SUMMARY: comedy

“An evening of three one-acts set in the Plaza Hotel. In Visitor from Mamaroneck, a middle-aged married couple tries to rekindle their dying spark. In Visitor from Hollywood, a film producer invites his childhood sweetheart to a hotel for sex. In Visitor from Forest Hills, a bride has locked herself in the bathroom on her wedding day, with her parents desperate to get her out.” (Playbill)

This rendition of Plaza Suite ran with only 2 of the three acts in the script. Why? According to a newspaper account of the time, Act 1 - Visitor from Mamaronock was cancelled due to illness of the lead actors. (Yes, that was plural.)

Plaza Suite
Written by Neil Simon
Directed by Cornel Sawchuck (?) 1971

CAST from “Visitor of Hollywood” (Act 2 in the original script)
Fred Cawte .....….. Waiter          Jim Magee …....... Jesse Kiplinger
Julie Windwick ….. Muriel Tate

CAST from “Visitor from Forest Hills” (Act 3 in the original script)
Dagmar Allen ….... Norma Hubley    Bud Abbott …....... Roy Hubley
Jerry McNeil ....….. Borden Eisler Inga Watkins …..... Mimsey Hubley

(NOTE: Act 1 was cancelled, see Trivia, below.)

PRODUCTION STAFF
Gerry Atchison ….................... Producer    Fred Cawte, Budd Abbott ….... Set Construction
Nellie Allen ..........................…. Properties    Flo Dorris, Jack Allen ...........…. Tickets
Gerry Atchison ….................... Programmes    Pat Owen, Leila Owen .......….. Concession
Cliff Owen, Shirley Pelttari ….. Sound Effects    Nancy Webb, Shirley Pelttari ..........… Costumes
Marilyn Colgur, Gerry Atchison …..................................... Publicity and Advertising
Inga Watkins, Linda Reiter ..........................................….. Set Decoration

And did you also know CCT produced Plaza Suite twice! Yes indeed we did. Plaza Suite rose again in 2018. Please check our Gallery.

Act 3: Visitor from Forest Lawn was entered in the 1972 EK One Act Play Festival in Invermere. And guess what? It won 2 Awards! Check, out our Festivals gallery.

BEST PLAY
BEST ACTOR: Bud Abbott

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