Word: plazas
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...PLAZA SUITE. If hotel walls had ears-and Neil Simon's comic prowess-they might tell tales as mirth-provoking as these three one-act plays. Directed by Mike Nichols, Suite manages to exercise the funny bone while keeping a sympathetic finger on the human pulse...
Some 1,200 employees of the Plaza Athénée, George V and La Trémoille luxury hotels marched last week past venerable haute couture and perfume houses along Paris' Avenue Montaigne. "We demand our heritage of great hotels," read one banner. A few hotel guests joined the protest of their chambermaids, valets, busboys and chefs. "Our hotels are among the most prestigious in the world," explained Monsieur Bougenaux, head concierge of Plaza Athenee. Now, he fears, all this is going to change...
...wouldn't dream of staying anywhere else. Greek shipping magnates and the new movie rich wander across its baroque lobbies and take in the view of the Seine and the Eiffel Tower or mingle with the chic luncheon crowd in the garden restaurant, nibbling lobster souffle or "Tournedos Plaza Athénée" smothered in foie gras. The hotel's 50 suites and 200 rooms, priced from $15 to $100 a night, are looked after by 450 employees, its dining room served by 45 cooks...
...PLAYHOUSE (shown on Fridays). "Ju lius Monk's PLAZA 9" is an hour of one of America's most celebrated topical re views - with pokes at everything from le grand Charles...
...PLAZA SUITE. If hotel walls had ears-and Neil Simon's comic prowess-they might tell tales as mirth-provoking as these three one-act plays. Directed by Mike Nichols, Suite manages to exercise the funny bone while keeping a sympathetic finger on the human pulse...