Steve Carell and John C. Reilly will star in a new Broadway production of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple, directed by Tony Award winner Thomas Kail, beginning on 3 March for a 15-week limited run at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.The revival marks the centennial of Neil Simon’s birth and celebrates the legacy of one of America’s most prolific and influential playwrights.
Joining Carell as Felix Ungar and Reilly as Oscar Madison are Tony Award winner Laura Benanti (Gypsy, She Loves Me, My Fair Lady) as Gwendolyn Pigeon, Tony Award nominee Kevin Del Aguila (Some Like It Hot) as Roy, Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart (Disney’s Aladdin, Hamilton, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical) as Murray, Tony Award nominee Rob McClure (Chaplin, Mrs.
Doubtfire) as Vinnie, Heléne Yorke (American Psycho, Bullets Over Broadway) as Cecily Pigeon, and Tony Award nominee David Zayas (Cost of Living) as Speed.The creative team for Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple includes five-time Tony Award-nominated set designer David Korins, two-time Tony Award-nominated costume designer Brenda Abbandandolo, Tony Award-nominated lighting designer Stacey Derosier, sound designer Jill BC
Du Boff, and casting director Bernard Telsey, CSA, and Will Cantler, CSA, of The Telsey Office.
Director and producer Thomas Kail said: “Neil Simon wrote one of the great American comedies, and it is an honor and a thrill to be part of this exceptional team bringing this play back to Broadway. Underneath the extraordinary humor is something deeply human. Steve and John are two remarkable actors who can make an audience laugh uproariously one moment and move them deeply in the next.
We aim to create a world that feels alive, immediate, and can clearly express why this play has endured for more than sixty years.”
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