NEIL SIMON AT WORK, PLAY.(L.A.LIFE)(Review) From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: October 13, 1996 | COPYRIGHT 1996 Daily News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Lawrence Devine Knight-Ridder Tribune News Wire

Title: ``Rewrites''

Author: Neil Simon

Data: 381 pages, Simon and Shuster; $25

Our rating: Four Stars

With the curtain down on the out-of-town tryout of his play ``The Gingerbread Lady,'' America's most successful playwright, Neil Simon, is waiting for the Boston reviews in a dinky Chinese-Hawaiian joint called the Tiki Hut.

Phone rings. The producer has the w...