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Like the character at the center of its plot, the play Hollywood Arms has suffered through a long, eventful, and sometimes anguished journey to maturity. The work's notoriety began with its pedigree. Hollywood Arms was written by Carol Burnett and her daughter, Carrie Hamilton, based on Burnett's memoir "One More Time," in which the comedienne told of growing up among a dysfunctional, nearly tragic family in postwar Los Angeles. Though neither author had much playwriting experience, their names were enough to attract director Harold Prince, actors Linda Lavin, Michelle Pawk and Frank Wood, and a berth at the Goodman Theater. Following its Chicago run, a Broadway transfer was a quickly announced, with Prince taking on the title of producer for the first time in nearly 20 years. Unfortunately, Hamilton died of cancer on Jan. 20, before the Goodman staging, before learning of the transfer, before her Broadway debut, set for Oct. 31. Burnett and Prince (directing his first Broadway play since 1984) soldiered on. The renowned director paused during previews of Hollywood Arms to talk to Playbill On Line's Robert Simonson about his return to Broadway, his return to producing and his imminent return to the Goodman Theater (where he will direct Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's new musical Gold! in 2003).

Like the character at the center of its plot, the play Hollywood Arms has suffered through a long, eventful, and sometimes anguished journey to maturity. The work's notoriety began with its pedigree. Hollywood Arms was written by Carol Burnett and her daughter, Carrie Hamilton, based on Burnett's memoir "One More Time," in which the comedienne told of growing up among a dysfunctional, nearly tragic family in postwar Los Angeles. Though neither author had much playwriting experience, their names were enough to attract director Harold Prince, actors Linda Lavin, Michelle Pawk and Frank Wood, and a berth at the Goodman Theater. Following its Chicago run, a Broadway transfer was a quickly announced, with Prince taking on the title of producer for the first time in nearly 20 years. Unfortunately, Hamilton died of cancer on Jan. 20, before the Goodman staging, before learning of the transfer, before her Broadway debut, set for Oct. 31. Burnett and Prince (directing his first Broadway play since 1984) soldiered on. The renowned director paused during previews of Hollywood Arms to talk to Playbill On Line's Robert Simonson about his return to Broadway, his return to producing and his imminent return to the Goodman Theater (where he will direct Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's new musical Gold! in 2003).

Like the character at the center of its plot, the play Hollywood Arms has suffered through a long, eventful, and sometimes anguished journey to maturity. The work's notoriety began with its pedigree. Hollywood Arms was written by Carol Burnett and her daughter, Carrie Hamilton, based on Burnett's memoir "One More Time," in which the comedienne told of growing up among a dysfunctional, nearly tragic family in postwar Los Angeles. Though neither author had much playwriting experience, their names were enough to attract director Harold Prince, actors Linda Lavin, Michelle Pawk and Frank Wood, and a berth at the Goodman Theater. Following its Chicago run, a Broadway transfer was a quickly announced, with Prince taking on the title of producer for the first time in nearly 20 years. Unfortunately, Hamilton died of cancer on Jan. 20, before the Goodman staging, before learning of the transfer, before her Broadway debut, set for Oct. 31. Burnett and Prince (directing his first Broadway play since 1984) soldiered on. The renowned director paused during previews of Hollywood Arms to talk to Playbill On Line's Robert Simonson about his return to Broadway, his return to producing and his imminent return to the Goodman Theater (where he will direct Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's new musical Gold! in 2003).