PLAZA SUITE Theater Program NEIL SIMON Theatre MIKE NICHOLS Broadway LARRY PARKS

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PLAZA SUITE PROGRAM
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Program for the Neil Simon comedy Plaza Suite which premiered in 1968. Directed by Mike Nichols.
Illustrated in black and white. Light wear to covers.
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Plaza Suite
is a comedy play by
Neil Simon
.
Plot
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The play is composed of three acts, each involving different characters but all set in Suite 719 of
New York City
's
Plaza Hotel
. The first act,
Visitor From
Mamaroneck
, introduces the audience to not-so-blissfully wedded couple Sam and Karen Nash, who are revisiting their honeymoon suite in an attempt by Karen to bring the love back into their marriage. Her plan backfires and the two become embroiled in a heated argument about whether or not Sam is having an affair with his secretary. The act ends with Sam leaving (allegedly to attend to urgent business) and Karen sadly reflecting on how much things have changed since they were young.
The second act,
Visitor from
Hollywood
, involves a meeting between movie producer Jesse Kiplinger and his old flame, suburban housewife Muriel Tate. Muriel - aware of his reputation as a smooth-talking ladies' man - has come for nothing more than a chat between old friends, promising herself she will not stay too long. Jesse, however, has other plans in mind and repeatedly attempts to seduce her.
The third act,
Visitor from
Forest Hills
, revolves around married couple Roy and Norma Hubley on their daughter Mimsey's wedding day. In a rush of nervousness, Mimsey has locked herself in the suite's bathroom and refuses to leave. This is the most comic of the acts, filled with increasingly outrageous
slapstick
moments depicting her parents' frantic attempts to cajole her into attending her wedding while the gathered guests await the trio's arrival downstairs. The scene ends and they finally get married.
Background
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The play originally had four acts, one of which was cut during pre-production. Simon later expanded it for the 1970
feature film
The Out-of-Towners
.
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Production
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Plaza Suite
opened on
Broadway
at the
Plymouth Theatre
on February 14, 1968 and closed on October 3, 1970 after 1097 performances and two previews. Directed by
Mike Nichols
, the cast featured
George C. Scott
and
Maureen Stapleton
who appeared in each of the three acts with
Bob Balaban
in two acts.
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Clive Barnes
in his review for
The New York Times
wrote that "after a slow start with the first, warms up with the second and ends with an all-stops-out, grandstand finish with the third."
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Later in the run, they were replaced by
Dan Dailey
,
E. G. Marshall
,
Don Porter
,
Nicol Williamson
,
Barbara Baxley
, and
Peggy Cass
.
Mike Nichols won the
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
. Neil Simon was nominated for the
Tony Award for Best Play
but lost to
Tom Stoppard
for
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
. Maureen Stapleton was nominated for the
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
but lost to
Zoe Caldwell
in
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
.
Noël Coward
, who three years earlier had written
Suite in Three Keys
, later said of
Plaza Suite
, "Such a good idea having different plays all played in a hotel suite! I wonder where Neil Simon got it from?"
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Film adaptations
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Simon adapted his play for a
1971 film
starring
Walter Matthau
, Stapleton,
Barbara Harris
, and
Lee Grant
, but he was unhappy with the outcome. He felt the conceit of one actor playing the lead role in all three acts worked on stage but not on screen, especially if the actor was Matthau, who he felt was the right choice only for the beleaguered father-of-the-bride, Roy Hubley.
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In 1987,
Carol Burnett
starred in a
television movie
in which she portrayed all three female roles. Starring opposite her were
Hal Holbrook
as Sam Nash,
Dabney Coleman
as Jesse Kiplinger, and
Richard Crenna
as Roy Hubley. Burnett was also the executive producer.
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