Show Plot Little Me

Authors: Book by Neil Simon, music by Cy Coleman, and lyrics by Carolyn Leigh

Time Period: The present day of the early 1960s, with flashbacks  that span from the early 1900s through the roaring twenties, World War I, and Hollywood's golden silent-film era up to post-WWII

Setting: A lavish mansion in Southampton, Long Island (complete with a bar hidden in a golden grand piano), with flashbacks set in Venezuela, Illinois; New York City vaudeville halls; WWI military training camps/European battlefields; Hollywood film sets; and Monte Carlo

Summary:

Little Me follows Belle Poitrine from humble, impoverished roots in Venezuela, Illinois, to glamorous superstardom. All the men in her life are traditionally played by a single comic actor.