Cross the Atlantic with Arts Enter to London Suite

CAPE CHARLES WAVE

April 18, 2013

The Palace Theater will cross the Atlantic tonight to bring America’s premier comic playwright, Neil Simon, to the stage with a suite of hilarious comedies set in a –well, a London Suite.

London Suite is comprised of three one-act plays, all taking place in the same room.

In Settling Accounts, the suite is occupied by an inebriated Welsh writer who is holding his longtime business manager, caught absconding with the writer’s money, at gunpoint.

In Going Home, an American widow and her daughter, in England to buy shoes, take over the suite. At the daughter’s insistence, mother spends her last evening in London with a rich Scotsman.

In The Man on the Floor, the hotel guests are a married couple from New York who have lost their tickets to Wimbledon and are about to lose their suite to Kevin Costner, who absolutely must have it NOW.

For regular theater patrons, this show will cover all the angles — from comedy, drama, even absurdity.

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If one hasn’t seen a live performance in a while, this is a great way to get back into the swing.

Arts Enter and the Palace Theater are such an integrated part of Cape Charles community, what better way to embrace the spring season and re-connect with old friends?

This is the kind of show that the Palace does best, blending the classical English stage with a purely American sense of joy and irreverence. The cast is a joy to watch, but parents be warned: London Suite does have its bawdy, adult moments, so it is not recommended for children under 16.

Show Times are: Thursday, April 18, and Saturday, April 20, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, April 21, at 3 p.m. Tickets are $15.