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The week in theatre: Till the Stars Come Down; Othello; Plaza Suite – review

Beth Steel’s battling Notts wedding guests are a treat; Ola Ince’s Met police Othello makes horrible sense; and Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker star in a creaking Neil Simon revival

The Guardian - UK

Plaza Suite review – Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are spectacles at the celebrity circus

Despite a thrilling premise – New York’s power couple staging unhappy marriages – this dated production coasts on its stars’ fame rather than testing their seasoned skills on the boards

The Guardian - UK

‘Promises, Promises’ can’t overcome outdated lyrics, social mores at Blank Theatre

It’s well cast and choreographed, but the production makes no attempt to comment on the 1968 musical’s sexist humor.

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‘Who can afford them?’: theatregoers react to £395 tickets for Neil Simon play

Next year’s opening of Plaza Suite in West End, with Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, reignites affordability debate

The Guardian - UK

Sarah Jessica Parker to appear on West End stage with husband Matthew Broderick

The couple will appear in Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite at the Savoy Theatre in London.

The Independent UK

Sarah Jessica Parker to make West End debut with husband Matthew Broderick

The pair will star in a revival of Neil Simon’s marriage comedy Plaza Suite, which transfers from a hugely successful Broadway run

The Guardian - UK

Schmigadoon season 2: all the musicals referenced in the show

After parodying the '50s, Schmigadoon season 2 references musicals from the '60s and '70s throughout its episodes. Here's all the ones we’ve caught.

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‘My Favorite Year,’ Comic Salute to TV’s Golden Age, Hits 40

Peter O’Toole was famed for his commanding, Oscar-nominated turns. Mark Linn-Baker was a fledgling stage actor. Richard Benjamin, who’d made a leading-man splash in "Goodbye, Columbus" and "Westworld," had a few TV directing credits. The sum of these unlikely parts was the zesty 1982 movie comedy "My Favorite Year," starring…

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'My Favorite Year,' comic salute to TV's golden age, hits 40

A movie that takes a fond look back at the original golden age of TV has reached a milestone

The Independent UK

Clare Grogan makes a return as the queen of pop with Altered Images

CLARE Grogan was starring in Neil Simon’s rom-com Barefoot In the Park at the 2020 Pitlochry Festival Theatre when lockdown kicked in.

The National (Scotland)

Playwright Neil Simon's papers go to Library of Congress

Dozens of notebooks, scripts, speeches, drafts of letters, artwork and even signed baseballs owned by the late playwright Neil Simon have been donated to the Library of Congress

The Independent UK

Plaza Suite review – Sarah Jessica Parker sells Neil Simon’s marriage comedy

The Sex and the City star plays well opposite her husband Matthew Broderick in an overlong triptych of bitter relationship tales

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