A room with a view of three comic couples

Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite chronicles the hilarious misadventures of hotel guests at crucial moments in their lives, says Colette Sheridan

THE light relief of Neil Simon’s astute comic writing is evident in Plaza Suite, produced by Rough Magic Theatre Company at the Cork Opera House on January 24-25. These dates kicks off a national tour for the play, which sold out last July at the Pavilion in Dun Laoighaire.

American Simon is the author of classics such as The Odd Couple and Brighton Beach Memoirs. Plaza Suite is about the misadventures of three couples at crucial moments in their lives. The three separate ‘plays’, or vignettes, are set in the same suite in New York’s famous Plaza Hotel. Eight actors star.