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| re: Plaza suite reviews? | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 01:53 pm EST 02/14/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Plaza suite reviews? - PlayWiz 01:31 pm EST 02/14/20 | |
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| Back in the 90's, the Roundabout produced a "mix and match" evening of playlets made of pieces of PLAZA SUITE, CALIFORNIA SUITE, and LONDON SUITE under the title HOTEL SUITE. Other than the one with the bride who's locked herself in the bathroom on her wedding day, I cannot remember which acts were included there. I assume that HOTEL SUITE is available for production. I agree that it's sort of odd that whomever is in charge of such things wouldn't create another such hybrid that would better suit the stars. If I were in charge generally, not specific to this production, I would allow the acts of all three of these plays to be performed either completely separately or allow rights seekers their choice of acts from all three plays to produce under the generic title HOTEL SUITE. I believe that David Ives and Christopher Durang both have licensed evenings of short plays in which rights seekers may choose which plays to present from an available list. |
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| re: Plaza suite reviews? | |
| Posted by: Kjisgroovy 04:22 pm EST 02/14/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Plaza suite reviews? - JereNYC 01:53 pm EST 02/14/20 | |
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| "The scenes are, in order of appearance, Visitors from London, about an Oscar-nominated English actress and her husband, and Visitor from Philadelphia, about a couple from Philadelphia, one of whom wakes up with a stranger (both of these scenes are from Simon's California Suite); Diana and Sydney which is a second look on the English couple from the first scene (from London Suite); and Visitor from Mamaroneck, about a bride with pre-wedding jitters (from Simon's Plaza Suite)." It was also produced at The Walnut Street Theatre... and here and there in the 90s. |
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| re: Plaza suite reviews? | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 05:13 pm EST 02/14/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Plaza suite reviews? - Kjisgroovy 04:22 pm EST 02/14/20 | |
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| Well, those are probably the funniest pieces in all of those "Suite" plays. I could see these actors pulling those off much better. Maybe someone involved with the new production also didn't want to spring for paying for different sets for at least one different act set on the other coast? I like the idea of separating the pre-and post-Oscar scenes with Sydney and Diana, too. | |
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| re: Plaza suite reviews? | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 02:41 pm EST 02/14/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Plaza suite reviews? - JereNYC 01:53 pm EST 02/14/20 | |
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| "I agree that it's sort of odd that whomever is in charge of such things wouldn't create another such hybrid that would better suit the stars. If I were in charge generally, not specific to this production, I would allow the acts of all three of these plays to be performed either completely separately or allow rights seekers their choice of acts from all three plays to produce under the generic title HOTEL SUITE. " It's a very interesting suggestion. I wonder if Simon was ever approached during his lifetime,to license the plays in such a way (other than the Roundabout production). I'm thinking perhaps he would not have wanted to give people the ability to perform ANY three (or perhaps even just two) of the plays together because it might have been felt that certain combinations would not have been ideal in terms of tone, length of the evening, whatever. But they could still have licensed other combinations on a case by case basis. I don't know if anything like that might be possible now that Simon is deceased and Elaine Joyce is presumably the person who makes such decisions. |
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