Two of the most beloved stars of Italian theater, both with extraordinary careers spanning the stages, screens, and television, are returning to Sardinia for a highly anticipated event.

For four dates , Corrado Tedeschi and Debora Caprioglio will be touring from north to south of the island to perform one of Neil Simon's masterpieces, "Plaza Suite," the successful comedy by the celebrated American playwright and screenwriter, in the Italian translation by Roberta Conti. They will be accompanied on stage by a top-notch cast including Gianluca Delle Fontane, Andrea Bezzi, and Giulia Galizia.

A production, directed by the expert hand of director Ennio Coltorti with sets by Andrea Bianchi and costumes by Sonia Cammarata, by Skyline Productions, Savà / Produzioni Creative and La Contrada / Teatro Stabile di Trieste.

The play, which was adapted into a film of the same name starring Walter Matthau, Maureen Stapleton, Barbara Harris, and Lee Grant, directed by Arthur Hiller, the director of “Love Story,” is included in the program of the Prose Season of CeDAC Sardinia, chaired by Antonio Cabiddu and directed by Valeria Ciabattoni.

After the regional premiere debut this evening, Thursday 22 January, at 9pm at the “Gavì Ballero” Civic Theatre in Alghero , the tour will move the following day at 9pm to the “Oriana Fallaci” Civic Theatre in Ozieri , to continue on Saturday at 9pm at the San Bartolomeo Theatre in Meana Sardo and finally on Sunday, 25 January, at 8.30pm at the “Akinu Congia” Municipal Theatre in Sanluri .

The brilliant comedy is set in a luxurious apartment in a grand hotel, where wealthy guests take turns laying bare their frailties and anxieties, almost as if to underline that money does not guarantee happiness: three more or less close-knit couples discuss their problems, amid crises and betrayals, arguments and reconciliations.

The elegant setting almost seems to accentuate the dissonances and character traits, the unpredictability of existence and the restlessness of the human soul: around the wife of an important and very busy businessman, who chooses the suite to celebrate her wedding anniversary, two potential clandestine lovers and two parents worried about their daughter's imminent wedding, there are waiters and bellboys of the hotel and even an overly attentive secretary.

Through misunderstandings, misunderstandings, and revelations, Neil Simon highlights, with biting humor, allowing carefully concealed thoughts and emotions to surface, the complexity of human nature and the need to keep up appearances, the power of passions, and the hypocrisy of society.

“Plaza Suite” describes three different, yet somehow complementary, situations, reflecting on the lives of couples, between love and betrayal. These complicated relationships, worn down by habit and trapped within dynamics that are difficult to break, are when desire has long since given way to tenderness or mutual tolerance, yet there is still a taste for transgression, perhaps extramarital, while always respecting convention, given the new sentimental etiquette of the younger generations.

Neil Simon skilfully sketches the characters and their moods, defining them with a few lines and then delving deeper into their hidden thoughts, allowing unspeakable secrets to emerge amidst subtle changes that prelude real coups de théâtre: “Plaza Suite” is a very funny comedy with a bittersweet aftertaste, in which the heart's intermittent reactions and the impossibility of controlling passions emerge, unless one decides to renounce temptations so as not to break the sacred bond and hurt the feelings of others.

An unmissable opportunity to see two of the most authoritative performers on the national scene at work.

Having received numerous awards throughout their decades-long career, Corrado Tedeschi, after numerous prestigious Telegatti awards for his highly popular television programs, was recently awarded the Enriquez Prize for Best Actor for his masterful interpretation of Luigi Pirandello's "The Man with the Flower in His Mouth." Debora Caprioglio's impressive list of honors also includes the "Gattopardo D'Oro," awarded to her in 2023 by the Sicilian Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Institution.

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