PLAZA SUITE Reviews — Page 2

TotallyEffed said: "Despite what any critic says, I have a feeling Parker will win the Tony."

Based on tonight's notices, I'd have to think Parker and John Lee Beatty have made their cases for Tony noms, if not wins, for Leading Actress and Set Design of a Play.

That's a lot of "Parker's great, but not much else". Wonder if the positive reviews mean she'll come back to the stage soon. Alone.

It's interesting that many folks are saying that the pairing of SJP and Matthew is the event, yet many of the reviews talk about how inert Broderick is. I've never experienced him as winning on stage. I think his successful stint in The Producers was an anamoly and played on his defaults. Also, as he has aged, I feel he has become less dynamic in many ways.

It would have been nice if they picked something fresher to do, but I understand that Simon is old school New York.

She's also damned good in the right part. Revisit The Family Stone, in which she plays the most unsympathetic character in the starry ensemble, who famously insults both the LGBTQ+ and the deaf in one dinner sequence, the best scene in the movie. The character is a bull in a china shop, unable to hold her tongue or self-edit, and Parker is fearless, refusing to ask the audience to like her. In a film that gets squishy and sentimental by the end, she shines throughout, making a difficult and entirely recognizable young woman entirely real and human. I still point to the performance as an indicator that her best work may be ahead of her. I'm not surprised that many find her effective here, even those who say she's miscast.

Bettyboy72 said: "It's interesting that many folks are saying that the pairing of SJP and Matthew is the event, yet many of the reviews talk about how inert Broderick is. I've never experienced him as winning on stage. I think his successful stint in The Producers was an anamoly and played on his defaults. Also, as he has aged, I feel he has become less dynamic in many ways.

It would have been nice if they picked something fresher to do, but I understand that Simon is old school New York.

I’m certain that SJP has the bigger following for sure, but the event IS the couple themselves performing with each other in the NY stage.

Could they have chosen a better play to perform in, sure. But it doesn’t matter what the play was, they wanted to do a Simon play and share the stage together. I believe that the audiences are eating this up and could care less about the play. The attraction to buy a ticket was because of the pairing.

GiantsInTheSky2 said: "Broderick out tonight due to a positive Covid test - SJP still in. Who is his cover?"

Michael McGrath

Would his absence warrant a ticket holder an exchange for a future date? I feel bad for him of course but also for audience members who didn’t take refunds for the past 2 years in order to see him & SJP perform together. Feel better, Matthew!!

Getting a ticket for tomorrow. NOW I can see this show.

Dolly80 said: "I think audiences being spared Broderick should count themselves lucky.

I’d say there’s a high chance that if he’s got it, SJP will test positive also and then that’s the show cancelled for a week."

A chance, sure. But by no means a certainty, or even a high chance. I live with my mother, and when I got Covid back in December (part of the NYC theatre outbreak), she never did. And she tested regularly.

Worth noting that we were both vaccinated + boosted, and I wore a KN95 mask when I left my room.

Updated On: 4/6/22 at 02:15 AM

Broderick also proved successful in "It's Only A Play" again with Nathan Lane. Apparently he only is a sell-out with a duo.

McGrath is an insane actor who is great at comedy. I'd rush to get a ticket to see him and SJP together.

I have tickets for tonight's show - fingers crossed SJP remains healthy!

songanddanceman2 said: "Matthew was on Seth Myers last night, don't they film that on the same day?"

They typically do. I’m actually watching it now (on dvr). I’m surprised Late night shows don’t test guests? I suppose he could be negative a few hours prior to testing positive (twice) but I don’t know protocol and it couldn’t have been more than 2-4 hours before the theater tested him.


Seth had covid at the start of the December wave - likely omicron - so hopefully he’ll be ok. If he does get it this doesn’t bode well for reinfection odds.