Barefoot in the Park virtually walks away with the show as her bemused mother." Barefoot in the Park Barefoot in the Park is a romantic comedy by Neil Simon. The play premiered on Broadway in 1963, and starred Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley. The play was made into a film in 1967, also starring Redford (and Jane Fonda). The play opened on Broadway at the Biltmore Theatre on October 23, 1963 and closed on June 25, 1967 after 1,530 performances. This was Neil Simon's longest-running hit, and the tenth longest-running non-musical play in Broadway history. Directed by Mike Nichols, the cast starred Elizabeth Ashley
Jane Fonda as Jane Fonda herself" in its "Washington Post" review, calling her a "beautiful bundle of contradictions". "The New York Times" called the book "achingly poignant". In January 2009, Fonda started chronicling her Broadway return in a blog with posts about topics ranging from her Pilates class to fears and excitement about her new play. She uses Twitter and has a Facebook page. In 2011, Fonda published a new book: "Prime Time: Love, health, sex, fitness, friendship, spirit – making the most of all of your life". It offers stories from her own life as well as from the lives of