Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker in Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite
Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker are to star in Neil Simon’s hit comedy Plaza Suite at the Savoy Theatre from January – March 2024
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REVIEW: Barefoot In The Park, Frinton Summer Theatre ✭✭✭
Paul T Davies reviews Neil Simon’s Barefoot In The Park presented as part of the Frinton Summer Theatre Season 2023. Runs until 22 July.
REVIEW: Brighton Beach Memoirs, Frinton Summer Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Paul T Davies reviews Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs presented as part of the Frinton Summer Theatre Repertory Season.
REVIEW: Sweet Charity, Donmar Warehouse ✭✭✭✭✭
Mark Ludmon reviews Josie Rourke’s production of Sweet Charity now playing the Donmar Warehouse, London.
REVIEW: Promises Promises, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭✭
this is the ‘must-see’ show of the moment, with a glamorous audience hurrying to get in on the fun. And, yes, ultimately it keeps its promises. All of them.
Casting Announced For Promises Promises at Southwark
In January 2017, the first production of the Burt Bacharach / Hal David / Neil Simon Broadway musical Promises, Promises, the Tony-nominated and Grammy award-winning will be presented at Southwark Playhouse. Based on Billy Wilder’s film The Apartment, Promises, Promises tells the story of Chuck Baxter, a junior executive at a New York insurance company, where his mid-town residence makes him popular with the executives bosses – who promise him a promotion in order to “entertain” at his apartment. A morally tricky dilemma gets worse for Chuck when he realises his own secret crush, Fran Kubelik, has been invited over to his place for a rendezvous by Chuck’s Manager, JD Sheldrake. Featuring the hit songs Knowing When To Leave, Promises, Promises, I Say A Little Prayer For You, A House Is Not A Home and I’ll Never Fall In Love Again, Promises, Promises is a triumph of 1960’s sexual work-place … Read more
