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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Rupert Jones and Harriet Sherwood

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Who can afford them theatregoers react to 395 tickets for neil simon play - Caught on Camera

Sarah Jessica Parker and Mathew Broderick in Plaza Suite
Sarah Jessica Parker and Mathew Broderick star in the New York run of Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite. Photograph: Joan Marcus

When Plaza Suite, Neil Simon’s witty commentary on love and marriage, opened on Broadway in 1968, the most expensive seats in the house would have cost less than $10. The equivalent today would be about $88, or £71.

Next year, the show, starring Sarah Jessica Parker and her husband Matthew Broderick, opens in London’s West End with tickets for premium “package” seats costing £395.

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