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Michael Appler On Monday evening in New York City, “Plaza Suite,” a Neil Simon comedy starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, opened on Broadway with a comedic crash nearly three years in the making.Set in the late-1960s, “Plaza Suite” comprises three one act plays in which Broderick and Parker — married in real life — portray couples staying in a suite at the Plaza Hotel. In the final act — a grand farce in which the pair play parents whose bride-to-be daughter has barricaded herself in the bathroom — Broderick takes a slapstick run at the locked-shut door. On Monday, in front of a star-studded crowd including Mayor Eric Adams, Broderick busted right through the set in an opening night gaff for the Broadway books.
“That likely won’t happen again,” Parker laughed the next morning in an interview with Variety.Directed by Parker and Broderick’s close friend, John Benjamin Hickey, “Plaza Suite” was intended to open on Broadway in spring 2020, but was cut short by the pandemic’s closure of live theater. Back then, Parker and Broderick had mulled the play for some time, having read the comedy together at an Upper West Side arts center for an intimate evening assembled by Hickey.“We were not looking to work together. That wasn’t a goal of ours,” Parker told Variety.
“We didn’t spend our time mining materials for a project to do together. That never occurred to us. We were charmed, simply, by this play.”There is particular comfort to a Simon comedy coming to Broadway at this uncertain time in theater, however dated its material might be.
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Jay Binder, whose more than four decades as a prominent Broadway casting director included finding just the right talent for such productions as The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast and Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, among many others, died peacefully today at his home. He was 71.
Several Broadway shows impacted by the uptick in New York City Covid cases last week are still feeling the effects this week: Plaza Suite has canceled performances at least through tomorrow, Paradise Square has canceled most of this week, and A Strange Loop is off until Thursday.
The Broadway productions of Macbeth, starring Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga, and the Pulitzer-winning A Strange Loop have canceled tonight’s performances as both shows recover from recent Covid cases.
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are the latest celebs to test positive for COVID-19. The couple's positive diagnosis was revealed on the official Instagram account for their Broadway show, , on Thursday.«Today, Sarah Jessica Parker tested positive for COVID with a second test confirming the diagnosis,» the post began, before announcing that Thursday night's performance of the Neil Simon production would be cancelled.
The Mayor of New York City has launched an ad campaign denouncing the passage of Florida’s “shameful” “Don’t Say Gay Bill”, while calling on LGBTQI Floridians to come and live in New York City.Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay Bill,” officially named the Parental Rights in Education Bill, will restrict the teaching of sexual orientation and gender identity. It states, “Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade three or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.”Parents would be able to sue if a school if school is suspected of violating the law.LGBTQ+ activist Daniel Dromm said, “These ads will reaffirm New York City’s commitment to creating an inclusive school environment, in sharp contrast to the discriminatory policies of Governor DeSantis.”The campaign will run on social media and on digital billboards across Florida for eight weeks, from April 4 until May 29.© Star Observer 2022 | For the latest in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTIQ) news in Australia, be sure to visit
Matthew Broderick has tested positive for COVID-19.
Matthew Broderick wasn't sure what to expect when he signed up to work with his wife, Sarah Jessica Parker, who he has been married to since 1997, on a two person Broadway show, and the grueling hours that came with it.MORE: Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick celebrate 23rd wedding anniversary in the sweetest wayThe two first started with their show, Plaza Suite, back in 2020, but production was put to a halt due to the pandemic just a few weeks after they had started. He, like many, thought they would go on break for just a few weeks.Plaza Suite is a comedy play originally written by Neil Simon in 1969, and it follows a wife and husband staying in the same suite they stayed in for their honeymoon 23 years earlier.WATCH: SJP takes viewers behind the scenes on And Just Like That...MORE: Sarah Jessica Parker's $15m New York townhouse is better than Carrie Bradshaw'sNow it's back, and they perform a whopping eight shows a week.The Ferris Bueller's Day Off actor stopped by Live! With Kelly and Ryan to chat with Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest about the Broadway show, and what it's really like working with one's wife, particularly under such an intense schedule.Ryan hilariously started the conversation by saying: "You have a co-star who's a real up and comer, do you have good chemistry?" The couple looked dazzling during the premiere's red carpetKelly then didn't hesitate to ask him what everyone wanted to know: "How do you get away from each other?"MORE: Sarah Jessica Parker asks fans for help following surprising backstage momentMORE: Matthew Broderick responds to Robert Downey Jr's request to reconnect with SJPMatthew's answer was surprising, and even he wasn't expecting it.
Lots of celebs stepped out out to check out the opening night performance of the Broadway play Take Me Out!
Broadway will maintain its mask and vaccine requirements through April 30, the Broadway League announced today.
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick’s three children made a rare appearance on the red carpet to support their parents’ Broadway show, Plaza Suite. On Monday, the couple’s son, James, 19, and 12-year-old twin daughters, Marion and Tabitha, attended the opening of Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite at the Hudson Theatre in New York City. The three teenagers walked the red carpet and posed for photos together, a rare occurance for the typically private family.
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick had three very special guests in attendance during the opening night of their Broadway show, Neil Simon's on Monday. The A-list couple’s children, John, 19, and 12-year-old twins Marion and Tabitha, walked the red carpet for the event held at New York City’s Hudson Theater. For their rare appearance, the Broderick trio walked the carpet together and posed for pictures, sans their parents.
The kids are growing up so fast! Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick’s son James Wilkie Broderick, 19, and twin daughters Tabitha Hodge Broderick and Marion Loretta Elwell Broderick, both 12, smiled for a photo together at the opening night of their parents’ Broadway show Plaza Suite on Monday March 28. The kids were dressed up nice to see the revival of the classic play by Neil Simon.
Plaza Suite on Broadway with her husband Matthew Broderick, arrived at opening night looking like a cross between a tiara and a ballerina, or even the , and we mean that in the very best way.On Monday, March 28, she walked the red carpet at the Hudson Theatre in a Prabal Gurung gown and silver heels from her own shoe collection. Her in an oversized bun, she looked the way I imagine Cinderella's Fairy Godmother might. She teased the look earlier in the evening on Instagram, writing, “Just wait until you see the front.
weirdly woke and clunky “And Just Like That.” And, for everybody else, Simon’s middle-drawer play is a relaxing vacation from our overly serious theater season. Running time: 2 and a half hours with one intermission. At the Hudson Theater, 141 West 44th Street.Parker and Broderick play a trio of couples over three acts (the comedy is a long one for modern attention spans): A distant husband and wife celebrate their 23rd anniversary; a New Jersey housewife secretly reunites with her high school beau who’s become a big-time Hollywood producer; and a long-married pair spar while their daughter has locked herself in the bathroom, refusing to get married.