'ODD COUPLE' BACK ON STAGE REPERTORY EAST PLAYHOUSE TO PRESENT TALE OF TWO ROOMIES.NEWHALL - With Neil Simon's ``The Odd Couple'' set to begin its revival in August on Broadway, Repertory REPERTORY. This word is nearly synonymous with inventory, and is so called because its contents are arranged in such order as to be easily found. Clef des Lois Rom. h.t.; Merl. Repertoire, h.t. 2. East Playhouse will stage a version at its Newhall theater. The show will open July 29 and will run through Aug. 27. ``The Odd Couple'' is about a neurotic neurotic /neu·rot·ic/ (ndbobr-rot´ik) 1. pertaining to or characterized by a neurosis. 2. a person affected with a neurosis. neu·rot·ic adj. neat freak, Felix Ungar, who, after being thrown out of his house and marriage, decides to room with superslob Oscar Madison, a fellow divorcee di·vor·cée n. A divorced woman. [French, feminine past participle of divorcer, to divorce, from Old French, from divorce, divorce; see divorce. . ``This is one of Neil Simon's best plays,'' said Craig Duswalt, the producing artistic director. ``I am very excited that we get to bring it to the REP before it hits Broadway again.'' ``The Odd Couple'' was Neil Simon's second full-length play and one of his most successful. The original Broadway production opened in March 1965 at Broadway's Plymouth Theatre. Art Carney car·ney n. Informal Variant of carny. and Walter Matthau starred as Felix and Oscar, and that production won four 1965 Tony Awards. The revival is currently slated to open on Broadway in October and will star Nathan Lane Nathan Lane (born February 3, 1956) is a Tony Award- and Emmy Award-winning actor of the stage and screen. Biography Early life Lane was born Joseph Lane in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of Irish American Catholic parents. and Matthew Broderick. The local version will be directed by Barbara Huntington, with Katie Mitchell stage-managing, Scott Moore
Scott Alan Moore (born November 17, 1983 in Long Beach, California) is a current infielder in Minor League Baseball who plays in the Baltimore Orioles organization. and Blake Visin designing lights and Steve ``Nanook'' Burkholder designing sound. Bill Quinn will play Felix and George Cummings will play Oscar. The curtain time will be 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Ticket prices are $16 for general admission, and $14 for those under 18 or over 62. For reservations, call (661) 288-0000. |
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