PLAZA SUITE Previews

Our first entry in the spring 2022 Broadway sweepstakes is unabashedly New York.

The first Broadway revival of Neil Simon’s classic comedy Plaza Suite begins previews tomorrow night at the Hudson Theatre, prior to a March 28 official opening. The five-person show marks real-life couple Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker’s long-awaited return to the New York stage; they play three couples occupying the same room at the Plaza Hotel successively. Rounding out the cast are Danny Bolero, Molly Ranson, and Eric Wiegand. Helmed by John Benjamin Hickey in his Broadway directorial debut, Plaza Suite will play a limited engagement through June 26.

“Karen and Sam are a long-married pair whose relationship may be headed for an early checkout. Muriel and Jesse are former high school sweethearts who seem destined for an extended stay. And Norma and Roy are the mother and father of the bride, ready to celebrate their daughter’s nuptials – if only they can get her out of the bathroom.”

Who’s made a reservation?

I’ll be seeing this in May and looking forward to it! I’m not seeing it for who’s in it. I’m seeing it for the play itself. 

Digital lottery policy announced today:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/PLAZA-SUITE-on-Broadway-Announces-TodayTix-Mobile-Lottery-20220224

Did anyone go tonight?

Uh, most shows advertise here and I doubt anyone's review was deleted unless it was straight up mocking someone's looks or something. 

Papi2013 said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "Did anyone go tonight?"

There were a few things posted on here last night but apparently they were deleted. This is not the forum to look for any honest reaction to anything. Maybe this production is advertising here?"

A few things?  Really?  I’ve been following this thread and zero review was posted, just a now-deleted pointless rant about SJP’s voice.  No one has said anything about a preview performance.

The only thing I read here was a attack on her voice and one mean spirited remark by someone with really nothing to say.  But not a review or anything of importance.  Glad it is gone.  That picture looks lovely.  

Sutton Ross said: "Uh, most shows advertise here and I doubt anyone's review was deleted unless it was straight up mocking someone's looks or something."

 

Most shows advertise here? You mean through producers shilling their shows on a message board?

 

BrodyFosse123 said: "Das curtain call:

https://youtu.be/aGNANJXgW9M"

That set looks beautiful. 

Act 2 is MUCH better than Act 1. Lots of physicality from them both. It’s a much showier act. The affectation from Act 1 is gone. Looking forward to Act 3.

I saw the national company of the original staging and know the script. The first act text was Simon’s stretch at the time, a dip into darker waters that would arrive fully with The Gingerbread Lady and continue into his family trilogy and Lost in Yonkers. It was never especially laugh-ridden, Karen an insecure wife aware that her distracted husband is slipping away. Simon actually cut laughs out of town to serve the integrity of the underlying drama, always sad. I am curious to see how Parker plays it. I suspect she brings something fresh. 

KingOfTheMine said: "I was worried at intermission as both SJP and MB were stiff as a board in Act I. Something just felt strained, and it seemed like they were both trying for laughs and not getting them."

Sadly, most don’t know the play going in so they’re unaware that Act 1 isn’t played for laughs, which is why it starts the play.  Each Act elevates the level and style of comedy which is why Act 3 is slapstick.  Many assume all 3 Acts are broad Neil Simon comedy.  Nope.