NEIL SIMON’S THE ODD COUPLE
By Neil Simon
Starring Steve Carell and John C. Reilly
Directed by Thomas Kail
Previews March 3, 2027
Opening Night March 23, 2027
Stephen Sondheim Theatre, 124 West 43rd Street
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 (Hamilton, Sweeney Todd, Proof), beginning on March 3, 2027 for a 15-week limited engagement at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
The production is produced by Jeffrey Seller (Hamilton, Rent, Avenue Q, In the Heights), The Season (Mike Karns and Steven Tartick), Thomas Kail, and Emanuel Azenberg, a longtime producer of Neil Simon’s work.
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 includes five-time Tony Award-nominated scenic designer David Korins (Hamilton, Beetlejuice, Ragtime, Dear Evan Hansen); two-time Tony Award-nominated costume designer Brenda Abbandandolo (Good Night, and Good Luck, Dog Day Afternoon, Mary Jane, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window); Tony Award-nominated lighting designer Stacey Derosier (Joe Turner's Come and Gone, The Last Five Years, Becky Shaw, School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play); and sound designer Jill BC Du Boff (Mother Play, Left on Tenth, Summer, 1976, Hand to God). Casting is by Bernard Telsey, CSA, and Will Cantler, CSA of The Telsey Office. J. Philip Bassett serves as Production Stage Manager. Baseline Theatrical provides general management.
Originally opening on Broadway in 1965, The Odd Couple was directed by Mike Nichols and starred Walter Matthau and Art Carney. The original production won four Tony Awards and became one of the most beloved comedies of all time, inspiring the 1968 film, a long-running television series, and countless productions around the world.