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California Suite
Written by Neil Simon
Narrated by Marsha Mason and Full Cast
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About this audiobook
A four part comedy confection as only Neil Simon can write it! Four couples arrive, in turn, from London, Philadelphia, Chicago and New York and separately inhabit a Beverly Hills hotel suite, bringing along their problems, anxieties, and comical marital dilemmas. Beverly Hills will never be the same.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Dennis Boutsikaris, Bruce Davison, Marsha Mason and Amy Pietz.
“Visitor From New York”
Marsha Mason as Hannah Warren
Bruce Davison as William Warren
“Visitor From Philadelphia”
Dennis Boutsikaris as Marvin Michaels
Amy Pietz as Millie Michaels
“Visitors From London”
Marsha Mason as Sidney Nichols
Bruce Davison as Diana Nichols
“Visitors From Chicago”
Dennis Boutsikaris as Mort Hollender
Amy Pietz as Beth Hollender
Bruce Davison as Stu Franklyn
Marsha Mason as Gert Franklyn
Directed by Gwenn Victor. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Dennis Boutsikaris, Bruce Davison, Marsha Mason and Amy Pietz.
“Visitor From New York”
Marsha Mason as Hannah Warren
Bruce Davison as William Warren
“Visitor From Philadelphia”
Dennis Boutsikaris as Marvin Michaels
Amy Pietz as Millie Michaels
“Visitors From London”
Marsha Mason as Sidney Nichols
Bruce Davison as Diana Nichols
“Visitors From Chicago”
Dennis Boutsikaris as Mort Hollender
Amy Pietz as Beth Hollender
Bruce Davison as Stu Franklyn
Marsha Mason as Gert Franklyn
Directed by Gwenn Victor. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.
Author
Neil Simon
Neil Simon is the writer of more than forty Broadway plays, including Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, The Out-of-Towners, and Lost in Yonkers, which won the Pulitzer Prize.
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