The Goodbye Girl

With a book by Neil Simon, music by Marvin Hamlisch, and lyrics by David Zippel, The Goodbye Girl tells of a single mom (who also happens to be a thirty-something dancer) as she struggles through New York disappointments, user boyfriends, and clashes with an upstart intruder who may be just another bad actor – or is he?

First Simon wrote the movie as a Valentine gift to his actress wife. Then Hamlisch and Zippel worked with him to turn his film script into a smash Broadway hit musical. This gifted trio of contemporary theatre giants created a rare thing these days – a delightfully funny and romantic musical theatre piece!