The Rosetown Community Theatre Annual General Meeting will take place on Wednesday, September 15 at 7:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Season Six begins with The Odd Couple, a play by Neil Simon. The plot concerns two mismatched roommates, one neat and uptight, the other more easygoing and slovenly.
Danny Simon, also a writer, took the first crack at the play, but later handed over the idea to Neil. The show, directed by Mike Nichols, debuted in 1965 and ran for 966 performances and won several Tony Awards, including Best Play.
In 1985, Neil Simon revised The Odd Couple for a female cast. It was titled The Female Odd Couple and was based on the same story line and same lead characters, now called Florence Ungar and Olive Madison. The poker game became Trivial Pursuit and the Pigeon sisters became the Costazuela brothers, Manolo and Jesus.
On Broadway, Sally Struthers and Rita Moreno starred as the couple in the original cast, with Lewis J. Stadlen and Tony Shalhoub (in his Broadway debut) as the Costazuela brothers. The play was directed by Gene Saks and ran for 295 performances.