Neil Simon's Classic Comedy PLAZA SUITE Comes to Gallery Players

Gallery Players continues its 51st season with a blast from the past, Neil Simon's comedy classic, Plaza Suite. Perhaps Simon's best work, this three-act masterpiece is a portrait of three couples successively occupying Suite 719 at the Plaza Hotel: a suburban couple from Mamaroneck, a Hollywood producer and his old flame, and a couple from Forest Hills on their daughter's wedding day. Plaza Suite shows Simon's wit and comic genius at their very best.

Plaza Suite opened on Broadway at the Plymouth Theatre on Valentine's Day in 1968. The production was directed by Mike Nichols, and featured George C. Scott and Maureen Stapleton appearing as each couple. Mike Nichols won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play, and 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.

Set in 1960s, Plaza Suite follows a suburban couple who take the suite while their house is being painted and it turns out to be the one in which they honeymooned 23 years before. This wry tale of marriage in tatters is followed by the exploits of a Hollywood producer who, after three marriages, is looking for fresh fields. He calls a childhood sweetheart, now a suburban housewife, for a little sexual diversion. Over the years she has idolized him from afar and is now more than the match he bargained for. The last couple is a mother and father fighting about the best way to get their daughter out of the bathroom and down to the ballroom where guests await her on what should be the happiest day of her life. The New York Post called Plaza Suite, "A wonderfully happy and gratifying evening of sheer entertainment..."

Plaza Suite opens Saturday, March 10th, and runs for 12 performances only through Sunday, March 25th, 2018. Performances will be held Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at 8:00 pm, Sundays at 3:00 PM, and the second and third Saturdays at 2:00 PM.

Tickets are $25 for Adults and $20 for senior citizens, students, and children 12 and under. Tickets can be purchased 24/7 online at www.galleryplayers.com or by calling OvationTix at 212-352-3101 (phone hours 9-9 weekdays, 10-6 weekends). Plaza Suite is an approved Actors' Equity Association showcase.

Bringing Plaza Suite to the Gallery stage is Executive Producer, Mark Harborth; Company Manager, Nick Radu-Rayburn; Director of Production, Scott Cally; Director, Alexander Harrington; Lighting Designer, Liz Albright; Set Designer, Robert Sebes;; Costume Designer, Joseph S. Blaha; Properties Designer, Roxanne Goodby; Production Stage Manager, Bria Robinson; and an ensemble featuring Jim deProphetis*, Robert McEvily, Taylor Graves, Alyssa Simon*, and Mitch Tebo*.

(*courtesy of Actors' Equity Association).

ABOUT THE GALLERY PLAYERS
A New York institution for over 50 years-The Gallery Players' season comprises three plays and three musicals from both the classic and contemporary repertoire; the season finale is the annual Black Box New Play Festival, which workshops and presents world premiere productions of works by emerging playwrights. Gallery's OVERTURES program features staged readings of new musicals held throughout the regular season. Gallery has received the Off-Off Broadway Review's 2000 Award for Lifetime Achievement, the 2013 Leonard da Vinci Award from the Beaux Arts Society, as well as Innovative Theater (IT) awards for outstanding musical for Urinetown, Yank, and Like You Like It, and has earned the reputation of "New York's Best Kept Secret."

The Gallery Players is located at 199 14th Street, between 4th and 5th Avenues, in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Take the F Train to 4th Avenue or the R Train to 9th Street. By car: the BQE to Hamilton Avenue, to 14th Street. Website: http://galleryplayers.com.

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