California Suite

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This article is about the play. For the film, see California Suite (film).

California Suite is a 1976 play by Neil Simon about five couples, all set in one hotel suite in California. It is a bittersweet comedy. The first couple hail from New York City and are engaged in a custody battle. The second are from Philadelphia; the husband has had sex with another woman and is trying to prevent his wife from seeing the girl in the bed. The third are from London; she is nominated for an Academy Award, he is gay. The fourth and fifth are two couples from Chicago, who fight constantly while they are on vacation together.

California Suite made its Broadway debut at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on June 30, 1976.

[edit] The film

The film (1978) of the same name stars Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Walter Matthau, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Elaine May, Maggie Smith, and Michael Caine and was directed by Herbert Ross.

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