The award-winning American comedy The Odd Couple will open at Asheville Community Theatre on Friday, August 10, 2012 and run through Sunday, August 26, 2012 with performances on Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 pm and Sunday afternoons at 2:30 pm. Tickets are available online, over the phone, or in person at the Asheville Community Theatre Box Office.
“We’re
advising patrons to start laugh-training now,” says Susan Harper, Managing
Director or Asheville Community Theatre. “Because their abdominal muscles are
going to get quite the workout at this show!”
The Odd Couple may just be the ultimate buddy comedy of all time. When
fastidious Felix is thrown out by his wife, he moves in with his extremely
messy friend Oscar. And hilarity ensues. Really- it does! Penned by Neil Simon,
the master of American comedy, this show is truly textbook when it comes to
smart quips and quick wits. The Odd Couple premiered on
Broadway in 1965, racking up a slew of Tony Awards including Best Actor in a
Play (Walter Matthau), Best Author of a Play and Best Direction of a
Play. The play has also spawned several movie adaptations, a successful
television series, a female version, and even a cartoon. A who’s who of
noteworthy comedians have filled the roles of Oscar and Felix, including Jack
Lemmon, Tony Randall, Jack Krugman, Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane.
Asheville
Community Theatre’s production of The Odd Couple is directed by
Adam Cohen who helmed last season’s classic comedy Arsenic and Old Lace.
Jeff Catanese, who is as skilled an
actor as he is a director, stars as Oscar opposite Adam Arthur as Felix, who is
making his Mainstage debut. Also in the cast are Craig Justus, Betsy
Puckett, Sara Fields, Walt Heinrich, Ben Puckett, and Walter Goodrich.
For
more information about The Odd Couple or about Asheville
Community Theatre, please visit www.ashevilletheatre.org.
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