Broderick & Lane Confirmed for B'way Revival of The Odd Couple

Tony winners Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane, who famously starred in The Producers together, are now set to reunite in a revival of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple. The show, directed by Joe Mantello, is expected to begin previews on the Great White Way on October 4 in preparation for an official opening in late October.

The Odd Couple centers on a pair of mismatched roommates, one neat and polite, Felix Unger Broderick, and the other sloppy and crude, Oscar Madison Lane.

The comedy was a big hit when it opened on Broadway in 1965. That production ran 966 performances before closing on July 2, 1967. Simon rewrote the play with female characters naming them Florence Unger and Olive Madison, and the new version opened on the Great White Way in 1985 and ran over eight months. The original The Odd Couple was the source for a popular television series and film. In 2002 the Geffen Playhouse presented Oscar and Felix, A New Look at The Odd Couple, an updated take on the classic. There was talk that the production would transfer to New York, but it received mediocre reviews and never made it to the East Coast.