation of the veteran playwright, or of Manhattan Theater Club, where it is clunking across the stage in a stiff production from artistic director Lynne Meadow."<sup id="cite_ref-variety_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-variety-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Elyse Sommer of <i>CurtainUp</i> wrote: "The fantasy element and the use of celebrity characters may seem like an established writer's brave venture into new territory. Alas, this turns out to be a false promise since nothing in <i>Rose's Dilemma</i> comes off as fresh and new... In <i>Rose's Dilemma</i> there's no danger of missing anything since the laughs come at greater intervals than ever before... Typical for Manhattan Theatre Club, this is a handsomely staged production, well-directed by MTC's artistic director Lynne Meadow. Thomas Lynch's seaside home is airy and furnished in the best of taste, with the ocean view subtly lit by Pat Collins. The costumes by William Ivey Long are suitable."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rose%27s_Dilemma&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFKocher2018" class="citation web cs1">Kocher, Chris (September 5, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pressconnects.com/story/entertainment/2018/09/05/cider-mill-stage-neil-simon-final-play-roses-dilemma-endicott/37714801/">"Cider Mill cast stages Neil Simon's final play 'Rose's Dilemma' in Endicott"</a>. <i>Press & Sun-Bulletin</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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More Ghosts Than Originally Planned"</a> <i>The New York Times</i>, December 19, 2003, retrieved January 28, 2017</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-play1-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-play1_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-play1_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Jones, Kenneth. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.playbill.com/article/dust-settled-neil-simons-roses-dilemma-opens-dec-18-off-broadway-com-116936#">"Dust Settled, Neil Simon's <i>Rose's Dilemma</i> Opens Dec. 18 Off-Broadway"</a> playbill.com, December 18, 2003</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gerard, Jeremy. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/columns/culturebusiness/n_9651/">"Comedy of Manners"</a> <i>New York Magazine</i>, December 22, 2003</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-variety-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-variety_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-variety_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Isherwood, Charles. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117922712.html?categoryid=33&cs=1">"Off-Broadway. <i>Rose's Dilemma</i>" </a> <i>Variety</i>, December 18, 2003 <sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged August 2018">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jones, Kenneth. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/80046-Roses-Dilemma-Neil-Simons-33rd-Play-Gets-Manhattan-Theatre-Club-Berth-Nov-20"><i>Rose's Dilemma</i>, Neil Simon's 33rd Play, Gets Manhattan Theatre Club Berth, Nov. 20"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120926120418/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/80046-Roses-Dilemma-Neil-Simons-33rd-Play-Gets-Manhattan-Theatre-Club-Berth-Nov-20">Archived</a> 2012-09-26 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> playbill.com, June 10, 2003</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gallo, Phil. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117919906?refCatId=33">"Review: 'Rose and Walsh' "</a> <i>Variety</i>, February 6, 2003</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120717184515/http://www.agoranews.it/read.php?read=4183&comment=w">"Non chiamatela <i>la signorina Silvani</i>"</a> (in Italian). 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(1970 film)">The Out-of-Towners</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Plaza_Suite_(film)" title="Plaza Suite (film)">Plaza Suite</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Last_of_the_Red_Hot_Lovers_(film)" title="Last of the Red Hot Lovers (film)">Last of the Red Hot Lovers</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Heartbreak_Kid_(1972_film)" title="The Heartbreak Kid (1972 film)">The Heartbreak Kid</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Prisoner_of_Second_Avenue" title="The Prisoner of Second Avenue">The Prisoner of Second Avenue</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunshine_Boys_(1975_film)" title="The Sunshine Boys (1975 film)">The Sunshine Boys</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_by_Death" title="Murder by Death">Murder by Death</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Goodbye_Girl" title="The Goodbye Girl">The Goodbye Girl</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cheap_Detective" title="The Cheap Detective">The Cheap Detective</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/California_Suite_(film)" title="California Suite (film)">California Suite</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chapter_Two_(film)" title="Chapter Two (film)">Chapter Two</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Seems_Like_Old_Times_(film)" title="Seems Like Old Times (film)">Seems Like Old Times</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Only_When_I_Laugh_(film)" title="Only When I Laugh (film)">Only When I Laugh</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Neil_Simon%27s_I_Ought_to_Be_in_Pictures" title="Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures">I Ought to Be in Pictures</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Max_Dugan_Returns" title="Max Dugan Returns">Max Dugan Returns</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lonely_Guy" title="The Lonely Guy">The Lonely Guy</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Slugger%27s_Wife" title="The Slugger's Wife">The Slugger's Wife</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brighton_Beach_Memoirs_(film)" title="Brighton Beach Memoirs (film)">Brighton Beach Memoirs</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Biloxi_Blues_(film)" title="Biloxi Blues (film)">Biloxi Blues</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Marrying_Man" title="The Marrying Man">The Marrying Man</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Broadway_Bound_(film)" title="Broadway Bound (film)">Broadway Bound</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lost_in_Yonkers_(film)" title="Lost in Yonkers (film)">Lost in Yonkers</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/London_Suite_(film)" title="London Suite (film)">London Suite</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunshine_Boys_(1996_film)" title="The Sunshine Boys (1996 film)">The Sunshine Boys</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Odd_Couple_II" title="The Odd Couple II">The Odd Couple II</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Laughter_on_the_23rd_Floor#Adaptation" title="Laughter on the 23rd Floor">Laughter on the 23rd Floor</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a 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