by Neil Simon
| Directed by |
|---|
| Rev. Norman L Johnson |
The Odd Couple was performed in April 1989.
| Speed | Steve Edwards |
| Murray | Roy Ebersole |
| Roy | Dan Williams |
| Vinnie | ken Dolinick |
| Oscar Madison | Bob Panarella |
| Felix Ungar | Rev. Norm Johnson |
| Gwendolyn Pigeon | Laurie Burke |
| Cecily Pigeon | Mary Artache |
| The Setting | ||
|---|---|---|
| The action takes place in an apartment on Riverside Drive in New York City. | ||
| Act one: | ||
| A hot summer night | ||
| Act two: | ||
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Scene 1: |
Two weeks later, about eleven at night | |
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Scene 2: |
A few days later, about eight PM | |
| Act three: | ||
| The next evening, about seven-thirty. | ||
Since 1960, a Broadway season without a Neil Simon comedy or musical has been a rare one.
During 1966-67, Barefoot in the Park,
The Odd Couple,
Sweet Charity, and
The Star-Spangled Girl were all running simultaneously.
During 1970-71, he had
Plaza Suite,
Last of the Red Hot Lovers,
Promises, Promises on Broadway.
The next season there was Prisoner of 2nd Avenue,
Sunshine Boys and The Good Doctor.
Many of these plays have now made it on the Silver Screen and to much critical acclaim. By his own analysis
"Doc" Simon has always been that person sitting in the corner who's observing it all for all of his years.
The Odd Couple was first presented in 1965 at the Plymouth Theatre,
NYC, with Walter Matthau and
Art Carney
starring in it.
The film version opened in 1968, starring
Jack Lemmon and
Walter Matthau. About the author