Neil Simon’s hilarious, comradely Odd Couple comes to Blue Slipper
Livingston’s Blue Slipper Theatre concludes its 2019 season with Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple. Co-directed by Gary Fish and John Sullivan (who also co-star), the local production opens November 15th and runs through December 1st. Friday and Saturday performances begin at 8pm, followed by Sunday matinees at 3pm. Tickets are $16 for adults, $13 for students and seniors (60+), and $10 for youth 17 and under.
The Odd Couple opened to critical acclaim and became a staple of American theatre courtesy of Neil Simon’s colorful characters and sparkling humor.
Oscar (Fish), divorced and slovenly, offers to put up his extremely fastidious friend, Felix (Sullivan), who is recently estranged from his wife and not handling it well. The new arrangement is driving both of them and their poker buddies crazy. Murray, a cop (Tom Baskett, Art), Speed, a sarcastic curmudgeon (Scott Deniston, Circle Mirror Transformation), Roy (Wayne Triplett), a sensible accountant, and Vinnie (Dustin Fanning), the henpecked husband, are always game for night of poker with the guys. Looking for a change of pace, Oscar invites his upstairs neighbors the Pigeon sisters, Cecily (Donna Pace, On Golden Pond), and Gwendolyn (Kelly Bell), over for an evening. When even that doesn’t go as planned, Felix and Oscar have to decide whether they are all in or calling it quits – to hilarious effect.
Located at 113 E Callender, the Blue Slipper Theatre has been entertaining, educating, and enriching Livingston through the performing arts since 1964. For tickets or more information, call (406) 222-7720 or visit www.blueslipper.org. •
