The Goodbye Girl
Thank you Neil Simon for making us laugh at falling in love... again.
ComedyDramaRomanceballet dancertheater playfamily abandonmentsingle motherprecocious childmanhattan, new york cityaspiring actor
A warm, witty romantic comedy about two wounded people and a precocious child learning to trust and love again in Manhattan.
After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.
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