| California Suite is a 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 a homosexual. The fourth and fifth are two couples from Chicago, who
fight constantly when they holiday together.
California Suite made its Broadway debut at the Eugene
O'Neill Theatre on June 30, 1976.
The film
The film (1978) of the same name stars Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Maggie Smith,
Michael Caine and Bill
Cosby and was directed by Herbert Ross.
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