Jack Lemmon
Felix Ungar
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2 days ago · From a successful Broadway play in the 60s, The Odd Couple was adapted into a beloved 1968 film and an iconic 70s TV series, bringing its infectious laughter from the stage to the screen. Now returning with a new Australian production, Neil Simon’s comedic gem has cemented itself as a timeless classic, introducing a new generation to one of ...
3 days ago · Little could he have envisaged just how fraught the relationship between the pair could get. The straw that breaks the camel’s back is when Oscar invites a couple of English ladies that live in the same building to dinner. Mayhem ensues. The Odd Couple is a most enjoyable hoot, although it took me the best part of the first half to warm to it.
20 hours ago · Shane Jacobson, Todd McKenney, Lucy Durack and Penny McNamee in ‘The Odd Couple’. Photo: Pia Johnson. Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple debuted on Broadway in 1965 and has since seen many productions in theatres all over the world. This latest one at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne demonstrates why ...
3 days ago · The concept of The Odd Couple is strange in modern media. The writing leaves the women vapid and the men misogynistic, with only a few scraps of personality handed out to each of the side characters. The main character lives alone in an eight-room apartment and only needs one roommate to help pay the rent.
3 days ago · That is the straightforward, hilarious contention behind Neil Simon’s play, aptly named The Odd Couple. It premiered on Broadway in 1965 and was parlayed into an Oscar-nominated film, starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, three years later. Thereafter followed a well-received television series with Tony Randall and Jack Klugman (1970-1975).
3 days ago · Oscar and Felix are back, this time with Shane Jacobson and Todd McKenney in the title roles of Neil Simon’s classic comedy. The classic Neil Simon play, which forevermore gave a name for any unlikely pair of people, returns to remind us of the original odd couple: Oscar and Felix, whose long friendship is tested by living together.
