Dang! Simon says no; Utahns pull play
Deseret News, 8 August 2003
Article Summary:
In August 2003, the owners of the Grove
Theater were told to cancel the scheduled run of the the Broadway hit
"Rumors" if the actors planned to not utter obscenities in the script
written by Niel Simon. The cast, crew and sets were ready to go and the
theater had paid an $800 royalty to produce the play, but when they
tried to get permission to ommit the obscenities Neil Simon insisted
"that there be absolutely no deviation from the script as written."
Gayliene Omary and Jan Shelton bought the theater from the former owner
of the Little London Theatre. "Rumors" would have been the theater's
second production.