Steve Carell and John C. Reilly will star in a new Broadway production of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple, directed by Tony Award winner Thomas Kail (Hamilton, Sweeney Todd, Proof), beginning on March 3, 2027, for a 15-week limited engagement at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre (124 West 43rd Street). Opening night is Tuesday, March 23, 2027.

The production is produced by Jeffrey Seller (Hamilton, Rent, Avenue Q, In the Heights), The Season (Mike Karns and Steven Tartick), Thomas Kail, and Emanuel Azenberg, a longtime producer of Neil Simon’s work. The revival marks the centennial of Simon’s birth and celebrates the legacy of one of America’s most prolific and influential playwrights. Simon (1927-2018) transformed American comedy with his incomparable body of work that captured the humor, heartbreak, contradictions, and complexities of everyday life. His plays helped define the American theatrical landscape for generations, and The Odd Couple is one of his most beloved and enduring works. Emanuel Azenberg’s celebrated partnership with Neil Simon began with The Sunshine Boys in 1972 and spanned more than 20 Broadway productions, earning numerous Tony nominations and two Best Play Tony Award wins for Biloxi Blues and Lost in Yonkers, with the latter also winning the Pulitzer Prize.

Joining Carell as Felix Ungar and Reilly as Oscar Madison are Tony Award winner Laura Benanti (Gypsy, She Loves Me, My Fair Lady) as Gwendolyn Pigeon; Tony Award nominee Kevin Del Aguila (Some Like It Hot) as Roy; Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart (Disney’s Aladdin, Hamilton, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical) as Murray; Tony Award nominee Rob McClure (Chaplin, Mrs. Doubtfire) as Vinnie; Heléne Yorke (American Psycho, Bullets Over Broadway) as Cecily Pigeon; and Tony Award nominee David Zayas (Cost of Living) as Speed.

The creative team for Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple includes five-time Tony Award-nominated scenic designer David Korins (Hamilton, Beetlejuice, Ragtime, Dear Evan Hansen); two-time Tony Award-nominated costume designer Brenda Abbandandolo (Good Night, and Good Luck, Dog Day Afternoon, Mary Jane, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window); Tony Award-nominated lighting designer Stacey Derosier (Joe Turner's Come and Gone, The Last Five Years, Becky Shaw, School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play); and sound designer Jill BC Du Boff (Mother Play, Left on Tenth, Summer, 1976, Hand to God). Casting is by Bernard Telsey, CSA, and Will Cantler, CSA, of The Telsey Office. J. Philip Bassett serves as Production Stage Manager. Baseline Theatrical provides general management.

Originally opening on Broadway in 1965, The Odd Couple was directed by Mike Nichols and starred Walter Matthau and Art Carney. The original production won four Tony Awards and became one of the most beloved comedies of all time, inspiring the 1968 film, a long-running television series, and countless productions around the world.

Director and producer Thomas Kail says, “Neil Simon wrote one of the great American comedies, and it is an honor and a thrill to be part of this exceptional team bringing this play back to Broadway.  Underneath the extraordinary humor is something deeply human. Steve and John are two remarkable actors who can make an audience laugh uproariously one moment and move them deeply in the next. We aim to create a world that feels alive, immediate, and can clearly express why this play has endured for more than sixty years.”

“Why are we doing this? We need to laugh. Period.” — Producer Jeffrey Seller

Image courtesy of Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple