weirdly woke and clunky “And Just Like That.” And, for everybody else, Simon’s middle-drawer play is a relaxing vacation from our overly serious theater season.
Running time: 2 and a half hours with one intermission. At the Hudson Theater, 141 West 44th Street.Parker and Broderick play a trio of couples over three acts (the comedy is a long one for modern attention spans): A distant husband and wife celebrate their 23rd anniversary; a New Jersey housewife secretly reunites with her high school beau who’s become a big-time Hollywood producer; and a long-married pair spar while their daughter has locked herself in the bathroom, refusing to get married.
The antics all go down in Suite 719 of the Plaza.The deep first section fits most snugly on these two actors, who have been married for 25 years.
While the wife, Karen, clamors to stage the perfect romantic anniversary at the fabulous hotel (John Lee Beatty’s set is richly detailed), Sam obsesses over his work and only half-listens to her.
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