The laughs keep coming !
Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple"
at the Ivoryton Playhouse

Ivoryton, CT: On August 5th, 2009, Neil Simon's classic comedy The Odd
Couple rounds off the summer season at the Ivoryton Playhouse. Originally
conceived by Neil Simon, who based the play on his brother Danny's true-life
experience, The Odd Couple concept is best described in the one-sentence
treatment Simon submitted to Paramount, who financed the stage play
sight-unseen. "Two men--one divorced and one estranged and neither quite
sure why their marriages fell apart--move in together to save money for
alimony and suddenly discover they're having the same conflicts and fights
they had in their marriages."

The Odd Couple, in all forms, is truly a popular culture phenomenon. Simon's
wildly successful play ran from 1965 to 1967. In the summer of 1967, the
play opened at the Ivoryton Playhouse starring the controversial radio and
TV comedian Henry Morgan. In 1968, the play was made into a successful film
starring Walter Matthau as unkempt sports writer Oscar Madison and Jack
Lemmon as anal-retentive commercial photographer Felix Unger. Today, Felix
and Oscar are known to millions from the 1970-75 ABC TV series based on the
play which starred Tony Randall and Jack Klugman and can still be seen in
syndication.

The Odd Couple is directed by Larry Thelen and stars R. Bruce Connelly as
Felix and Tony Rossi as Oscar. The set design is by Dan Nischan, lighting
design by Tate Burmeister and costumes by Delari Johnston

The Odd Couple opens on August 5th and runs thru August 30th for 4 weeks.
Performance times are Wednesday and Sunday matinees at 2pm. Evening
performances are Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30pm, Friday and Saturday at
8pm. Tickets are $35 for adults, $30 for seniors, $20 for students and $15
for children and are available by calling the Playhouse box office at
860-767-7318 or by visiting our website at www.ivorytonplayhouse.org. (Group
rates are available by calling the box office for information.) The
Playhouse is located at 103 Main Street in Ivoryton.

Pictured: from the left standing: Tony Rossi*, Al Mulvey, Brian Cunningham,
Mike Souney, M. Carl Kaufman*.
Seated: R. Bruce Connelly*

*Denotes member of Actor's Equity

Members of the press are welcome at any performance.
Please call ahead for tickets.